专题强化训练(二)
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(原创题)
Stephanie Hong
My first memory of volunteering was when I was 7 years old. My older brother was in a volunteering group and I __1__ him for their Habitat for Humanity project. I still __2__ that day: it was warm but breezy, everyone was in a __3__ mood, and we finished ahead of schedule. I was too young to do any __4__ lifting, but I remember feeling a wave of __5__ when we completed the project.
Flash forward to now—I'm still __6__ to that feeling. I still love giving back to the place I now call home, the San Francisco Bay Area. I am learning marketing, and in my __7__ time, I help manage their search engine marketing and __8__ webmaster to keep their website up to date. It is extremely __9__ to provide my expertise when they otherwise would not have __10__ for it.
And with a love for __11__， I recently just started at Rabbit Rescue as a rabbit helper! I spend two hours a week __12__ with rabbits to make them perfect pets. From just sitting with them to get them used to humans or __13__ with them to give them exercise, it is the perfect __14__ to get out and help animals in need!
As you can tell, I have a soft spot for animals. As I grew older and __15__ more professional talents, skilled volunteering is where I found the greatest __16__. Utilizing my marketing skills for good and playing with rabbits—now that's volunteer heaven!
Many people do not want to bring work home. But what if you were using your “work” to help a cause? Many nonprofit organizations do not have the __17__ to hire for every skill. With skilled volunteering, professionals can __18__ a few hours a month for __19__ tasks like graphic designing, programming, marketing, writing, etc. Next time you're __20__ a volunteer performance, consider using your professional skills to make a difference!
篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。做一名好的志愿者不仅要有爱心，还要有一定的专业技能，只有这样才会更好的帮助别人，你也是这样认为的吗？
1．A.introduced C．led
B．guided
D．followed
答案：D 根据空格前面的“when I was 7 years old. My older brother was in a volunteering group”可知，作者当时7岁，所以跟着哥哥参加了一个志愿组织。
2．A.celebrate C．remember
B．expect D．miss
答案：C 结合下文的“it was warm but breezy, everyone was in a __3__ mood, and we finished ahead of schedule”可知，作者多年后仍然记得参加志愿者活动那天的情景。
3．A.good C．anxious
B．calm D．gloomy
答案：A 根据下文的“we finished ahead of schedule”可知，作者他们心情好，因此提前完成了任务。
4．A.dangerous C．distant
B．heavy
D．slight
答案：B 与上文的“too young”呼应，由于年纪小，不能干重活。 5．A.excitement C．pressure
B．disappointment
D．loneliness
答案：A 结合下文的“when we completed the project”可知，完成了任务，因此应该感到兴奋。 6．A.buried C．addicted
B．absorbed D．accustomed
答案：C 根据下文的“I still love giving back to the place I now call home, the San Francisco Bay Area.”可知，作者多年后，仍然痴迷于这种参加志愿者活动后的那种兴奋的感觉。be addicted to “痴迷于……”。
7．A.good C．limited
B．daily D．free/spare
答案：D 根据下文的“I help manage their search engine marketing and __8__ webmaster to keep their website up to date”可知，作者在业余时间，帮助这个机构管理网站。
8．A.care about C．appeal to
B．act as
D．deal with
答案：B 根据上文的“I am learning marketing, and in my __7__ time”和下文的“webmaster”可知，作者在业余时间，担任网站管理员。act as “担任”。
9．A.fulfilling
B．thrilling
C．challenging
D．exhausting
答案：A 根据下文的“to provide my expertise when they otherwise would not have __10__ for it”可知，作者认为，利用自己的专业知识担任志愿者，有一种成就感。fulfilling “令人满意的，令人有成就感的”。
10．A.passion C．staff
B．support
D．time
答案：C 与上文的“webmaster”呼应，由于自己担任了网站管理员，因此这个网站就不必再雇佣其他的工作人员了。
11．A.challenges C．games
B．projects
D．animals
答案：D 根据下文的“I recently just started at Rabbit Rescue as a rabbit helper”可知，作者喜欢动物。
12．A.hanging out C．keeping up
B．carrying on D．moving off
