Eachcountryhasmanykindpeoplewhovolunteertotakecareofothers.ForexamplesomehighschoolanduniversitystudentsintheUSoftenspendmanyhoursasvolunteersinhospitaloroldpeople’shomes.Theyreadbooksforthepeopleortheyjustvisitthemandplaygameswiththemorlistentotheirproblems.
Otheryoungvolunteersgoandworkinthehomesofthesickpeople.Theycleanuptheirhousesordotheshopping.Forboyswhodon’thavefathersthereisanorganizationcalled“BigBrothers”.Universitystudentsandotherpeopletaketheseboystoplaybaseballgamesandhelpthemgettoknowthingsthatboysusuallylearnfromtheirfathers.
Eachcityhasalotofclubswhereboysandgirlscangotoplaygamesortakepartinotheractivities.Someoftheseclubsshowmoviesorhaveshorttripstothemountainsthebeachesorthemuseums.Mostoftheseclubsusealotofhighschoolanduniversitystudentsasvolunteersbecausetheycanunderstandtheproblemsoftheseboysandgirlsmoreeasily.
Volunteersbelievethatsomeofthehappiestpeopleintheworldarethosewhohelptobringhappinesstoothers.
1.WhichplaceisnotmentionedaboutvolunteeringintheUS?
A.Sickpeople’shomes. B.Hospital.
C.Oldpeople’shomes. D.Zoos.
2.Whatis“BigBrothers”?
A.It’sanameofaclub.
B.It’sthenameoffamousmovie.
C.It’sthehomeforchildrenwhohavenobrothers.
D.It’sanorganizationforboyswhodon’thavefathers.
3.Whydomostoftheclubsusealotofhighschoolanduniversitystudentsasvolunteers?
A.Becausetheycanunderstandtheproblemchildren.
B.Becausetheyareyoungenoughtogetonwellwiththechild.
C.Becausetheyknowthethingstheyoungchildrenusuallylearnfromtheirfathers.
D.Becausetheyhavemorefreetime.
4.Whatdovolunteersbelieve?
A.Thehappiestpeopleintheworldarethosewhojoinsomeclubs.
B.Bringinghappinesstoothersmakethemthehappiestpeopleintheworld.
C.Thehappiestpeopleintheworldarethosewhomakethemselveshappy.
D.Thehappiestpeopleintheworldarethosewhoareyoungandhealthy.