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

【解析】
1. 由前文“Volunteering means that someone works to help people”可知志愿工作是无偿的，此处需用被动语态，pay的过去分词形式paid符合语境，意为“不被付钱”。
2. 根据前文“put up a ‘SLOW’ sign to remind”可知是提醒司机减速，driver的复数形式drivers符合语境。
3. 此处指代前文的students，stop后接宾格代词，故用them，意为“阻止他们在路上踢足球”。
4. 此处修饰动词短语“get to school and go back home”，需用副词，safely（安全地）符合语境。
5. “make an effort to do sth.”为固定搭配，结合“students’ safety”可知用protect（保护），意为“努力保护学生安全”。
6. “mind doing sth.”为固定搭配，pick的动名词形式picking符合语境，意为“介意捡起你的烟头”。
7. seem后接形容词作表语，simple（简单的）符合“their work seems...”的语境。
8. 此处引导让步状语从句，Wherever（无论哪里）符合“you go, you can see volunteers”的语境，首字母大写。
9. “spare time”为固定短语，意为“空闲时间”，符合“spend their...time”的语境。
10. “lend a helping hand”为固定短语，意为“伸出援手”，故填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】
1. 动词形式转换 2. 代词用法 3. 固定短语搭配
【点评】
本文围绕志愿者展开，考查词汇的适当形式填空，需结合语境、语法规则（如被动语态、动名词形式）及固定短语搭配来解题，既考查学生对词汇的掌握，又锻炼其语境分析和语言运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6