Dear Volunteers，
The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state.
We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year. That is hardly enough, and we depend on your contact a great deal! It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door. The person inside may be hurt or ill. They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us. If they are frequently absent, we may need to determine if they still need meals.
If you find someone with a medical emergency, please call 911 to request medical assistance, and then call the Meals on Wheels office. If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency, please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050, and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call.
Let us know when a certain person needs extra food. We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them. Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals. Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading. If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library, let us know. We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program. Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals, or if someone needs a space heater, a blanket, or an electric fan. Please convey all needs to us, and we will try to see that they are met. Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers, liver diseases, AIDS, etc. If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems, such as these, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Betty L. Bradley, LBSW,
Executive Director
【小题1】Why does the author write this letter?

A．To express great thanks to volunteers.

B．To explain how the old people get help.

C．To tell volunteers what they are tasked with.

D．To describe the life situation of the old people.

【小题2】What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage?

A．They order books for needy people.

B．They design programs to help people.

C．They offer medical help to sick people.

D．They deliver food to the elderly people.

【小题3】How does the author learn about the needs of the people served?

A．The volunteers report back the information to him.

B．His staff members call them to get the information.

C．He visits them now and then to get the information.

D．The family members send the information to his office.

Dear Volunteers，

The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state.

We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year. That is hardly enough, and we depend on your contact a great deal! It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door. The person inside may be hurt or ill. They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us. If they are frequently absent, we may need to determine if they still need meals.

If you find someone with a medical emergency, please call 911 to request medical assistance, and then call the Meals on Wheels office. If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency, please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050, and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call.

Let us know when a certain person needs extra food. We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them. Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals. Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading. If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library, let us know. We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program. Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals, or if someone needs a space heater, a blanket, or an electric fan. Please convey all needs to us, and we will try to see that they are met. Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers, liver diseases, AIDS, etc. If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems, such as these, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Betty L. Bradley, LBSW,

Executive Director

1.Why does the author write this letter?

A．To express great thanks to volunteers.

B．To explain how the old people get help.

C．To tell volunteers what they are tasked with.

D．To describe the life situation of the old people.

2.What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage?

A．They order books for needy people.

B．They design programs to help people.

C．They offer medical help to sick people.

D．They deliver food to the elderly people.

3.How does the author learn about the needs of the people served?

A．The volunteers report back the information to him.

B．His staff members call them to get the information.

C．He visits them now and then to get the information.

D．The family members send the information to his office.

 

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　　I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper(脾气) has 1 me with plenty of opportunities (机会) to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother is telling me, “Don't watch the 3 when you say,‘I'm sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the 4 , so he'll know you 5 it.”

　　My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 6 apology: it must be direct, You must never 7 to be doing something else. You do not 8 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 9 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 10 . You do not apologize to a hostess(女主人) , whose guest of horror you treat 11 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 12 .

　　One of the important things you should do for an 13 apology is a readiness to 14 the responsibility (责任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 15 for the other person to 16 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 17 about themselves. That, after all, is the 18 of every apology. It 19 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one's 20 encourages others to take their share of the blame.

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Comparing is competition’s twin. Comparing yourself to others is   1  but bad news. Why? Because we’re all on different  2  timetable. Since we all bake   3  , we shouldn’t keep opening the oven door to see how   4  our cake is rising compared to our neighbor’s  5  our own cake won’t rise at all.

 My problem began when I   6  the high school. Most of the kids in my high school had money. And how you   7  was everything. The big question was who is wearing what today? There were even some   8  rules about clothes such as never wear the same thing twice. Brand names and expensive jeans were a   9  . You had to have every color every style.

I began to feel   10  . A voice said to me “Why can’t you look like her?” “  11  you’re so fat?” Although I wasn’t fat; I was so   12  of being fat. It soon became a big part of my life. I started throwing   13  thirty to forty times a day. It was my secret. I couldn’t tell my parents because I didn’t want to let them   14  .

Finally the situation worsened. While I was on   15  performing in a play, I suddenly   16    Waking up in the dressing room, I found my mom at my side. “I need help,” I whispered.

  17  that I had a problem was the first step to my recovery. Looking back now, I can’t believe I got myself into that   18  of mind. I had everything I needed to be happy   19  I was so miserable. I want to shout out to the world, “Don’t ever do this to   20  .It’s not worth it.”

1．A．everything             B．anything              C．nothing               D．something

2．A．development          B．duty                    C．improvement       D．living

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3．A．particularly            B．differently            C．similarly              D．carefully

4．A．slow                     B．well                    C．rapidly                D．properly

5．A．though                  B．however              C．or                       D．when

6．A．entered                 B．found                  C．joined                  D．left

7．A．acted                    B．studied                C．dressed               D．ate

8．A．simple                   B．well-known         C．unforgettable       D．unspoken

9．A．must                     B．sign                    C．symbol                D．note

10．A．special                B．tired                    C．self-conscious     D．self-confident

11．A．  When                B．Because               C．If only                D．How come

12．A．happy                 B．unaware              C．scared                 D．concerned

13．A．off                      B．up                       C．back                   D．out

14．A．down                  B．on                       C．off                      D．up

15．A．spot                    B．top                      C．stage                   D．time

16．A．ran away             B．passed out           C．got lost               D．gave off

17．A．Remembering      B．Understanding      C．Forgetting           D．Admitting

18．A．case                    B．state                    C．condition             D．situation

19．A．yet                      B．and                     C．meanwhile           D．for

20．A．your parents       B．your friends      C．others             D．yourself