Olympic volunteer hopefuls from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan stand a better chance if they are bilingual．Priority will be given to applicants who have“special skills”and can speak languages other than English and Chinese．
“We warmly welcome those people from above-mentioned areas, who are qualified for being a volunteer, to put in an application,”Liu Jian, office director of Beijing Olympic Games Volunteer Work Coordination Group, said．
Liu made the remarks yesterday at a press conference to officially launch(开始)the volunteer recruitment(招募)drive from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries for the 2008 Games．
Volunteer requirements can be found at the official website www.beijing2008.cn, or by calling the hotline on 8610-12308．
Recruitment for volunteers in Beijing began on August 28, 2006．In areas outside the capital, it began on January 19 this year．
To date, more than 400,000 people have sent in applications, more than 270,000 of them from Beijing．
“According to the latest application results, we still need a lot of volunteers with foreign language skills other than English,”Li Binghua, executive vice –president of BOCOG, said．
Of course, these applicants must be able to communicate with other people in Chinese Putonghua, he said．
Volunteers will mainly be needed in eight fields depending on their skills including VIP guest liaison and language services, driving, media services, competition organization, medical treatment, and security examination．
The application websites are www.hab.gov.hk(Hong Kong), www.sport.gov.mo(Macao), www.bjtx.org(Taiwan), www.bjqb.gov.cn(overseas Chinese), and www.ebeijing.gov.cn(foreigners)．
Applications in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries will conclude by the end of March 2008．BOCOG will finalize the recruitment drive by the end of May 2008．
(1)
Which of the following is most likely to be a volunteer according to what Li Binghua says?
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A．
Sun Hong, a habitant in Beijing, who is studying in Beijing University．
B．
Michael, a French young man with fluent Chinese, who is now working in China．
C．
Ma Zuwang, from Hong Kong, who has got a doctor degree on languages．
D．
John Wang, an American-Chinese, whose major in college is sports．
(2)
Volunteers will offer a variety of help in the Olympic Games except ________．
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A．
cheering for the players
B．
driving the players to the playground
C．
dealing with injuries in the game
D．
serving as a guide
(3)
We can infer from the passage that ________．
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A．
The recruitment is now found in many difficulties．
B．
It is by no means an easy thing to meet the requirements of a volunteer．
C．
People from all over the world have the chance of being a volunteer．
D．
More than half of the volunteers will come from Beijing．
(4)
If you want to be a volunteer, you may send your application to ________．
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A．
www.sport.gov.mo
B．
www.ebeijing.gov.cn
C．
www.beijing2008.cn
D．
www.bjqb.gov.cn
(5)
Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
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A．
People can get the requirements of the volunteers on the internet or by telephoning．
B．
All the applicants are supposed to speak Chinese freely．
C．
Recruitment for volunteers in Beijing began earlier than that in Hong Kong．
D．
All the applications must be sent in by the end of May 2008．
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