题目
Why do People Volunteer? In the past, it was thought that individuals volunteered strictly for altruistic（利他的）reasons. The good Samaritan（萨米利亚人，乐善好施的人）goes out of their way to aid a stranger. The solider goes back to save a fallen comrade. It was a noble thing for someone to lend a hand for the greater good of mankind. People help those in need for no reward or any grand show of gratitude. However, recent studies have indicated that there may be other reasons. Some people volunteer to gain career experience, to build their resume. They also volunteer to develop skills or learn new ones. In addition, volunteer work enables others to make contacts with people in their chosen career. Some people volunteer to build self-esteem, to make themselves feel better, to feel needed, to feel that they have a place in this world and to truly feel like they are making a contribution to society. However, I volunteer to give back to my community. I am grateful for the help I received from others. When I was in high school, I participated in the Upward Bound program. There I was influenced by the academic success of my tutors. I was challenged by them to exceed all of their expectations, and to broaden my horizons of thinking. Through Upward Bound I was able to acquire skills and opportunities that have helped me become the man that I am today. So I give back to enable kids to have the same chances that I have had. Volunteering is the ultimate payback to those who helped me on the road to success. I remember asking a consultant when I was in Upward Bound how I could repay him. He smiled and said, "Shawn, you can help me by helping others." That was a statement so simple, yet so deep in its meaning. The feeling that I can shape someone's life for the better is unexplainable. When I got my first volunteer position as a junior consultant at my local Boys and Girls club, I was eager to be a great role model for the kids. But things did not work out as I initially thought. After about a couple of weeks of volunteering, I felt that my efforts were in vain, because no one really appreciated what I was trying to do. It was a slow process and it got to be frustrating. By the time I had been at my wits' end and was ready to quit, it happened that the very day I intended to tell my supervisor of my decision I overheard some of the kids asking where I was that day. They said they liked having me around. My desire to give back to the community was renewed by the fact that I made a difference. I feel that you should not volunteer for the praise or to boost your resume. You should not do it because it gives your organisation a community service for some kind of quota（配额）. You should do it simply because it must be done. Yes, if there was not a need to volunteer, why would we do it in the first place? When we volunteer, we are ultimately filling in the gaps that have been stretched out by apathy （冷漠）and the need of the people. Some people are dissatisfied with those people that choose to volunteer for personal gain. I on the other hand am not. Yes, it is selfish of them to be under the guise of doing something for others when they really are doing it for themselves. But despite the fact that they are benefiting from volunteering, so are the people they are helping. It is the classic case of symbiosis（共生现象，互惠关系）and that is a good thing. After all we all win when we volunteer. So I pray everyone to find a cause and volunteer. Because not only will you be helping others, you will be helping yourself as well.1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT the reason why people volunteer? A.For well-built resume.B.For more experience.C.For challenges.D.For self-realization.2.Why does the writer volunteer? ①Because he wants to give back to his community ②Because there is a need and it must be done. ③Because he needs to fill the community service quota. ④Because he wants to shape someone's lifeA.①②B.②③C.③④D.①④3.Summarise in YOUR OWN WORDS why the author wanted to quit after weeks of volunteering, and what made him continue. (No more than 30 words)4.Explain the underlined expression "be at the wits' end" in YOUR OWN WORDS.(No more than 15 words)5.What is the writer's attitude towards those who volunteer for personal benefit? Find evidence in the passage to support your judgment. (No more than 40 words)6.What is the main purpose of this passage? A.To share personal experience of volunteering.B.To call on more people to volunteer.C.To argue for the benefits of volunteering.D.To introduce different kinds of volunteering work..
Why do People Volunteer?
In the past, it was thought that individuals volunteered strictly for altruistic（利他的）reasons. The good Samaritan（萨米利亚人，乐善好施的人）goes out of their way to aid a stranger. The solider goes back to save a fallen comrade. It was a noble thing for someone to lend a hand for the greater good of mankind. People help those in need for no reward or any grand show of gratitude. However, recent studies have indicated that there may be other reasons.
Some people volunteer to gain career experience, to build their resume. They also volunteer to develop skills or learn new ones. In addition, volunteer work enables others to make contacts with people in their chosen career.
Some people volunteer to build self-esteem, to make themselves feel better, to feel needed, to feel that they have a place in this world and to truly feel like they are making a contribution to society.
However, I volunteer to give back to my community. I am grateful for the help I received from others. When I was in high school, I participated in the Upward Bound program.
There I was influenced by the academic success of my tutors. I was challenged by them to exceed all of their expectations, and to broaden my horizons of thinking. Through Upward Bound I was able to acquire skills and opportunities that have helped me become the man that I am today. So I give back to enable kids to have the same chances that I have had.
Volunteering is the ultimate payback to those who helped me on the road to success. I remember asking a consultant when I was in Upward Bound how I could repay him. He smiled and said, "Shawn, you can help me by helping others." That was a statement so simple, yet so deep in its meaning.
The feeling that I can shape someone's life for the better is unexplainable. When I got my first volunteer position as a junior consultant at my local Boys and Girls club, I was eager to be a great role model for the kids.
But things did not work out as I initially thought. After about a couple of weeks of volunteering, I felt that my efforts were in vain, because no one really appreciated what I was trying to do. It was a slow process and it got to be frustrating.
By the time I had been at my wits' end and was ready to quit, it happened that the very day I intended to tell my supervisor of my decision I overheard some of the kids asking where I was that day. They said they liked having me around.
My desire to give back to the community was renewed by the fact that I made a difference.
I feel that you should not volunteer for the praise or to boost your resume. You should not do it because it gives your organisation a community service for some kind of quota（配额）. You should do it simply because it must be done.
