The meaning of the word “volunteer ” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage(垃圾) from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video(錄像) about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”
“I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture(文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”
【小題1】According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.

 寫信的方式通常有兩種：用筆和用電子郵件寫信。兩種方式各有特點。請你按照以下要點寫一篇英語短文：

1. 用筆寫信：傳遞真情，郵票傳播文化藝術(shù)；
2. 用電子郵件寫信：快捷、節(jié)省郵資；
3. 我喜歡的方式及理由。

There are various reasons why cancers appear to be on the increase. For one thing, though their sufferers are to be found in all age groups, cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years. Naturally, since people live longer these years, there are more cancer sufferers than before. Again, with better methods of diagnosis (診斷), doctors can more easily recog??nize cancerous growths that would formerly have passed unnoticed or that would have been wrongly di??agnosed. It is also believed that certain habits and conditions of modem living, including heavy smok??ing and the pollution of the air, may leave people living in more cancer-causing conditions than before.

We all look forward to the day when a simple medical test can find cancer while it is still small. Researchers around the world are working on such a test. Most of their work deals with the examina??tion of the blood.

Researchers in Boston have found something in the blood of cancer patients that does not appear in healthy persons. The test showed which persons had cancer and which did not. It was correct more than 90 percent of the time.

The researchers believe the test may be able to show cancer very clearly in its development. Cancers discovered early usually can be treated successfully.

The test examines very small bits of fat in the blood called lipids (脂質(zhì)). Cancers seem to change lipids although doctors do not know why. The test showed differences between the lipids of the persons with cancer and the lipids of those without cancer.

The researchers say the new test could be a step to develop a simple way to check patients for cancer before the disease shows on an X-ray.

1. Who will fail cancer from the study of the researchers?

A. The young.                           B. The middle age and the older.

C. The man.                                    D. The woman.

2. The underlined words "such a test" refer to________.

A. the test that shows which persons have cancer and which don’t     .

B. the test that may be able to show cancer very early in its development,.

C. a simple medical test that cannot find cancer when it is -small

D. a new test that could be a step to develop a difficult way

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Cancers have much to do with something in patients’ blood.

B. People living in better conditions are most likely to be attacked by cancer.

C.X-raying is the best way to determined whether a person has cancer or not.

D. Cancers have nothing to do with a person’s habits and living conditions.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A simple way to cancer                 B. Cancers can be cured

C. How to find cancer                            D. Early discovery of cancer

根據(jù)下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在橫線上寫出對應(yīng)單詞的正確的形式，每空只寫一詞。

1.He knew there was a speed limit but he just______(不理睬)it and drove very fast.

2.He has all the_______(品質(zhì))of a successful leader..

3.There are certainly ______(文化) differences between the two communities.

4.The whole nation was making rapid progress, with all its people ______( 團結(jié)) around the leader.

5.We all______(衷心地) hope you will be well again.

6.You shouldn't go swimming until your food has a chance to ______(消化).

7.He looked at us in_______(驚訝地) .

8.It was too hot; while walking on, the women wiped the sweat off faces

with _________(手帕).

9.What are you _______(耳語) about ?  

10.Our teacher has ________ (提前) the deadline for handing in homework

by one week.

根據(jù)下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在橫線上寫出對應(yīng)單詞的正確的形式，每空只寫一詞。
【小題1】He knew there was a speed limit but he just______(不理睬)it and drove very fast.
【小題2】He has all the_______(品質(zhì))of a successful leader..
【小題3】There are certainly ______(文化) differences between the two communities.
【小題4】The whole nation was making rapid progress, with all its people ______( 團結(jié)) around the leader.
【小題5】We all______(衷心地) hope you will be well again.
【小題6】You shouldn't go swimming until your food has a chance to ______(消化).
【小題7】He looked at us in_______(驚訝地) .
【小題8】It was too hot; while walking on, the women wiped the sweat off faces
with _________(手帕).
【小題9】What are you _______(耳語) about ?  
【小題10】Our teacher has ________ (提前) the deadline for handing in homework
by one week.