题型:阅读还原 题类:真题 难易度:困难
江苏省连云港市2020年中考英语试卷
Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." These are certainly words that millions of volunteers around the world could agree with.
In the US, April is National Volunteer Month, to praise and thank volunteers who lend their time, talent, and support to what they care about.
People who volunteer spend their time doing things they feel strongly about. For example, animal lovers may volunteer at an animal centre to help improve the treatment of animals.
Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, try out new skills and explore career choices.
Take Andrew Makhoul, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, as an example. Andrew didn't spend his last spring break relaxing. Instead, the 19-year-old boy decided to do something for people who were less lucky than himself. He travelled to an orphanage (孤儿院) in Guatemala in Central America. And it depends on volunteers to stay open.
Andrew doesn't speak much Spanish, but he found communication wasn't a problem, "You communicated with love," according to an article on his university's website. And what he gave out, he got back, "" Andrew's first time as a volunteer only lasted a week, but by the end of that week, he knew he'd be back soon — because he saw love and hope.
US author Sherry Anderson once wrote, "" And this is perhaps why volunteers all around the world keep doing what they do — their work is "priceless".
A. It is in one of the poorest parts of the country.
B. You could see love when you looked in their eyes.
C. Volunteering means choosing to work without being paid.
D. It's a chance for poor children to get better care and support.
E. Life will be difficult, but I have the confidence to live a happy, full life.
F. For young adults, valuable lessons may also be learned through volunteering.
G. Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Opinions | Supporting details |
Future is now | Everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. If we want to have a bright future, we should know the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of time and make every minute {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is priceless. | Time is money, but time is even more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. But time will return no more. |
Be masters of today | Today's hard work is the cause of tomorrow's harvest. As students, we should never put off what we can be done today till tomorrow and we should try our{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to do everything well. |
What do we really mean by being open? Being open is a kind of invitation to others to come in, to speak and to share. It is important to let others get to know what we think and how we feel. In this way we will be understood and accepted by others. If we aren't open with others, we won't fully believe in ourselves or others.
Here are a few ways for you to be more open. First, make your outside behavior the same with your inside feelings and thoughts. Second, share how you really feel about something instead of just opinions. Third, try to change your questions into statements(陈述句) and talk in the first person so that people will understand you more easily. For example, you might say, "I feel happy that you're here." instead of "Are you glad that you're here?" Finally, try not to say, "I don't know." This usually means I don't want to think about it any more.
Remember also that it is not suitable to be open with everyone in every situation. You may want to be more open with close friends, but not with people you don't know well, because you are not sure how someone else will use what they know about you. Besides, some people may not be used to too much openness. If we say everything we feel or think to them, they will feel every uncomfortable at times.
In all, being open is a good way for us to get on well with other people,but we'd better keep the balance between being open and not being too open.
Being open |
|
Meanings of being open |
•{#blank#}1{#/blank#} others to come in, to speak and to share. •Show others {#blank#}2{#/blank#}we think and how we feel. •Let others{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and accept us. •Believe in ourselves and others by being open. |
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to be more open |
•Make {#blank#}5{#/blank#} your outside behavior is the same with your inside feelings and thoughts. •Try to share your {#blank#}6{#/blank#} feelings. •Make statements instead of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and use the first person. •Try not to say, "I don't know." |
Reasons for not being too open |
•Someone may use your {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to hurt you. •You will make them feel very uncomfortable{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. |
Conclusion(结论) |
It will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} us get on well with others if we keep the balance between being open and not being too open. |
试题篮