In the world, there are lots of people who want to help out. Many join organizations (管理) run by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the terrible earthquake took place in Wenchuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications (资历), but they love to work hard to help.

One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families.

Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities (机会), too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on—the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life.

All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villagers. Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.

【小题1】The Peace Corps is ________ in the United States.

A．a city

B．an organization

C．a volunteer

D．a school

【小题2】From the passage, we can know that Teresa is ________ woman.

A．a kind and helpful	B．a poor and sick
C．a homeless but kind	D．a sick but active

【小题3】The underlined word “those” refers to ________.

A．the homeless

B．the sick

C．the poor

D．the kids

【小题4】Which is NOT the reason for teenagers to be volunteers according to the passage?

A．They want to make more friends.	B．They want to be helpful.
C．It helps them get work experience.	D．It can improve their social life.

【小题5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Volunteers do all kinds of work.	B．Mother Teresa was a great volunteer.
C．The world needs volunteers.	D．There are different ways of volunteering.