Yes, if there was not a need to volunteer, why would we do it in the first place? When we volunteer, we are ultimately filling in the gaps that have been stretched out by apathy （冷漠）and the need of the people.
Some people are dissatisfied with those people that choose to volunteer for personal gain. I on the other hand am not. Yes, it is selfish of them to be under the guise of doing something for others when they really are doing it for themselves.
But despite the fact that they are benefiting from volunteering, so are the people they are helping. It is the classic case of symbiosis（共生现象，互惠关系）and that is a good thing. After all we all win when we volunteer.
So I pray everyone to find a cause and volunteer. Because not only will you be helping others, you will be helping yourself as well.
1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT the reason why people volunteer?
A.For well-built resume.
B.For more experience.
C.For challenges.
D.For self-realization.
2.Why does the writer volunteer?
①Because he wants to give back to his community
②Because there is a need and it must be done.
③Because he needs to fill the community service quota.
④Because he wants to shape someone's life
A.①②
B.②③
C.③④
D.①④
3.Summarise in YOUR OWN WORDS why the author wanted to quit after weeks of volunteering, and what made him continue. (No more than 30 words)
4.Explain the underlined expression "be at the wits' end" in YOUR OWN WORDS.(No more than 15 words)
5.What is the writer's attitude towards those who volunteer for personal benefit? Find evidence in the passage to support your judgment. (No more than 40 words)
6.What is the main purpose of this passage?
A.To share personal experience of volunteering.
B.To call on more people to volunteer.
C.To argue for the benefits of volunteering.
D.To introduce different kinds of volunteering work.
.
In the past, it was thought that individuals volunteered strictly for altruistic（利他的）reasons. The good Samaritan（萨米利亚人，乐善好施的人）goes out of their way to aid a stranger. The solider goes back to save a fallen comrade. It was a noble thing for someone to lend a hand for the greater good of mankind. People help those in need for no reward or any grand show of gratitude. However, recent studies have indicated that there may be other reasons.
Some people volunteer to gain career experience, to build their resume. They also volunteer to develop skills or learn new ones. In addition, volunteer work enables others to make contacts with people in their chosen career.
Some people volunteer to build self-esteem, to make themselves feel better, to feel needed, to feel that they have a place in this world and to truly feel like they are making a contribution to society.
However, I volunteer to give back to my community. I am grateful for the help I received from others. When I was in high school, I participated in the Upward Bound program.
There I was influenced by the academic success of my tutors. I was challenged by them to exceed all of their expectations, and to broaden my horizons of thinking. Through Upward Bound I was able to acquire skills and opportunities that have helped me become the man that I am today. So I give back to enable kids to have the same chances that I have had.
Volunteering is the ultimate payback to those who helped me on the road to success. I remember asking a consultant when I was in Upward Bound how I could repay him. He smiled and said, "Shawn, you can help me by helping others." That was a statement so simple, yet so deep in its meaning.
The feeling that I can shape someone's life for the better is unexplainable. When I got my first volunteer position as a junior consultant at my local Boys and Girls club, I was eager to be a great role model for the kids.
But things did not work out as I initially thought. After about a couple of weeks of volunteering, I felt that my efforts were in vain, because no one really appreciated what I was trying to do. It was a slow process and it got to be frustrating.
By the time I had been at my wits' end and was ready to quit, it happened that the very day I intended to tell my supervisor of my decision I overheard some of the kids asking where I was that day. They said they liked having me around.
My desire to give back to the community was renewed by the fact that I made a difference.
I feel that you should not volunteer for the praise or to boost your resume. You should not do it because it gives your organisation a community service for some kind of quota（配额）. You should do it simply because it must be done.
Yes, if there was not a need to volunteer, why would we do it in the first place? When we volunteer, we are ultimately filling in the gaps that have been stretched out by apathy （冷漠）and the need of the people.
Some people are dissatisfied with those people that choose to volunteer for personal gain. I on the other hand am not. Yes, it is selfish of them to be under the guise of doing something for others when they really are doing it for themselves.
But despite the fact that they are benefiting from volunteering, so are the people they are helping. It is the classic case of symbiosis（共生现象，互惠关系）and that is a good thing. After all we all win when we volunteer.
So I pray everyone to find a cause and volunteer. Because not only will you be helping others, you will be helping yourself as well.
1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT the reason why people volunteer?
A.For well-built resume.
B.For more experience.
C.For challenges.
D.For self-realization.
2.Why does the writer volunteer?
①Because he wants to give back to his community
②Because there is a need and it must be done.
③Because he needs to fill the community service quota.
④Because he wants to shape someone's life
A.①②
B.②③
C.③④
D.①④
3.Summarise in YOUR OWN WORDS why the author wanted to quit after weeks of volunteering, and what made him continue. (No more than 30 words)
4.Explain the underlined expression "be at the wits' end" in YOUR OWN WORDS.(No more than 15 words)
5.What is the writer's attitude towards those who volunteer for personal benefit? Find evidence in the passage to support your judgment. (No more than 40 words)
6.What is the main purpose of this passage?
A.To share personal experience of volunteering.
B.To call on more people to volunteer.
C.To argue for the benefits of volunteering.
D.To introduce different kinds of volunteering work.
.
题目解答
答案
1.C 2.A 3.1）Because he felt that his efforts were in vain and no one really appreciated what he was trying to do.；2）The love of the children make him continue.
4.It means I am very frustrated and don't know what to do.
5.The author looks objectively at those who choose to volunteer for personal gain, because even though they benefit from volunteering, so are the people they are helping.
6.B