[2026广东揭阳期中]
Let’s volunteer!
If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Don’t believe those people who say that young people today often think of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
Alice Hamilton, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be great fun. I’ll spend the whole summer living in a forest and breathing fresh air. I’m going to sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice activity and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I’m going to work for Special House Programme. They build good, less expensive houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
Trisha Anderson, 16
I’m going to teach children who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a programme called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
()1. Alice is going to .
A. work for Special House Programme
B. teach children who have trouble reading
C. spend her school holidays working for others for money
D. help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains
()2. This summer, Jason will do many things except .
A. helping people
B. learning how to build houses
C. sleeping under the moon and stars
D. working for Special House Programme
()3. If Jill, an 8-year-old girl, has trouble reading, she can ask for help.
A. Alice Hamilton
B. Jason Moore
C. Trisha Anderson
D. nobody
()4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Young people in the USA only think of themselves.
B. Alice will enjoy the life in the forest.
C. Special House Programme builds and sells some houses to rich families.
D. Trisha loves only children but not reading.
()5. 新考法 文章出处 Where may this passage come from?
A. A storybook.
B. A newspaper.
C. A self-introduction.
D. A sports magazine.

Presenting ideas & Reflection
刷能力
阅读理解·语篇导读 本文主要介绍了三个年轻人的志愿者计划。
快速对答案 1—5 D C C B B
1. D 细节理解题。根据"I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains."可知,艾丽斯打算帮助森林中心在山里建造新的徒步旅行道路。故选 D 项。
2. C 细节理解题。根据"This summer, I'm going to work for Special House Programme... to
高分技巧
解答此题时,可以为每个例子打上"标签":彭静旋→文化交流;陈泽雨→经验分享;小 Q→信息传播。然后思考这些标签的共同指向是什么。答案是"沟通与连接",即"桥梁"作用。
知识拓展
encourage sb to do sth 鼓励某人做某事
learn how to build houses."可知,选项 C 不是贾森要做的事情。故选 C 项。
3. C 推理判断题。根据"I'm going to teach children who have trouble reading."可知,阅读有困难的孩子可以找特丽莎帮忙。故选 C 项。
4. B 推理判断题。根据"It's going to be great fun... and I'll be able to do something good at the same time."可知,艾丽斯会很享受森林里的生活。故选 B 项。
5. B 推理判断题。通读全文可知,文章介绍了三个年轻人的志愿者计划,由此推知,这篇文章最可能出现在报纸上。故选 B 项。