There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically full-time work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for voluntary service ___1___(VSO)for young people before they take up full-time employment, ___2___ there are opportunities for overseas service for ___3___ technicians in developing countries. Some people, ___4___ those who retire early, ___5___ their technical and business skills in countries ___6___ there is a special need.
So in considering voluntary or ___7___ community service, there are more opportunities than there ___8___ were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time ___9___, and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. ___10___ some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not ___11___ them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different ___12___, both personal and ___13___. One should not join them ___14___ to arm them with professional experience; they must be joined with commitment to the ___15___, not business efficiency. Because salaries are ___16___ or non-existent many voluntary bodies offer modest expense. But many retired people take part in community service for ___17___, simply because they enjoy the work.
Many community activities possible ___18___ retirement were also possible during one's working life but they are to be undertaken ___19___ seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider ___20___ community service.
1). A. over the sea B. over sea C. over seas D. overseas
2). A. as B. so C. then D. that
3). A. quantity B. qualifying C. quality D. qualified
4). A. partially B. partly C. particularly D. passionately
5). A. order B. operate C. offer D. occupy
6). A. before B. on C. in D. at
7). A. much B. very much C. no more D. no less
8). A. to be taken B. to take C. taking D. being taken
9). A. subjective B. subject C. objectives D. objects
10). A. organization B. organizational C. organized D. organizing
11). A. expecting B. to expect C. being expected D. expected
12). A. course B. cause C. case D. caution
13). A. little B. small C. large D. big
14). A. free B. freedom C. money D. something
15). A. which B. where C. as D. that
16). A. paying B. paid C. to be paid D. pay
17). A. before B. lately C. never D. ever
18). A. team B. number C. staff D. crowd
19). A. In B. By C. With D. Through
20). A. look at B. comment C. enjoy D. judge
参考答案:
1)D 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。从此空所在句后半句“……there are opportunities for overseas service……”中的“overseas service”可知,此空应填“overseas”。D overseas可做形容词“外国的,海外的”;也可做副词“在海外”。本句前一个overseas是副词,后一个overseas是形容词。
2)B 答案解析:本句意为:“正如年轻人在参加全职工作前有机会参加海外志愿服务一样,发展中国家的合格技术人员也有机会参加海外服务。”just as……so意为“正如……也。”可见B为正确答案。
3)D 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。根据句意,“合格的技术人员”,此处应选择D. qualified“有资格的,合格的”。
4)C 答案解析:本题考查副词。根据句意,“一些人,尤其是那些退休早的人”,此处表示强调。故C. particularly“特别地,尤其地”为正确答案。
5)C 答案解析:本题考查词动词的用法。本句意为“一些人,尤其是那些退休早的人,在有特殊需求的国家提供他们的技术和商业技能。”skills“技能”前面只能用 offer“提供”。
6)C 答案解析:本题考查介词的用法。根据句意,所选词表示的含义应与后面during one's working life“在工作期间”相对。on retirement表示退休时;in retirement表示退休后。故C为最佳答案。
7)D 答案解析:本题考查固定短语的用法。根据句意“在工作期间的活动也要认真进行”。D no less意为“不少于,多达”,符合句意,是正确答案。
8)C 答案解析: 本题考查非谓语动词作动词宾语的用法。consider要求其后面动词用ing形式,作宾语。故C为正确答案。
9)C 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。根据句意,“为了不同的理由和目的”。C objective“目标,目的”符合句意。故C为正确答案。A subjective意为“主观的”;B subject意为“主题”;D objects意为“物件,对象”。
10)B 答案解析:本题考查形容词的用法。根据both……and……结构,此处所选词应与前面personal“个人的”相对应,均为形容词,故B organizational“组织的”为正确答案。
11)A 答案解析:本题考查动词+ing作宾语补足语的用法。A expecting为宾语补足语,表示伴随状况;B to expect表示谓语的目的。根据句意,A更贴切。因此,A为正确答案。
12)B 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。本句意为“他们必须为这项事业承担义务,而不是为了商业效益。”故B cause“事业,事件”为答案。
13)B 答案解析:本题考查词汇的用法。salary“薪水”应当用大小来修饰。同时根据上下文,义务工作的报酬不可能高。故B small为正确答案。
14)A 答案解析:本题考查词汇的固定搭配。for free表示“无偿的”。故A为正确答案。
15)B 答案解析:本题考查关系副词where的用法。countries,表示地点,where用于表示地点的词语之后,意为“在那;该处”,故选择B where.
16)B 答案解析:本题考查过去分词的用法。所选词应该与or前的voluntary对应,因此,B paid“付费的”为正确答案,做定语。
17)D 答案解析:此处是一个more than的比较结构,现在和以前做比较。本句意为“所以在考虑义务或付费的社区服务时,现在比一个人刚开始工作时有更多的机会。”D ever“曾经”符合句意,故D为正确答案。
18)C 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。根据句意,“大多数义务性的组织只有少数全职员工”。C staff“全体职工,全体人员”为最佳答案。
19)A 答案解析:本题考查介词。in some ways是固定搭配,意为“在某些地方”。故A为正确答案。
20)D 答案解析:本题考查词汇知识。下文by commercial criteria(根据商业准则)提示此处选择D judge“判断,评价”。B comment意为“评论”,不合适。
本文选自新东方在线论坛。
推荐阅读
更多>>1 略读 粗略地阅读语言材料的面式阅读法,通过略读获取阅读材料的主要内容和大意。快速阅读时,训练学生略读文章标题判断预测主要内
一、紧扣主题,中心鲜明 紧扣主题是重中之重,是整个作文的主线,如果偏离主题的话即使再好的修饰,再好的语句结构,最多给你一个安
1 Practice makes perfect 熟能生巧。 2 God helps those who help themselves 天助自助者。 3 Easier said than
take a the chance 冒风险;碰运气 take after与……相像 take apart拆开;剖析;粗暴对待 take care小心,当心; take
关系代词(在句中作主语、宾语或定语) 1 that既可代表事物也可代表人,which代表事物;它们在从句中作主语或宾语,that在从句中作宾
阅读排行榜
相关内容