Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help 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,museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
【小题1】Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?
| A．At a bus stop | B．In a park | C．In a hospital | D．In a shop |
【小题2】How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old?
| A．They cook, sew or wash their clothes. |
| B．They clean, wax and repair their cars. |
| C．They tell them stories and sing and dance for them |
| D．They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their houses. |
【小题3】What is Big Brothers?
| A．It’s the name of a club. |
| B．It’s the name of a film. |
| C．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers. |
| D．It’s a home for children who have no brothers. |
【小题4】Why do most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers?
| A．Because they have a lot of free time. |
| B．Because they know how to do the work. |
| C．Because they like younger boys and girls. |
| D．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger. |
【小题5】What do volunteers believe?
| A．When they are happy, the others will be happy. |
| B．To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy. |
| C．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy. |
| D．The happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. |
