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Planning to do more with your year in 2013l Step outside your comfort zone? Make a difference? At i to i Volunteering, our determination is to help you help others!

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THE PROJECTS   Book any trip in January and you can choose which of these you would like us to donate to:

Peru

To assist community projects in Cusco and Lima with resources（资源）to improve these kids lives

Our project in Cusco is busy fundraising for a reading room so that the kids in their care don't have to work on the floor anymore． Our project in Cusco is also creating their own bakery so that they can raise funds for themselves． The bakery still needs an industrial mixer to get things going and your funds will go towards helping them become self-sufficient（自足）．

Thailand

To assist our projects in Thailand recover from the floods that hit last year

Now that the flood waters are subsiding, it's all hands on deck to clear up the mess left behind, repair damaged possessions and get schools up and running so that kids can return．We're looking to raise funds for the simple things such as paint to redecorate but also to replace larger equipment such as cookers and computers that have been ruined in the floods．

Kenya

To help our projects in Kenya with much needed resources to build simple homes for those that don't have one

Many people in Kenya still live in badly-built, over-crowded buildings． This project uses volunteer power to help build proper homes and facilities（设施） for communities． The projects are only slowed by a lack of physical resources and we're raising funds to help provide more wood, tools and other equipment so that more people can move above the poverty line．

60． With i to i Volunteering, you'll          .

       A． make your 2013 more rewarding

       B． get advice on how to make fortune

       C． make your adventure more challenging

       D． get a free trip around the world

61． If you are concerned about kids with few learning resources, you may choose the project in      .

       A． Costa Rica           B． Peru                    C． Thailand             D． Kenya

62． The underlined word “subsiding" probably means          .

       A．rising                      B． spreading             C． clearing             D． sinking

63． This passage is written mainly to         .

       A． call  Dr volunteering                        B． offer volunteers a draw

       C． provide tourists with a bonus              D． prepare volunteers for sightseeing

阅读理解

　　Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the favorite child of his family．He was the only boy among agreat many girl cousins．That was enough to make him important , but his father loved him especially , because he knew his son was going to be an artist．Pablo knew the word for pencil even before he could say Mamma and Papa．When he was small he spent hours by himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people．If his mother sent him out to play in the square , he went on drawing in the dust under the trees．One of his favorite models was his younger sister , Lola．

　　Don Jose Ruiz , Pablo’s father was director of the museum at Malaga in southern spain．He earned only a small salary , but there was not much work to do and he was able to practise his hobby , which was painting pigeons．Don Jose loved pigeons very much．He painted them dead or alive , in ones and twos and in dozens．Sometimes he painted them on paper , cut them out and stuck them on to canvas（画布）; Sometimes he stuck real feathers on to his pictures．He knew a great deal about the technique of painting and he taught it all to Pablo．

　　Life in Malaga was very pleasant．In the hot , Mediterranean（地中海的）sunshine father and son would walk down to the beach to look at the boats on the shore or wander round the open markets．They made a strange pair．Don Jose was tall and thin , with red hair and beard , sad grey eyes and a fine set of whiskers（髯）．He was so shy and correct that he was nicknamed “the Englishman”．Pabol was quite the opposite．He had his mother’s small, strong build ; he had straight black hair , and bright black eyes that noticed everything that was going on around him．

1．When Pablo was a little boy , he ______．

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A．used to play in the square

B．would spend hours drawing pictures

C．was fond of playing with pigeons

D．often enjoyed taking a walk with his sister

2．What did little Pabol draw most ? ______．

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A．The square he was playing in．

B．The trees．

C．The sea．

D．His younger sister , Lola．

3．Pablo’s father could paint a lot because ______．

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A．he had plenty of time

B．he did not have much money

C．he looked after the museum

D．he liked pigeons

4．Don Jose and Pablo were “ a strange pair ” because ______．

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A．they liked to wander about the town．

B．they noticed everything that was going on around them

C．they both painted

D．they looked so different from each other

5．Malaga is probably ______．

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A．an island in the Mediterranean

B．a sea port in Spain

C．an inland city in southern Spain

D．a small country township