Question

1Answer the questions (根據短文內容回答下列問題)

1．Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme.

2．After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.

3．After a hurricane(颶風) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”

4．One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(難民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, from Somalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk from where Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.

5．Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”

1.When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?

2.What did Helen do after she retired?

3.Why was Ann excited when her book got published?

4.Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?

5.How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?

6.Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?

7.What can you learn from Helen?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.When she was in high school.

2.She started volunteering to help the old.

3.Because she shared her life story with her children and grandchildren.

4.In a care centre或She worked in a care centre.

5.It's about 30 minutes' walk.或About 30 minutes’ walk.

6.Yes, she did.

7.這是一道開放題，只要“言之有理”即可，如：As a volunteer, we can help others and make friend with them. This also enrich our life.或We should try to help others……

【解析】

1.Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school.第一段第二行中有現成答案，所以答案為:When she was in high school.

2.After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old.在文章的第二段第一行中有現成的答案，所以答案為She started volunteering to help the old.

3.Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.第二段最后一行中講Ann非常激動去與她的children和grandchildren分享她的故事，所以本題的答案為Because she shared her life story with her children and grandchildren.

4.After a hurricane(颶風) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre.第三段第一、二行中有現成答案，所以答案為In a care centre或She worked in a care centre.

5.Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk from where Helen lives.第四段的第四行有現成答案，所以答案為It's about 30 minutes' walk.或About 30 minutes’ walk.

6.在文章的第四段都講述了Helen如何幫助Sahra學習英語的內容，所以答案為Yes, she did. 注意：男女人稱she/he。

7.這是一道開放題，只要“言之有理”即可，如：As a volunteer, we can help others and make friend with them. This also enrich our life.或We should try to help others……