Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the USA often many hours as volunteers in hospital ,orphanages or for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their .
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up. Or repair houses, do their shopping and mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an called Big Brothers. College students and other take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, the museums or other of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as because they are enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that some of the people in the world are those who help to bring happiness. Helping others brings them much pleasure.
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Keeping traditions alive is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai, the owner of Baoyuan Dumpling House, has the past 16 years improving one of the most traditional Chinese foods: jiaozi.
Her are not the white crescent-shaped (月牙形状的) ones simply filled pork or lamb, but colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.
“ I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of home,” Chen says. “I hope every customer, Northerners or Southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners can something familiar.”
Chinese dumplings are believed more than 2,000 years old. , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some festivals such as the winter solstice (冬至). To the year-end cold, people usually fill dumplings with strongly flavored (有强烈味道的) meat such as pork or lamb.
For Chen, her came after she noticed that there were not many choices for those prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients, and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.
“I think I can make it,” Chen says.
A．wasted B．paid C．spent D．cost
A．dumplings B．noodles C．cakes D．cookies
A．by B．from C．of D．with
A．Which B．Where C．What D．When
A．smell B．taste C．feel D．touch
A．to be B．being C．to have D．be
A．Suddenly B．Luckily C．Traditionally D．Finally
A．get B．refuse C．enjoy D．fight
A．plan B．idea C．information D．advice
A．which B．whom C．who D．/
In 1957, an Irish family moved into the house next to ours, and the son John was in my class at school. And he became well-known to the young and the old.
Although many of the adults in the neighborhood regarded John as “a bit of a rogue”, he was still with all the kids, because in many ways he was like a leader, and that made one of us. His cheeks were always red and if he asked you to take part in some , whether it was picking mushrooms, checking rabbit traps or just going to the shops, you would feel or at least pleased to be included. But this some-times came at a cost (付出代价). I can feeling quite uncomfortable when, for example, he a shop assistant for the items on high shelves.
He would put some goods into our pockets, while he his conversation with the assistant who turned her back towards us. I worried that my parents would be angry if I told them we had done. He always said, “The police won’t take us alive.” But I still to stay far away from him in the end. Now I’m glad to make the right decision at that time.
A．regularly B．quickly C．usually D．mainly
A．popular B．pleased C．satisfied D．strict
A．her B．them C．him D．you
A．meeting B．report C．review D．activity
A．angry B．nervous C．proud D．strange
A．remember B．forget C．refuse D．lead
A．ordered B．mended C．asked D．forced
A．continued B．created C．influenced D．replaced
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．learned B．agreed C．hated D．decided
Here is my story.
My first （主人）called me ‘Black’ because of my black coat. I thought she loved me, but I was wrong. If you truly love someone, you don’t leave them on the streets. This is something you should
（绝不）do to any pet!
Life on the streets was hard. I was often hungry and wet all the time, and there were often food （打架）. Later, when I was
（救）by A-Care-Center, I was just skin and bones (骨头). There were cuts on my back and my right eye was nearly
（瞎的）, which brought me almost to the gates of
（死亡）. Thanks to A-Care-Center’s kindness, A-Care-Center is so
（有帮助的）and I am in good health now. I’m so happy to be here and I am
（期待）to join my newly adopted (收养的) family.
Visit A-Care-Center’s （网站）and click ‘ADOPTION’ to find out how you can make other cats like me happy. If you want to
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Jane’s mother worked on the farm from morning till dark, supporting the family. To make Jane live a happy life, Mother was very about spending money. However, Jane didn’t understand . Every day Mother was busy with her work while Jane was studying at school, so they had time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even unfriendly to her, so she decided to go with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were both in clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said there was an accident, they might be easily found in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing on the snowfield when suddenly the began to shake(震动). It was the snow slide(雪崩). They ran a long way and escaped the snow slide finally, but they couldn’t find their . Later, a helicopter was flying , but people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was in danger because she had hurt her head seriously. Just then Mother an idea. At once she her hand and then bright red blood(血) dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. Jane was saved, but Mother died.
Every time I think of the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel . I believe anyone who hears the tragedy(悲剧) will admire(钦佩) Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.
A．excited B．worried C．careful D．peaceful
A．me B．her C．him D．them
A．few B．much C．little D．enough
A．swimming B．shopping C．hiking D．skiing
A．red B．pink C．orange D．white
A．if B．that C．whether D．though
A．wear B．afford C．borrow D．spend
A．sadly B．angrily C．heavily D．happily
A．sky B．farm C．house D．snowfield
A．way B．clothes C．shoes D．manager
A．under B．below C．beside D．above
A．gave up B．wrote down C．came up with D．caught up with
A．pierced B．killed C．lifted D．raised
A．In fact B．Just now C．On time D．At last
A．angry B．surprised C．painful D．wonderful
When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in .
One hot summer afternoon, I was down the highway to New York when another car suddenly into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and he did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked . With no telephone nearby and the nearest services twenty miles away. I decided to and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had a spare tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned
car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A．need B．school C．danger D．summer
A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving
A．fell B．floated C．came D．climbed
A．active B．experienced C．frightened D．energetic
A．unhappy B．satisfied C．familiar D．friendly
A．even B．certainly C．almost D．simply
A．quickly B．quietly C．politely D．carefully
A．new B．red C．same D．other
A．excited B．relaxed C．surprised D．worried
A．stay B．research C．stop D．hide
A．punish B．train C．help D．encourage
A．began B．finished C．took D．continued
A．good B．sorry C．angry D．shy
A．noticed B．made C．watched D．heard
A．friendship B．success C．excitement D．happiness