Each country has many kind people who volunteer to take care of others. For example, some high school and university students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals or old people’s homes. They read books for the people or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of the sick people. They clean up their houses or do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers there is an organization called “Big Brothers”. University students and other people take these boys to play baseball games and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a lot of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or take part in other activities. Some of these clubs show movies or have short trips to the mountains, the beaches or the museums. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers because they can understand the problems of these boys and girls more easily.

Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

1.Which place is not mentioned about volunteering in the US ?

A. Sick people’s homes. B. Hospital. C. Old people’s homes. D. Zoos.

2.What is “Big Brothers” ?

A. It’s a name of a club.

B. It’s the name of famous movie.

C. It’s the home for children who have no brothers.

D. It’s an organization for boys who don’t have fathers.

3.Why do most of the clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers?

A. Because they can understand the problem children.

B. Because they are young enough to get on well with the child.

C. Because they know the things the young children usually learn from their fathers.

D. Because they have more free time.

4.What do volunteers believe ?

A. The happiest people in the world are those who join some clubs.

B. Bringing happiness to others make them the happiest people in the world.

C. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

D. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

These cute seabirds have wings, but they cannot fly. They wear a black or blue-grey overcoat, and they have a white belly, a pair of short legs, and two wings that serve as flippers (脚蹼). There are 18 types of them. We must look at their heads and necks to tell one type from another. Some have a pair of long, yellow eyebrows, some have a rock star hairstyle, some have lemon-yellow and orange markings on their cheeks (脸颊), and some just have no special markings at all. When these seabirds walk on land, they look clumsy (笨拙的). Yet, when they dive into the water, they become excellent swimmers! Most of them live in places covered by snow and ice year-round in the Southern Hemisphere, but some are found in warmer areas near the equator (赤道). What are they? These cute seabirds are penguins!

King penguins and emperor penguins are the two largest types of penguins. King penguins can reach a height of 38 inches, and emperor penguins can be 48 inches tall. The smallest penguin is the little blue penguin from Australia and New Zealand—when it stands straight, it is just about 16 inches tall. Big penguins have some advantages over their smaller relatives—big penguins can stay warm easier so they can live in a colder climate; big penguins can dive deeper and stay underwater longer so they can catch food far below the water surface.

1.How can we tell one type of penguin from another?

A. By looking at their legs and wings. B. By looking at their heads and necks.

C. By looking at their flippers and cheeks. D. By looking at their eyebrows and hairstyles.

2.Which of the following sentences about penguins is TRUE?

A. There are sixteen types of penguins. B. Yellow penguins are the smallest penguins.

C. They can only be found in cold places. D. They look clumsy but they are good swimmers.

3.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A. It tells us the height of two types of penguins.

B. It tells us the size and advantages of big penguins.

C. It tells us the living areas of the smallest penguins.

D. It tells us the living conditions of two types of penguins.

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