17.Heather Jack and her family,including her two children,usually spend the Christmas holidays preparing a feast-for others to eat.Last Christmas Eve,they went to a house in the neighborhood and prepared a dinner for an elderly woman and her son,who has muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症).They stayed for an hour and chatted before heading home to prepare for a visit from Santa (圣诞老人).
"I think it is that kind of direct experience that many find so meaningful,"says Heather,president and founder of The Volunteer Family,a Boston-based organization dedicated to matching families with volunteer opportunities,both during the holidays and year-round."It's a great way for parents to involve the kids."
In a holiday season that stretches from before Thanksgiving to just after the New Year,it's nice to hear stories about people with their children giving instead of receiving.Last December Gary and Debra Danoff and their two teenage sons drove to the Washington,D.C.Jewish Community Center(JCC) and spent Christmas morning in the Center's kitchen preparing a feast for homeless shelters.
By choosing to prepare meals for the homeless,the Danoffs bring together a belief in community service with their love of cooking,"It feels good to prepare food with our kids for other people at Christmas,"says Gary."We want them to know that many people don't have the ability to go to the supermarket and pick the foods they want to eat and pay for them."
The Danoffs were in good company.Across the city,at least 1000volunteers with their children went across the region to provide food to the poor people as part of the D.C.JCC's annual"December 25th Day of Service",now in its 22nd year.
41.The Heathers did all the following things exceptD last Christmas Eve.
A.preparing a dinner for a poor family
B.chatting with the elderly mother and her disabled son
C.making preparations for their own Christmas festival
D.visiting one of their good friends in other district
42.What does"The Volunteer Family"do?A
A.It matches families with volunteer opportunities.
B.It supplies food and service to the poor families.
C.It encourages parents to involve their kids in volunteer work.
D.It earns much money by organizing volunteer families.
43.Why do the Danoffs want their children to join in the volunteer work?B
A.To let them learn to prepare meals by themselves.
B.To let them know that many people are in need of help.
C.To let them know that they have the ability to cook.
D.To let them have a meaningful Christmas with the homeless shelters.
 44.What does the sentence"The Danoffs were in good company"mean in the last paragraph?B
A.Mr.Danoff and his wife work for a very good company.
B.More volunteer families prepare food for poor people at Christmas.
C.The volunteer families should have jobs in good companies.
D.The Danoffs are in good luck to get the volunteer opportunity.
45.What can be learned from the passage?D
A.Volunteers seldom involve their children in the work.
B.Volunteer opportunities can only be got during holidays.
C.Most people love to hear stories about giving and receiving.
D.The volunteer programs in the D.C.JCC's have lasted for 22years.
13.Martha Stewart was born on August 3,1941,in Jersey City,New Jersey.She was the first daughter and second child of Eddie and Martha Kostyra,a salesman and school teacher.The Kostyras were a middle class family.The family moved to Nutley,New Jersey when Martha was just three.She was hard working even as a child.She was a straight"A"student.While in college,she worked as a model to help pay her college fees.After her second year in college,in 1961.she married a young law student by the name of Andrew Stewart.She continued modeling after hergraduation from college and appeared in a number of television programs.However,whendaughter Alexis was born in 1965.Martha gave up modeling for ever.
    Although her name makes most people think of 1(551 and home.decorating(装饰).Martha Stewart is an extremely successful American business woman whose talents(天赋)have made her famous and rich.As a child.she was taught how to cook and sew by her mother,and how to.garden by her father.As a teenager,she gained experience in event planning by organizing birthday parties for younger kids.However,it was not until she was thirty-five years old that she opened her own small business.The business was a food service company that prepare food for local parties and events.A few years later,she published a cookbook with in instruction,for making this fool.The cookbook was a huge success".which led to her making television appearances soon.Martha Stewart was a household name,and she Finally set up a much larger company called Martha Stewart living Omnimedia.
    In 2002.Stewart got herself into trouble,and she was sentenced to five months in prison.Some.thought this would ruin her life,but they were wrong.Since her release from prison in 2005,she has been very successful.
26.What is Martha Stewart better known for?B
A.Modeling.
B.Food and home decorating.
C.Business.
D.Gardening.
27.When did Martha Stewart open her own small business?C
A.In 1961.B.In 1965.C.In 1976.D.In 2002.
28.Martha Stewart wrote a cookbook toB
A.make herself famous        
B.introduce cooking methods for parties and events
C.start a larger company       
D.make special appearances on TV
29.According to the passage which of the following is true?C
A.She was the first daughter and child of the whole family.
B.She learned to organize parties for adults in her teens.
C.She married a young law student in college.
D.She was out of work since her release.
30.The writer wrote this passage toC•
A.describe a TV model
B.help sell a cookbook
C.introduce a successful business woman
D.teach us how to pen a company.
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