答案：A 根据设空处前的“I spend two hours a week”和设空处后的“with rabbits to make them perfect pets”可知，作者每周花费两个小时领着这些兔子出去玩。hang out “消遣，闲逛”；carry on “保持”；keep up “继续下去”；move off “离开，出发”。故选A。
13．A.dealing C．competing
B．playing
D．learning
答案：B 与上文每周花两个小时与兔子玩呼应，这里也指和这些兔子玩，帮助它们锻炼成为好的宠物。
14．A.honor C．excuse
B．possibility D．area
答案：C 根据空格前面的“From just sitting with them to get them used to humans” 和“with them to give them exercise”可知，这是一个很好的溜出去并帮助其他动物的理由。
15．A.explored C．discovered
B．identified
D．gained
答案：D 根据上文的“As I grew older and”和下文的“more professional talents, skilled volunteering”可知，随着作者的年龄增加，获得了更多的专业技能。gain talents “获得技能”。
16．A.work
B．pressure
C．depression
D．reward
答案：D 结合上文的“skilled volunteering”可知，作者认为在技能志愿活动中发现了最有价值、最有回报的地方。
17．A.intention C．aim
B．money
D．promise
答案：B 根据空格前面的“Many nonprofit organizations do not have”和常识可知，许多非盈利的组织没有钱来雇佣更多的人。
18．A.use up C．set aside
B．add up D．set down
答案：C 根据设空处后的“a few hours a month”可知，这里指拿出一定的时间。 use up “用完，用光”；add up “把……加起来”；set aside “留出；不理会”；set down “写下，记下”。故选C。
19．A.interesting C．complex
B．simple
D．specific
答案：D 与上文的“professionals”呼应，专业人员在进行志愿活动的时候，可以从事一些专门的任务如图表设计、编程或者销售等。
20．A.arguing about C．watching over
B．taking up
D．looking for
答案：D 根据下文的“a volunteer performance, consider using your professional skills to make a difference”可知，如果你下次寻找志愿活动的话，可以利用你的专业知识进行志愿活动。
breezy adj. 有微风的 utilize v. 使用；利用 nonprofit organization 非营利组织 graphic designing 平面设计
第二段最后一句：It is extremely fulfilling to provide my expertise when they otherwise would not have staff for it.
译文：在他们没有相关的工作人员时，提供我的专业知识是非常令人有成就感的。
分析：这是一个主从复合句。It作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式短语to provide my expertise; when引导时间状语从句。
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Have you ever experienced a scene that makes you moved to tears? Sometimes it is the __1__
of kindness and love has the most powerful effect.
One time, while I was waiting for a procedure in the __2__ waiting room, I saw something __3__ happen. A man and woman were there together—the man was __4__ to a wheelchair, sunken, __5__ and down-headed. He had a bottle of oxygen next to him, and was __6__ still, dumb, like someone who had had all his strings __7__.
Next to him, his wife had a little travel guitar out and was playing __8__. A moment later, she started __9__ a song to him in almost a __10__， which made it impossible to be clearly heard. Then he joined in. Their song was __11__ heard, but his visage (面容) changed.
He seemed to be able to __12__ in a breath, and as they sang together, the __13__ of life came back into his eyes. His head became straight up, no longer __14__. You could see his shrunken chest start __15__. This was a man looking like death, suddenly returning to __16__， as he sang with his wife.
Her __17__ for him could be seen in her eyes, and his love for her, when he finally looked up to her. I was too awed (敬畏的) to even __18__. To be honest, it was such an __19__ of love as I rarely see: a soul, two souls, __20__ each other life itself.
Sure, it was the power of love that refreshed the man's life.
篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了作者在医院见证了感人的一幕，证明爱的力量可以使人充满生机。
1．A.witnessing C．contributing
B．experiencing D．proving
答案：A 由文章大意可知，本文是作者在医院的所见所闻，见证了爱的奇迹。witness “见证”。 2．A.service C．hospital
B．airport D．office
答案：C 由下文提到的“He had a bottle of oxygen next to him”可以推知，应该是在医院。 3．A.inspiring C．rewarding
B．amazing D．challenging
答案：B 由下文描述可知，一位男士在轮椅上面容憔悴、精神萎靡，但是，听到妻子的歌声，同时两个人一起吟唱之后，发生了变化。因此此事应该是令人称奇的(amazing)。
4．A.exposed C．limited
B．accustomed D．adjusted
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