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Give It a Go! One off Volunteering
Our Oneoff programme allows you to take part in volunteering activities with no regular commitment such as dog walking, helping your local community and so on.
Transport is provided from campus when activities can't be reached by public transport or on foot from campus.
Canley Pop Up Cafe：Chinese New Year Special!
Date: Saturday 17 February 2018
Time: 10: 30 — 15: 30
Help run fun games and activities for Canley citizens.
Canley Pop Up Cafes aim to initiate community interaction and raise awareness of cultural diversity and difference as being positive by creating spaces that encourage neighbours to meet, talk, share talents, histories and knowledge.
Dogs Trust Volunteer Day
Date: Friday 23 February 2018
Time: 09: 55 — 16: 00
Join us for a day with the Dogs Trust. Help exercise the dogs, prepare food and clean the dog shelter.
Transport and lunch will be provided by Warwick Volunteers.
Kings Hill Nursery
Date: Wednesday 16 May 2018
Time: 09: 05 — 13: 15
Kings Hill Nurseries provide placements, training, work experience and jobs for people with learning disabilities. Volunteers will help support adults with disabilities with gardening tasks. No previous experience required.
Transport from campus provided.
Friends of Canley Green Spaces — Woodland Path Clearance
Date: Saturday 10 March 2018
Time: 10: 30 — 13: 30
Help clean a woodland pathway by removing a mass of dead wood from low lying tree branches. By cutting away the wood, walking along the path will be much easier. A more attractive pathway will also encourage people to explore Park Wood, one of Canley's ancient bluebell woodlands.
Please wear suitable outdoor clothing and strong shoes or boots that you don't mind getting a little muddy.
21. What is the purpose of Canley Pop Up Cafes?
A. To improve the neighbourhood. B. To provide jobs for volunteers.
C. To ask for help from neighbours. D. To encourage neighbours to consume.
22. Which activity lasts longest?
A. Kings Hill Nursery. B. Canley Pop Up Cafe.
C. Dogs Trust Volunteer Day. D. Friends of Canley Green Spaces.
23. What is the main task in the last activity?
A. Planting trees. B. Clearing the path.
C. Guiding the tourists. D. Widening the path.
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When I was three years old, I couldn't speak. It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand.
One day, I was shadowing (尾随) my mother. She found herself looking in a mirror, and through it our eyes met. She began to speak to me through the reflection, and I slowly began to mimic (模仿) her mouth's movements until I formed a word.
It turned out that I'm deaf in my left ear, and have a slight problem in my right. Being hard of hearing has been difficult, but I've never lived in a state of selfhating sorrow. Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side. That's my reality when I sleep on my “good ear”, and it makes me feel like a superhero sometimes.
People call my deaf side my “bad ear”, but when I wear my hearing aid, I have access to a range of features that some other deaf people don't. In cinemas, for example, with one click of a button I can enjoy a whole film as though it were whispered to me from the mouths of the actors.
Owning a hearing aid hasn't always felt good, however. On the first day I got my aid, when I was eight, I took it to school for show and tell. As I explained how it worked to my classmates, a boy yelled out, “Aren't those for old men?” At that moment, I felt different. It took a long time for me to get over that sense of being so unlike my peers.
But it's not just schoolkids who can make us deaf and hardofhearing people feel like burdens. Every video on social media that lacks subtitles (字幕), for example, means an entire community of deaf people is unable to enjoy it. Completely deaf people are excluded(排除) from enjoying many movies too, as subtitles in cinemas are almost impossible to find.
And with hearing aids costing around $ 2,500 each, it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to the things that others take for granted. As for me, I can listen to music, enjoy films, and catch conversations — I'm lucky. I'm deaf, but I can still hear everything. I've been blessed with wonderful life experiences, and I am human. And when it comes to sleeping, I'm even superhuman.
24. How does the author view his hearing difficulty?
A. It's a disaster and causes him a lot of trouble.
B. It gave him a chance to experience something special.
C. It made him feel embarrassed in front of his classmates.
D. It helped him to live in his own world without being interrupted.
25. What can be inferred from the passage about the author?
A. The hearing aid brings much convenience to his daily life.
B. He is optimistic and helpful.
C. His family and classmates have supported him a lot.
D. He was born deaf.
26. What is the author's attitude toward his life?
A. Disappointed. B. Anxious. C. Excited. D. Grateful.
27. What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?
A. To give advice on life to disabled people.
B. To show how difficult life is for disabled people.
C. To share his experience of treating a disadvantage with gratitude.
D. To show the convenience a hearing aid could bring.
