四、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
simple pay they hand protect wherever safely spare driver pick

Volunteers help people who really need help. Volunteering means that someone works to help people without being 1. . There are many places where you can see different volunteers.
At school gates, you can see some volunteers with red vests (马甲). Can you guess who they are? They are parent volunteers. When students go across the street, parent volunteers put up a "SLOW" sign to remind 2. to slow down. In order to become good traffic volunteers, parents should learn how to give directions to students and stop 3. from playing soccer on the road. Because of these volunteers, students can get to school and go back home 4. . Many parents are looking forward to being a volunteer. They wish to make an effort to 5. students' safety.
Another group of "red vests" show up on main roads. They help cleaners pick up paper, plastic bags, glass bottles and so on. They ask people not to throw rubbish everywhere. They may say, "Could you please take away your rubbish?" or "Would you mind 6. up your cigarette butts (烟头)?" Although their work seems 7. , they still take it seriously. 8. you go, you can see volunteers in red vests. They have become the most beautiful sight in our city.
Some teenagers spend their 9. time in hospitals or the old people's homes. They cheer sick kids up or look after the elderly. Some volunteers work as teachers in village schools.
A lot of volunteers show their kindness by lending a helping 10. . They can make a difference to people in need and to our society.

1. paid 2. drivers 3. them 4. safely 5. protect 6. picking 7. simple 8. Wherever 9. spare 10. hand

【分析】
首先梳理清晰解题思路：第一步先通读方框内所有备选词汇，明确每个词的词义和基础词性；第二步通读整篇短文，把握本文围绕各类志愿者志愿活动展开的核心主题，理清整体语境；第三步逐空分析句子的语法结构、上下文逻辑，结合固定搭配判断所需单词的正确形式，同时遵守每词限用一次的规则，最后代入所有答案通读验证语句通顺性。
逐空推导逻辑：第1空志愿工作是无偿的，空前being提示被动语态，用pay的过去分词；第2空校门口举“慢”字标识是提醒司机减速，要用driver的复数形式表泛指；第3空阻止的对象是前文提到的学生，要用they的宾格作stop的宾语；第4空修饰学生到校、回家的动作，需要用副词表示“安全地”；第5空空前to是不定式符号，后面接动词原形表“保护”学生安全；第6空mind后接动名词，搭配pick up表示捡起烟头；第7空系动词seem后接形容词作表语，表工作看起来简单；第8空引导让步状语从句表“无论哪里”，句首首字母大写；第9空固定搭配spare time表示空闲时间；第10空固定搭配lend a helping hand表示伸出援手。
【解析】
1. 句意：志愿工作指的是人们提供帮助却不会获得报酬。空前being提示此处为被动结构，pay表示支付报酬，被动形式为paid，符合志愿活动无偿的属性。
2. 句意：家长志愿者举着“慢”的标识提醒司机减速。结合校门口的场景，提醒的对象是过往的司机，此处表泛指所有司机，用driver的复数形式drivers。
3. 句意：家长们要学会给学生指路，阻止他们在马路上踢足球。此处指代前文提到的students，在句中作stop的宾语，用人称代词they的宾格形式them。
4. 句意：多亏了这些志愿者，学生们可以安全到校、平安回家。此处修饰到校和回家的动作，需要用副词，safely意为“安全地”，符合语境。
5. 句意：他们希望努力保护学生的安全。空前to是不定式符号，后面接动词原形，protect意为“保护”，符合make an effort to do sth（努力做某事）的搭配规则。
6. 句意：你介意捡起你的烟头吗？固定搭配mind doing sth意为“介意做某事”，pick up是固定短语“捡起”，因此此处填pick的动名词形式picking。
7. 句意：尽管他们的工作看起来很简单，他们仍然认真对待。系动词seem后面接形容词作表语，simple意为“简单的”，符合语境。
8. 句意：无论你走到哪里，你都能看到穿红马甲的志愿者。此处引导让步状语从句，wherever意为“无论哪里”，放在句首首字母大写，即Wherever。
9. 句意：一些青少年把他们的空闲时间花在医院或者养老院。固定搭配spare time意为“空闲时间”，因此填spare。
10. 句意：很多志愿者通过伸出援手来展现他们的善意。固定短语lend a helping hand意为“伸出援助之手”，因此填hand。
【答案】
1. paid 2. drivers 3. them 4. safely 5. protect 6. picking 7. simple 8. Wherever 9. spare 10. hand
【知识点】
被动语态，固定短语搭配，词性转换
【点评】
本题是初中阶段典型的选词短文填空题，以志愿者服务为生活化话题，既考察学生对词汇词义的掌握，也重点覆盖了动词变形、代词宾格、副词修饰动词等基础语法考点，解题时要注意先把握全文主旨再逐空推导，完成后要代入答案通读校验，避免出现词形错误、用词重复的问题。
【难度系数】
0.6