Ⅴ. 短文填空。
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
When we volunteer, we play a role in improving others' 1. ____. At the same time, we are helping 2. ____. Last summer vacation, I 3. ____ at an organization called Cradles to Crayons. It 4. ____ away things such as clothes and shoes to children in need. I spent two hours a day 5. ____ and packing (打包) things there.
I quite liked the work. When volunteering there, I met some of the 6. ____ people. They were always happy and ready 7. ____. I enjoyed talking and working 8. ____ them.
At the end of each day, the volunteer 9. ____ would tell us how many children we helped that day. I was 10. ____ to see how a small act could make a big 11. ____ to someone's life. I only volunteered for a short time each day, 12. ____ many children got help. I got such a strong 13. ____ of satisfaction from this.
My volunteer experience at Cradles to Crayons also taught me to be thankful for 14. ____ I have in life — food, clean water, clothes, family ... They are 15. ____ available to us, but for some others, they may be hard to get. We should value them.

1. lives 2. ourselves 3. volunteered 4. gives/gave 5. choosing 6. nicest 7. to help 8. with 9. leader 10. surprised 11. difference 12. but 13. feeling 14. what 15. easily

Ⅵ. 阅读理解。
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My father used to work in the city and hardly stayed at home. But he would come back and help to harvest (收割) rice every year.
One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After my father harvested our own, his little rice picker broke. What's worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that my father wouldn't be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. “If tonight's weather is clear, I think I can do it,” added my father. In fact, he was quite tired after a day's harvest work.
After dinner, my father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was shining in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word.
I would never forget the image (画面): My father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, there were row after row of rice stalks (秸秆), showing respect for a man who kept his word.
()1. The father used to work in the ____ and hardly stayed at home.
A. village
B. hospital
C. city
D. street
()2. The father decided to harvest the neighbor's rice ____.
A. with his rice picker
B. with his children
C. a few days later
D. by hand
()3. The father spent the whole night ____.
A. harvesting our own rice
B. harvesting the neighbor's rice
C. going back to the city
D. returning to the hospital
()4. The underlined word “respect” in the last paragraph means “____” in Chinese.
A. 敬意
B. 疲惫
C. 观望
D. 冷漠
()5. From the passage, we know the father ____.
A. kept his word
B. broke a promise
C. had no friends
D. liked working at night

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