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Volunteer Day
What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same? Come to Volunteer Day and choose which activity you’d like to join for the day.
See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.
A list of volunteer activities:
Plant flowers: Do you enjoy being outside in nature? City Parks Association has many great opportunities for people who love to be outdoors. Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks. These activities are very active, so remember to be prepared with plenty of drinking water!
Play with animals: Do you love animals? Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned. Play with puppies, snuggle with cats, or hand-feed rabbits.
Paint houses: Do you enjoy making art? If so, this volunteer opportunity might be just right for you! Happy Homes is a local organization that provides home repairs for needy people in the form of painting. For elderly or physically disabled people who cannot do repairs to their homes, Happy Homes provides volunteer painters to repaint old homes, outside or in. Happy Homes also provides painters to create beautiful wall paintings inside schools or community centers.
1. An outdoor lover probably takes part in _______.
A. Plant flowers B. Paint houses
C. Read to children D. Play with animals
2. What do Lovely Friends volunteers do?
A. Read books to children.
B. Spend time with animals.
C. Help plant bushes in parks.
D. Pick up garbage along the river.
3. The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. educate children B. attract volunteers
C. comfort the elderly D. encourage the disabled
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了在志愿者日这一天有哪些可以参加的活动，并分别介绍了活动内容。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Plant flowers部分关键句“Do you enjoy being outside in nature? City Parks Association has many great opportunities for people who love to be outdoors.”（你喜欢待在户外的大自然里吗？City Parks Association为喜欢户外活动的人提供了很多好机会。）可知，Plant flowers为喜欢户外活动的人提供了很多好机会。由此可推断出，一个户外活动爱好者可能会参加Plant flowers。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Play with animals部分关键句“Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned.”（Lovely Friends是一个组织，访问当地的动物庇护所，当动物的笼子被打扫时，提供志愿者和动物待在一起的机会。）可知，Lovely Friends的志愿者需要做的工作是当动物的笼子被打扫时，和动物待在一起，照顾它们。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章内容及第一段关键句“What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same? Come to Volunteer Day and choose which activity you’d like to join for the day.”（有什么更好的方法让你在享受自己的爱好的同时帮助别人呢？来参加志愿者日，选择在这一天你想参加的活动。）可知，文章主要介绍了正在志愿者日这一天有哪些可以参加的活动，并分别介绍了活动内容，目的是为了吸引志愿者加入其中。故选B项。
