题目内容
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A. victims
B. folks
C. fellows
D. villagers
Inside the pleasingly fragrant cafe, So All May Eat(SAME) in downtown Denver ,t
he spirit of generosity is instantly noticeable: donation box stands in place of
a cash register customers here pay only what they can afford, no questions asked.
A risky business plan, perhaps, but SAME Café has done one unchangeable thing i
n the MileHigh City for six years: Open only at midday, the restaurant allows p
oor local customers who cannot pay to work as volunteers instead. They can act as
waitersandwaitresses,anddishwashers, or look after the buildings and equipment
for the cafe.It’s based on trust, and it’s working all right”, says co-owne
r Brad Birky, who started the caféin 2006. Previously volunteering at soup kitc
hens, the Birkys were dissatisfied with the often unhealthy meals they served t
here. “We wanted to offer quality food in a restaurant where every-one felt co
mfortable,regardless of their circumstances,” Birky says. SAME’s special lunc
h menu changs daily and most food materials are natural and grown by local farm
ers. The café now averages 65 to 70 customers (and eight volunteers) a day. And
the spirit of generosity behind the project appears to be spreading. In early
2007,one volunteer who hadcleared snow for his meals during the long winter sai
d goodbye to the Birkys.He said he was going to New Orleans to help with the hu
rricane clearing up,” says Birky.
【小题1】What can we learn about the soup kitchens the Birkys previously worked for?
A.They refused to have volunteers. |
B.They offered low quality food. |
C.They provided customers with a good environment. |
D.They closed down because of poor management. |
A.The customers who cannot pay can work as volunteers instead. |
B.More volunteers will go to new Orleans for the hurricane cleanup. |
C.Many new cafes will be opened to offer free lunches in the town. |
D.The lunch menu has remained the same since the café was started. |
A.unfavorable | B.doubtful | C.cautious | D.approving |
The Pillow
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house—something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” he replied.
“What do you do with it?” Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh…that’s soft,” he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?”
We know exactly what he means. [来源:学科网ZXXK]
【小题1】The writer’s first volunteer project was ______.
A.working on a poor trailer | B.helping a poor family |
C.donating beds and bedding | D.dealing with a housing problem |
A.the family lived in a trailer | B.he expected to get some toys |
C.he didn’t know what a bed was | D.the boys had no bed to sleep in |
A.a trailer | B.a truck | C.a pillow | D.a house |
A.what they want to get may be unnecessary |
B.they should not waste money on small things |
C.they should do more volunteer work for the poor |
D.what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow |
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— It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we volunteer to help.
— That’s right. _______.
A.Many hands make light work. |
B.Something is better than nothing. |
C.The more, the merrier. |
D.The sooner begun, the sooner done. |