“Volunteeringmakesyoulookattheworlddifferently.Youseehowlittlethingscanchangeaperson’slifeforthebetter,whichmakeseveryoneabetterperson.”Mason,avolunteersaid.NationalVolunteerWeekstartedin1974andisheldeveryApril.Itisatimetothankvolunteersfortheirachievements.Itisalsoaperfectopportunity(机会)toencourageotherstotaketheirfirststeptowardbecomingavolunteer.Makingthedecisiontotakethefirststepcanbethebiggestproblem,becausetheyoftenwonderiftheywillbeabletomeettheorganization’sexpectations(期望).Somepeoplefearnotknowinganyoneelseinthegroup.Nothavingenoughtimealsopreventssomefromsharingtheirabilities.
Thefollowingtipscanhelpifyouhavesomeoftheseworries.
★Startoutslowly,don’taddtoomuchpressure.Evenafewhoursamonthcanmakeabigdifferenceinsomeone’slife.
★Chooseanorganizationwiththesameinterestsandcommonvalues.
★Takepartinatrainingmeetingfornewvolunteers,evenifitisnotasked.
★Workwithaveteranvolunteer.Hevolunteeredalot,hecanhelpyouincreasetheconfidenceandcompletelyunderstandtheorganization’sexpectations.
★Inviteafriendorfamilymembertoserve.Itisagoodexperiencetovolunteerwiththem.
★Finally,itismostimportanttoenjoythevolunteerexperienceandtorememberthatnotallvolunteerexperiencesareperfect.Ifoneexperiencedoesn’twork,don’tgiveupandyou’llsurelyfindtherightopportunity.
Spendsometimeonvolunteerworkandyouwillseegreatchangesinpeople’slives.AsMasondiscoveredduringhisvolunteerexperience,“…littlethingscanchangeaperson’slife.”
1.Volunteeringcanhelp_________.()
A.makeadecision
B.seetheworldclearly
C.thankotherpeople
D.makeperson’slifebetter
2.Whatcouldbethereasontostoppeopletakingthefirststep?()
A.Theydon’thaveenoughtime.
B.Theyarepreventedbytheirfamilies.
C.Theyfearthattheirabilitiesareshared.
D.Theydon’texpecttobecomevolunteers.
3.Whichofthefollowingcanhelppeopletakethefirststep?()
A.Startoutquickly.
B.Organizeatrainingmeeting.
C.Inviteafriendtobewiththem.
D.Joininagroupwithdifferentvalues.
4.Theunderlinedword“veteran”inthepassagemeans“_______”.()
A.polite
B.humorous
C.young
D.experienced
5.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?()
A.Totellpeopletomakechangesintheirlives.
B.Toencouragepeopletostarttheirvolunteering.
C.Howtomakegreatachievementsinvolunteering.
D.Howtokeeponvolunteeringwhateverhappened.