Every summer morning, I know I am going to my favourite place to volunteer and make a difference in someone’s life just by being with him or her-----a summer school for children with autism(孤独症)。

By helping the kids read or do math, I am not only teaching important skills but also helping them feel like any other kid. There are many wrong ideas about autism. The kids I work with can think and feel. They need help only in certain areas.

Of course, each kid is special. For example, some kids like to draw, and others like to sing.

At the school, the kids learn through about 20 activities. These activities can help them learn skills they will need later in life.

The very first day I volunteered, a boy came up to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said “Hello.” From then on, I knew I could make a difference.

Another boy loved to have me read books that can help him learn to read. Sometimes he could be encouraged to read a few words or sentences. Finally, one day during reading practice, he read nearly 220 words himself!

Summer school is also a time for fun. Last summer, bagpipe(风筝)players came to perform. Most of us had our hands over our ears because they were so loud. When they asked for a volunteer from the audience, one girl raise her hand as high as she could, got up on stage and even tried the bagpipes in front of everyone.

Through these experiences, I realize that the challenges these kids face do not stop them from doing many amazing things. I’m teaching them, but they are teaching me as well.

1.According to Paragraph 2, many people think those kids______________

A. can’t read or do math

B. don’t have important skills

C. don’t play with other kids

D. can’t think or feel

2.The writer believed he could make a difference when______________

A. a boy let him read books

B. a boy greeted him actively

C. a boy could read by himself

D. a girl tried the bagpipes

3.What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?

A. His teaching experience in a summer holiday

B. How to make a difference in others’ lives

C. His experience as a volunteer in a special summer school

D. What the life of the children with autism is like

Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year ago, the l4-year-old girl from Heilongjiang began to write her diaries in English, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can’t read English. “It’s like killing two birds with one stone,” said Jia. “My privacy(隐私)becomes safe and my English improves a lot.”

Jia’s mother is not the only mom who reads her child’s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2,300 parents. The results show that about 40% of parents read their children’s secrets.

That’s why many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

Wu Lei, 15, from Shanxi,keeps a diary, too. But he doesn’t write it on paper.He writes online, which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents “know nothing about the Internet”.

Lu Huan, 13, from Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in her room. To solve this problem, Lu asked her parents to buy her a cell phone.

“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s lives,” said Shao Xiaozhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. “But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested the teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, talking to parents is a better solution.” If your parents know that you are safe, they’ll let you keep your secrets. ”

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The age of Jia Meng

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The person who read Jia Meng’s diary

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The number of parents who read their children’s diaries according to the survey

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The place that Wu Lei writes his diary

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The way that Lu Huan solved her problem

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