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【题目】B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)

There are many elderly people in Erdingford who live on their own and find it difficult to go out and to look after themselves. Yet most of them love their homes and want to go on living in them as long as possible. Helping Hand is a registered charity that helps such people to live independent lives in their own home environments. But our work______ volunteers, many of them young people, who visit our clients and help them with the activities of daily living, or just provide some friendly company for an hour or so.

Some of the elderly clients we help have failing eyesight and often they like to be read to. Others just enjoy an opportunity for some friendly conversation or playing a______ such as cards or chess.

What you do for your client is discussed and______ by you, your Volunteer Support Officer, and the person you are helping. You will not be asked to do anything you are not happy to do. A Helping Hand volunteer can be a trusted link with the ‘outside world’, helping to keep our senior citizens independent. But it’s not a one-sided benefit: volunteers learn so much from their clients’ experience of life as well as gaining new skills by taking on the______ of caring role. As Roy (18) said:

I thought voluntary work would be a matter of doing little jobs for an old person I didn’t know, and then feeling_____ myself because I’d done something good. But it wasn’t really like that. It was more like a friendship: I learnt so much from Margaret about her generation, how things were in the past, and about life itself. And she seemed to take me______ , and to listen to what I had to say.

【1】A.deals withB.depends onC.stands forD.worries about

【2】A.gameB.ballC.trickD.character

【3】A.markedB.recordedC.provedD.agreed

【4】A.interestB.effectC.responsibilityD.adventure

【5】A.familiar withB.pleased withC.embarrassed about D.disappointed in

【6】A.slowlyB.badlyC.carefullyD.seriously

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【解析】

文章讲述在Erdingford有许多老年人，加入Helping Hand慈善机构的志愿者如何帮助老年人。

【1】句意：但是我们的工作依靠志愿者。

考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. deals with处理；B. depends on依靠；C. stands for代表；D. worries about担心。结合句意：但是我们的工作依靠志愿者。故选B。

【2】句意：其他人只是享受一个友好交谈或游戏的机会，例如打牌或下棋。

考查名词及语境的理解。A. game游戏；B. ball球；C. trick花招；D. character人物。根据空后such as cards or chess可知，应是游戏。故选A。

【3】句意：你为客户（老人）所做的一切都经过你，你的志愿者支持官，还有你正在帮助的人的讨论和同意。

考查过去分词及语境的理解。A. marked做标记；B. recorded记录；C. proved证明；D. agreed同意。be +过去分词+by sb.表示被某人……；agreed同意，过去分词，符合语境。故选D。

【4】句意：志愿者从客户（老人）的生活经历中学到了很多东西也通过承担起照顾他人的责任来获得新技能。

考查名词及语境的理解。A. interest兴趣；B. effect影响；C. responsibility责任；D. adventure冒险。take on the responsibility承担责任，固定搭配。故选C。

【5】句意：我认为志愿工作是为一个不认识的老人做些小工作，并对自己感到满意因为我做了好事。

考查形容词短语及语境的理解。A. familiar with对……熟悉；B. pleased with对……感到满意；C. embarrassed about对……感到尴尬；D. disappointed in对……感到失望。根据“because I’d done something good”可知，应是对自己感到满意。故选B。

【6】句意：她似乎把我当回事，听我说什么。

考查副词及语境的理解。A. slowly满地；B. badly差；C. carefully仔细地；D. seriously严肃地。take…seriously表示认真对待……，固定搭配。故选D。

通读全文，从整体上感知全文，理解文章大意，这是解题的基础。在理解文章大意的情况下，结合各选项的意义和用法，做出正确答案。例如小题6，考查副词及语境的理解。A. slowly满地；B. badly差；C. carefully仔细地；D. seriously严肃地。Take…seriously表示认真对待……，固定搭配。故选D。