Volunteers, as an essential part of a successful world exposition, are a major channel for the public to participate in, serve and share the world exposition and a means to showcase the image of the host country and city. The following information is about the volunteer for the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China.

I. Basic Requirements for Volunteers

l  Be willing to participate in voluntary services of Expo 2010;

l  Age limit: Expo Site volunteers must be born before April 30, 1992 and Expo City Voluntary Service Station volunteers before April 30, 1994;

l  Obey the laws and regulations of the PRC;

l  Be able to participate in training and relevant activities before the opening of Expo 2010;

l  Possess necessary knowledge and skills needed by the position;

l  Be in good health to meet the requirements of corresponding voluntary positions.

II. Further Information for Volunteers

l  Source

l  Residents of Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese, and foreigners can all apply to be the volunteers.

l  Signup methods

l  Applicants may log in onto the official websites for online signup. They may also consult or connect with the Expo Volunteer Stations.

l  Time

l  May 1 – December 31, 2009

III. Volunteer Training

　　Volunteer training includes general training, special training and position training. General training is carried out through the Internet, while special training and position training are provided through classroom lectures and field practice.

IV. Volunteer Types

l  Expo Site volunteers refer to those offering voluntary services to visitors and the Organizer in the Expo Site, mainly including information, visitor flow management, reception, translation and interpretation, assistance for the disabled, and assistance in media service, event and conference organization and volunteer management.

l  Information booth volunteers are stationed in the Expo’s information booths at key transportation centers, commercial outlets, tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels and cultural event places outside the Expo Site. They offer services including information, translation, interpretation and even first aid.

1.What’s the purpose of this writing?

A. To give some basic information of the World Expo 2010                     

B. To recruit(招募) the volunteers for the World Expo 2010

C. To praise the hard work of the volunteers

D. To attract people to visit the World Expo 2010

2.If you were born in April 1993, where can you be a volunteer?

A. In the Expo Site.                                                 B. In the host country.

C. In the Expo City.                                                 D. In Chinese mainland.

3.Which of the training will be done on the Internet?

A. General training.                                               B. Position training.

C. Classroom training.                                          D. Special training.        

4.Which of the following service is offered by information booth volunteers?

A. Visitor flow management.                              B. Helping the disabled.

C. Assistance in media service.                          D. Emergency first aid.

Many American schools have a student exchange program with foreign countries. Along with this program,there is usually another one called the“American Host Family”program.As its name suggests,the program gets American families involved in foreign students’ lives in America and offers homes for them.

Foreign students generally welcome such an opportunity to have a“family”here,but there are also those who prefer to stay“homeless”.

Many American families volunteer to host foreign students.However,if there is a shortage of host families,schools also get in touch with local people and introduced foreign students to them.

The“American Host Family”program changes in lengths of time.It can go from a few days to a few years,depending on each individual school.After the first year is over,it is up to foreign students and their“families”to decide if they want to stay together as a“family”.American families can host as many foreign students as they like.They can either have several students or just one at a time.Many families start with new students each year while still keeping in touch with the old ones.Schools usually leave it to foreign students and their host families to decide their activities after both sides meet.

My school, however, holds activities every year. On major holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas,foreign students are usually invited to their thomes for dinner.Even schools that do not have host family programs often arrange students to get together with American families on these special holiday occasions.

It is typical that a host family invites its foreign daughter or son over,and they cook the student’s home food together,Undoubtedly,Chinese students are usually considered good cooks,whether or not they are really qualified for such praise at home.Although many Chinese students rarely cooked at home,they often have a hard time making their American friends believe that they cannot cook.It often happens when a Chinese student promises to cook a Chinese meal for his host family,he usually sees a little crowd expecting him:friends or relatives are also invited over for the“special”Chinese food!

1.The best title of the passage might be          .

2.What’s the purpose of the“American Host Family program”?

3.What can we know about the program from the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

4.We can know from the last paragraph that          .

The performance of the host ,______to please the audience and draw their attention ,was greeted with a cold silence ,however.

A.had intended  B.intended   C.intending   D.to intend

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality react to the strange new things we encounter when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the “honeymoon stage”. 1. _____. We are thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new kinds of food. 2.____.

3.______. After we have settled down into our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets. All the little problems in life seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture.

The third stage is called the “adjustment stage”. 4._____. Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new surroundings. 5._____. You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them.

E. Unfortunately, the second stage can be more difficult.

F. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure.

G.This is the period of time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting.

As I began to feel completely sick of the cold North American winter, spring break finally arrived! What made me even more excited was that we were going to Florida to enjoy the warm weather!

Just imagine wearing T-shirts or a swimsuit under the hot Florida sun!

Before the vacation started, we had a little episode(插曲) at the airport. The alarm sounded when my host mom and me were walking through the security check. We were taken away to have further checks, but when they finally told us that we could go, we felt relieved and amused. It was just because of the decorations(装饰品) on my pants and the tinfoil(锡纸) around my host mom’s chewing gum! —Just as a reminder, no overly fashionable pants or tinfoil on a plane!

Of course, I had a lot of first experiences during this special vacation. Since eight of us were living in a house, we had to share bedrooms, I, fortunately or unfortunately, had to share a room with my 4-year-old host sister. She is tiny compared to me, but she took up about two thirds of the bed. Moreover, because I was not used to sleeping in the same room with others, I was afraid of waking her up and hardly slept at all.

Luckily, except for that, everything went really well. My host family were really warm hearted, and they wanted me to try everything new. With their “persuasion”, I was “forced” to go kayaking(划皮艇), which turned out to be really fun. We went through some canals and I saw manatees(海牛) and dolphins with my own eyes for the very first time!

When we finally landed in Wisconsin again, everyone looked tanned and full of energy!

1. What happened to the author and her host mom at the airport?

    A. They lost their passports.          

B. Their luggage was overweight.

    C. They quarreled with the other passengers.

    D. The decorations and tinfoil brought them trouble.

2. What does the underlined word “they” in Para 3 most probably refer to?

    A. The author and her host family people.

    B. People in charge of security at the airport.

    C. People sharing the same house with the author.

    D. The author’s host mom and the host sister.

3. We can learn from the first paragraph that the author    .

    A. hated going to Florida               B. had no sense of weather

    C. disliked the cold winter         D. didn’t like living in North America

4.From the passage, we can infer that    .

    A. the author thought little of her host family

    B. the author didn’t like her 4-year-old host sister

    C. the security check at the airport was very strict

    D. the author didn’t get along well with her host family