五、完形填空。
When you hear the word “volunteering”，what do you think of it? You may think volunteering is to 1 others without getting paid. But the experience of helping others can be more meaningful than 2 .
A few months ago，I learned that the city food bank needed some 3 . I used to be the organizer in my group of friends. So，I sent letters to 10 friends. I’d like to 4 a group that would volunteer to make and serve dinner for disabled people. I wanted to 5 my friends to be part of the group. Almost all of my friends 6 .
One day，several of my friends brought some food and helped prepare the meal. “I felt good when I saw the 7 people get the food!” said one friend. Later， 8 friend made a list（清单）about serving， 9 we could do quickly and easily. Now each month there are new 10 that join the group. One woman 11 invited another group of her friends to serve.
It’s hard to imagine that simple letters asking friends to help have made a great 12 . At first，I just wanted to be an organizer. Now，I 13 my idea. I also love to work 14 a volunteer，because I can get more joy from the happy faces of the disabled people.
So，volunteering is a good way to make the world 15 . Do you want to join us?
（ ）1. A. help B. play C. rest D. carry
（ ）2. A. food B. time C. money D. milk
（ ）3. A. nurses B. volunteers C. players D. passengers
（ ）4. A. set up B. cheer up C. give up D. clean up
（ ）5. A. take B. move C. invite D. teach
（ ）6. A. refused B. agreed C. stayed D. left
（ ）7. A. disabled B. deaf C. proper D. kind
（ ）8. A. the other B. others C. other D. another
（ ）9. A. but B. so C. because D. or
（ ）10. A. books B. hands C. faces D. climbers
（ ）11. A. still B. hardly C. only D. even
（ ）12. A. mistake B. difference C. decision D. plan
（ ）13. A. keep B. get C. change D. open
（ ）14. A. as B. of C. to D. in
（ ）15. A. better B. worse C. quieter D. smaller

1. A 【点拨】根据空后的“the experience of helping others”可知，此处指的是志愿服务是帮助其他人而不要报酬。故选A。
2. C 【点拨】由语境可知，此句是说帮助别人的经历比钱更有意义。故选C。
3. B 【点拨】nurse 护士；volunteer 志愿者；player 运动员；passenger 乘客。根据语境可知，是需要一些志愿者。故选B。
4. A 【点拨】set up 成立；cheer up 振作起来；give up 放弃；clean up 打扫。由语境可知，此句是说想成立一个小组，自愿为残疾人提供晚餐。故选A。
5. C 【点拨】由句中“to be part of the group”可知，此句是说邀请朋友加入这个小组；invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事。故选C。
6. B 【点拨】refuse 拒绝；agree 同意；stay 待；leave 离开。结合选项和下文中的“several of my friends brought some food and helped prepare the meal”可知，几乎所有的朋友们都同意了。故选B。
7. A 【点拨】disabled 残疾的；deaf 聋的；proper 正确的；kind 和蔼的。由上文可知，这个小组是要帮助残疾人，所以此句是说看到残疾人得到食物。故选A。
8. D 【点拨】another 三者或三者以上的人或物中的另一个，由上文中的“several of my friends”可知，此处指的是多个朋友中的另一个。故选D。
9. B 【点拨】前后构成因果关系，此处表结果。故选B。
10. C 【点拨】根据下文“invited another group of her friends to serve”可知，每个月都有新面孔加入这个团队。故选C。
11. D 【点拨】still 仍然；hardly 几乎不；only 仅仅；even 甚至。由语境可知，此句是说一个女人甚至邀请了她的另一群朋友。故选D。
12. B 【点拨】make a great difference 有很大影响。故选B。
13. C 【点拨】由前句“At first, I just wanted to be an organizer.”可知，此句是说现在改变了主意。故选C。
14. A 【点拨】句中“a volunteer”表示一种身份，结合句中 work 可知，此句是说作为志愿者而工作。故选A。
15. A 【点拨】通读全文可知，作者从帮助残疾人的志愿活动中得到了快乐，所以志愿服务可以让世界变得更美好。故选A。