A．OPPORTUNITIES

More than 20,000 volunteers of all ages to support the 8,400 athletes that are participating in our year-round sports training and competition programs. To keep their dream alive, your help is needed. Here are some of the tips which you and/or your group need, just read the application guides or call at Beijing Olympics Volunteer hotline +86-10-12308  Olympic Jobs - Beijing 2008.

B．SPORTS

Become a Special Olympics Coach in your favorite sport. Help get quality athletic uniforms and equipment for athletes. Set up Training Schools for volunteers in China. Duties include timers, scorekeepers, officials, announcers, award presenters.

C．SCHOOLS

Athletes form teams that compete in a variety of sports. Adopt the Olympics Sports Skill Programs as part of your adaptive physical education and after school program.Organize a student fund-raiser to collect money for 2008 Beijing Olympics teams.

D．FUNDRAISING

Encourage your business or place of work to make money or in-kind contribution to the Olympics. Organize a special event to raise money for the Olympics programs. Remember Olympics in your mind, or as a long-range planned gift.

E. ADMINISTRATIVE

Put your typing, filing, telephone, and computer skills to work as a volunteer in an Olympics office. Assist with large mailings, distribute fliers, and posters for our events.

F. PUBLIC RELATIONS

Work in a Media Center for state competitions and special events. Volunteer your time to help out in the state’s public relations department. Collecting photographs and press clippings, preparing press kits, etc. (no previous experience required). Write athlete feature articles on athletes, families, coaches and the Olympics.

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1．                                             Ave 6 1002  Perth, Australia January 1, 2007

Hi, sir,

I was born in Beijing, currently living in Perth, Australia and I’d like to sign up as a volunteer for Beijing Olympics. I’m willing to set up schools to train volunteers in China mainly to learn some English and skills to be timers, award presenters, so please consider me as one of your needed volunteers! Many thanks!

Harry

2．                                           6 Villa Maurice, 9320 Antony, France

May 2, 2007

Dear sir or madam,

I would like to take part in the volunteer program for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, because it’s my dream to become a part of this great world event—Olympic Games, and I am very good at sports, but I’m old, can I still apply and how can I apply for it?

Sincerely,

Jesse                                              

3．                                                    Marlborough 27, MA, USA

April 20, 2007

Hello sir or madam,

I will be a Johnson & Wales Graduate. Though I am not very experienced, yet I would be very interested in volunteering myself for the summer Olympics. I would like a job as a news reporter, and if you would get back to me, I would gratefully thank you.

Collins

4.                                      Postbox 296  Oxford University, England

August 8, 2007

Hello, gentlemen,

I am interested in a volunteer at Beijing Olympics. I was a basketball coach, working at Oxford University. I am eager to take on challenge to help athletes know how to form teams to compete. Also I will set up an organization to raise money for the Games. Please consider me.
    Jack

5．                                             1889 Baxter Road , Loveland Ohio

March 4, 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

So excited about the Beijing Olympics, and it’s great to see so many people interested in volunteering. I would also like to be a part of this event! I am a secretary in a sports center in USA．I am good at computers and I can help with mails, posters and so on.

Thanks and good luck to all of you!

         Tony

       A person who compares the annual earnings of college and high school graduates would no doubt conclude that higher education is a good investment—the present value of the college earnings premium (奖金) (the better part of $1 million) seemingly far outdistances (超过) college costs. But for many, attending college is unequivocally (明确地) not the right decision on purely economic reasons.

First of all, college graduates on average are smarter and have better work habits than high school graduates. Those who graduated from college were better students in high school, for example. Thus, at least a portion of the earnings premium associated with college has nothing to do with college itself, but rather with other traits (特性).

Second, not everyone is average. A non-swimmer trying to cross a stream that on average is three feet deep might drown because part of the stream is seven feet in depth. The same kind of thing sometimes happens to college graduates too entranced (着迷的) by statistics on averages. Earnings vary considerably between the graduates of different schools, and within schools, earnings differ a great deal between majors. Majors of accounting, computer science, and engineering majors, for example, almost always make more than those majoring in education, social work, or ethnic studies.

Third, the number of new college graduates far exceeds (超过) the growth in the number of technical, managerial, and professional jobs where graduates traditionally have gravitated (趋向). As a consequence, we have a new phenomenon: underemployed college graduates doing jobs historically performed by those with much less education.

Does this mean no one should go to college? Of course not. First of all, college is more than training for a career, and many might benefit from the social aspects of advanced schooling.

As a general rule, I would say graduates in the top quarter of their class at a high-quality high school should go on to a four-year degree program, while those in the bottom quarter of their class at a high school with a mediocre educational reputation should not.

Those in between should consider perhaps doing a two-year program and then transferring to a four-year school. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, but it is important for us to keep in mind that college is not for everyone.

64. If you only compare the earnings of college and high school graduates, you will conclude that ______.

      A. some students shouldn't go to college

      B. college education seems to bring a high rate of return

      C. attending college is not the right decision for the poor

      D. college education seems to be not so successful

65. From the second paragraph, we know that ______.

      A. college education is a must for young people

      B. the number of college graduates has been decreasing

      C. college graduates may get higher earnings because of many good traits

      D. it is certain that college students can get higher earnings

66. The writer mentions a non-swimmer crossing the stream to show ______.

      A. not all of the college graduates can get good earnings

      B. some of the college students can get well paid

      C. most of the college students can't get a good salary

      D. students in some majors are difficult to find jobs

67. Which of the following is true according to the writer?

      A. Society needs more high-quality college graduates.                      

      B. Most of the college graduates can find suitable jobs. 

      C. Not all the students have to receive college education.                  

      D. We should reconsider the value of school education.

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.  He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
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What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

      Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls.  He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."

      Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

     Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”

  The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

1.

What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A. His health problem.                       B .His love for teaching.

C.The influence of his wife.                   D .The news from the Web.

2.

What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A.Give out brochures.                        B .Do something similar.

C. Write books for children                    D. Retire from being a teacher.

3.

According to the text, Dollly Parton is           .

A. a well-known surgeon                     B. a mother of a four-year-old

C. a singer born in Tennessee                  D .a computer programmer

4.

Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

5.

What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

A. He needs more money to help the children.

B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

D. Hconsiders his efforts worthwhile.