Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us and be a volunteer（自愿者）.

We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.

You can help people in many ways. Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old people. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something that out volunteers want to tell you.

“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I am happy, too.” said Carlos, an old woman of 62.

“ I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help middle-aged people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone gives a hand, we’ll have a better world to live in.

Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.active.com.

1.What kind of person can become a volunteer?

2. ____ need volunteers.

3.Carlos ______.

4.What does the phrase “give a hand” mean? It means “ ____”

5.This passage is ______.

When I was looking for a Christmas present for my daughter in toy store, a nicely dressed little girl, with some money in her little hand ,was looking at some beautiful dolls．When she saw a doll she liked, she would ask her father if she had enough money．He usually said yes．

At the same time, a boy, with old and small clothes, was looking at some video games．He, too, had money in his hand ,but it looked no more than five dollars．Each time he picked up one of the video games and looked at his father, he shook his head．

The little girl had chosen her doll, a very beautiful one．However, she noticed the boy and his father．She saw the boy give up a video game with disappointment（失望）and walk to another comer of the store．

The little girl put her doll back to the shelf and ran over to the video game．After she talked to her father, she paid for the video game and whispered（耳语）to the shop assistant．

So the boy got the video game that he wanted for free--he was told it was a prize from the store．He smiled happily, although he felt it was so incredible．

The girl saw all this happen．She smiled, too．

When I walked out of the store to my car, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that．I would never forget their short talk．"Daddy, didn't Grandma want me to buy something that would make me happy?"

He said, "Of course, she did．"

"Well, I just did!" With that, the little girl started skipping（蹦跳）towards their car happily．

1．The story happened in a ________．

A．school              B．toy store            C．cinema              D．computer room

2．The boy ________．

A．wore new and nice clothes                   B．had much money in his hand

C．was from a poor family                    D．wanted to get a doll very much

3．The underlined word "incredible" most probably means" ________ "in Chinese．

A．难以置信的         B．令人兴奋的           C．感到绝望的         D．荒谬可笑的

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．The little girl was kind and helpful．

B．The video game was a prize from the store．

C．The writer paid for the video game for the boy．

D．The boy bought the video game himself from the store．

5．What does the sentence "Well, I just did!" mean?

A．I just did something for the boy and he would be happy．

B．I just bought a nice doll for myself and I would be happy．

C．I just bought h present for Grandma and she would be happy．

D．I just did something for the boy and my Grandma would be happy．

Much meaning can be carried, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he notices that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same in daily life! If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others’ stare（盯着）with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite or even rude. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man look at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away from his looking, his purpose is obvious, that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.

However, the normal eye contact for two people during a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what his friend is speaking, to tell him that he is interested.

If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uncomfortable. We usually find a poor liar（说谎者）looking too long at the victim, because he believes that it is a sign of honest communication to look straight in the eye. Totally wrong!

In fact, continuous eye contact only happens between lovers, who will enjoy looking at each other gently for a long time, to show feelings that words cannot express. Obviously, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the proper situation.