Do you want to work with people, animals or machines? Do you want to work indoors or outdoors, directly serve people in need or serve people  behind the scenes?  These are the typical questions that volunteer service agencies would ask.

Every year, thousands of people in the west offer volunteer service. Volunteering greatly strengthens the community because it helps the old, the young, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the injured to overcome difficulties.

Volunteers usually help in many different ways. They may give people advice, offer friendship to the young , drive the elderly to church, counsel kids against drugs, work as assistants in schools or nursing homes, raise funds, plant trees, help out in local libraries and do many other things. Volunteering can be a few hours a week or a few hours a month. Anybody who wants to serve people in need can become a volunteer.

The art of volunteering is a process of both giving and receiving. Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, make new friends and mix with people from all walks of life. Volunteering is an excellent way to experiment，practice and try out new techniques and skills，discover your individual talents and explore career choice. Being a volunteer will take individuals on a wonderful journey and help them learn many important things beyond their school learning.

56. What’s the best title of the passage?

       A. How To Be a Volunteer                               B. The Benefit of Being a Volunteer

       C. Volunteer Service in the West                      D. Who Can Be a Volunteer

57. Which of the following can best replace the underline words in the text?

       A.  directly                B. indirectly                C. publicly                  D. secretly

58. You can infer from the passage that to be a volunteer,          

       A. you need to get trained                               B. you can get something valuable

       C. you must be outgoing                                 D. you need to work very long

59. You are a student of thirteen. If you want to be a volunteer, you can do the following except     

       A. helping put in local libraries                          B. working as an assistant in schools

       C. offering friendship to the young                   D. driving the elderly to church

One of the most difficult problems a young person faces is deciding what to do. Some people, however, from the time they are six years old “know” that they want to be doctors or teachers or firefighters, but most of us do not get around to making a decision about a job until someone or something forces us to face the problem.
Choosing a job takes time, and there are a lot of things you have to think about as you try to decide what you would like to do. You may find that you will have to take special courses for a particular kind of work, or you may find out that you will need to get enough knowledge for a particular job.
Fortunately, there are a lot of people you can turn to for advice and help in making your decision. At most schools, there are teachers to give you information about jobs. And you can talk over your ideas with family members and friends who are always ready to listen and to offer suggestions.
【小题1】In the third paragraph “turn to” means ______.