题目内容
【题目】How Helping Others Helps You
Volunteering has a positive effect on your community.【1】 Volunteering can help you learn more about yourself and even put you on a path to your future career. Learn more about the reasons to volunteer below.
Gain valuable life experiences and skills.
Whether you build houses for the homeless or mail flyers for a local politician, you can experience the real world through hands-on work. 【2】
Meet interesting people.
【3】No matter what groups of people you’re working with, you’ll find that they have information and ways of looking at the world that can broaden your horizons.
Get academic credit.
Some high schools offer academic credit for volunteer work through service learning. 【4】To find out if your school offers service learning, talk to your school counselor.【5】
It’s eye-opening(令人瞠目的) to realize that doing even small things can have a big impact on others. Rhea, a college sophomore(大二学生), still remembers a visit she made to a senior home with a choir when she was in middle school. “An elderly man in a wheelchair looked up at me and said in a gravelly(粗哑的) voice, “You’ve made my day. This means so much.”She recalls, “No one had ever thanked me in such a way for doing something so small, and a stranger no less!”
A. Make a difference.
B. It’s good for you too.
C. It can help you learn more about yourself.
D. Giving back to your community is valuable in itself.
E. And you can explore your major or career interests at the same time.
F. It’s a program that offers hands-on learning through service to the community.
G. Both the people you are helping and your fellow volunteers can give you new understanding.
【答案】 G选项Both the people you are helping and your fellow volunteers can give you new understanding.符合语境。
【解析】试题分析：志愿活动对你的社区有积极的影响，对你也是有帮助的。本文讲述做志愿活动的好处，让读者更多的了解志愿活动。
【1】考查上下文联系和推理判断。根据下文Volunteering can help you learn more about yourself and even put you on a path to your future career.可知志愿活动可以帮助你更多地了解自己，甚至让你走上通往未来职业的道路。因此推断志愿活动对你的社区有积极的影响，对你也是有好处的。故选B。
【2】考查上下文理解和推理判断。根据上文Whether you build houses for the homeless or mail flyers for a local politician, you can experience the real world through hands-on work.可知，无论你是为无家可归者建造房屋，还是为当地政客邮寄传单，你都可以通过亲身实践体验到真实的世界。因此推断同时你可以探索你的专业和职业兴趣。故选E。
【3】考查上下文理解和推理判断。根据段落标题Meet interesting people.和下文No matter what groups of people you’re working with, you’ll find that they have information and ways of looking at the world that can broaden your horizons.可知，做志愿活动可以遇到有趣的人，不管你和哪一群人一起工作，你都会发现他们有可以拓宽你的视野的信息和不同的看待世界的方式。因此推断你所帮助的人和你的志愿者同行都能给你对世界的新的理解。故选G。
【4】考查上下文理解和推理判断。根据上文Some high schools offer academic credit for volunteer work through service learning. 可知，一些高中通过服务学习为志愿工作者提供学分。因此推断这是一个通过为社区服务提供实践性学习的项目。故选F。
【5】考查段落大意。根据下文It’s eye-opening(令人瞠目的) to realize that doing even small things can have a big impact on others.并结合下文例子可知，意识到做一些小事也有很大的影响是令人吃惊的，因此推断本段讲述做志愿活动是有影响的。故选A。
