二、阅读理解
Do you like travelling? Have you heard of volunteer travel? Do you know what volunteer travel means?
The main purpose of volunteer travel is to take part in service chance to help others. During the trip, volunteer travellers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. The volunteers may get free or discounted (打折) accommodation (住宿), meals and laundry (洗衣), activities, or classes because of their help.
It seems as if these long journeys could only be made possible in recent years by modern transport. However, volunteer travel dates back to the 1960s, when Alec Dickson and his wife Mora from the UK founded Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization.
Traditionally, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. But now, more volunteer trips have taken place within the volunteers' own countries in recent years. Volunteer projects in the countryside are now attracting more visitors living in the cities as a break from the fast and stressful city lives.
By doing voluntary work while travelling, travellers may make a real, positive influence on the world. The services volunteers provide can reduce the costs for the communities they serve. Another advantage (优点) of volunteer travel is that it helps people living in cities experience the life in the countryside. For those who are tired of city life but can't move to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a way. In this way, travellers can relax themselves from their busy lives, while the countryside can get a lot by receiving more customers for local tourism industries.
() 1. What's the writing purpose of Paragraph 1?
A. To explain the topic.
B. To express the writer's ideas.
C. To raise some questions.
D. To introduce the topic of the passage.
() 2. What does the passage tell us?
A. The aim of volunteer travel is to help others while travelling.
B. Volunteer travel only takes place in recent years.
C. The volunteer travellers can travel around for free.
D. Volunteer travellers prefer to go to a foreign country.
() 3. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5?
A. People think volunteer travel is very interesting.
B. There are lots of advantages of volunteer travel.
C. Volunteer travel can make it easier to go travelling.
D. People try volunteer travel in many different ways.
() 4. What's the best title for the passage?
A. Travel and Work
B. Relax in Your Life
C. Help While Travelling
D. Experience a New Life

【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了志愿者旅行，包括它的目的、起源以及好处等。
1. D 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，此段通过三个问题，引入了文章的话题，故选 D。
2. A 推理判断题。根据第二段“The main purpose of volunteer travel is to take part in service chance to help others.”可知，志愿者旅行的目的是在旅行中帮助别人，故选 A。
3. B 补全文章题。根据设空后的“By doing voluntary work while travelling, travellers may make a real, positive influence on the world.”及“Another advantage of volunteer travel...”可知，此段主要讲述了志愿者旅行的好处，B 项符合本段大意，故选 B。
4. C 标题归纳题。文章主要介绍了志愿者旅行的目的、起源和好处，因此 C 项“在旅行中帮忙”最适合作标题，故选 C。

【分析】
1. 第1题：先分析第一段的呈现形式，它以三个相关问题开篇，要明确这类开篇的核心作用是引出文章话题，而非单纯提出问题，需区分表面行为和实际写作目的。
2. 第2题：属于细节推理题，要逐个核对选项与原文内容，回到原文找到对应语句，判断选项表述是否准确，比如原文明确了志愿旅行的目的、起源时间、志愿者的福利以及现在的旅行地域倾向，以此排除错误选项。
3. 第3题：是段落主旨句补全题，观察空后内容，提到了志愿旅行的积极影响和“另一个优点”，说明本段核心是讲志愿旅行的好处，空处需要能总领该段的句子。
4. 第4题：标题归纳题，需抓住全文核心，本文围绕志愿旅行展开，核心是“旅行中参与志愿帮扶”，要选择能精准概括这个核心的标题，排除过于宽泛或只涉及部分内容的选项。
【解析】
1. 第1题：第一段用三个问题引出本文核心话题“志愿旅行”。A选项“解释话题”不符合，第一段未对话题进行解释；B选项“表达作者观点”错误，第一段无观点表达；C选项“提出一些问题”只是表面行为，并非写作目的，写作目的是引入话题，故选D。
2. 第2题：根据第二段“The main purpose of volunteer travel is to take part in service chance to help others.”可知志愿旅行的目的是在旅行中帮助他人，A正确；第三段提到志愿旅行起源于1960年代，并非仅在近年，B错误；第二段说明志愿者可获得免费或折扣的住宿等，并非全程免费旅行，C错误；第四段表明现在更多志愿旅行在志愿者本国开展，D错误，故选A。
3. 第3题：第五段后文介绍了志愿旅行对世界的积极影响、对城市人群和乡村旅游业的益处，都是在阐述志愿旅行的优点，B选项“志愿旅行有很多优点”能总领本段内容，符合语境，故选B。
4. 第4题：本文围绕志愿旅行，介绍了它的目的、起源和优点，核心是“在旅行中提供帮扶”。A选项“旅行和工作”过于宽泛；B选项“生活中放松”只是志愿旅行的一个好处；D选项“体验新生活”不全面，C选项“在旅行中帮忙”最贴合文章核心，故选C。
【答案】
1. D；2. A；3. B；4. C
【知识点】
段落作用判断，细节推理，标题归纳
【点评】
本文是介绍志愿旅行的说明文，考查学生对文章开篇作用、细节信息及主旨大意的把握能力，解题需紧扣原文，通过逐段分析、选项核对得出答案，要养成回归原文找依据的阅读习惯。
【难度系数】
0.3