Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers (志愿者). Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she is going to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral will die. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself! After I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”
小题1:Some young people from England _______ after they finish school.A．go to university abroadB．spend one year abroad as volunteersC．go to work for moneyD．start work in schools or hospitals小题2: Pauline Jones, an eigh-year-old girl, is living in _______ now.A．EnglandB．ChinaC．BelizeD．Cardiff小题3: Pauline Jones is _______ with other people.A．studying Chinese in a universityB．working to save the coral reefsC．helping do some houseworkD．doing some research in Wales小题4:From the passage, we know that the coral reefs ______.A．will die because of the pollutionB．are not as beautiful as beforeC．cannot live without fish in the seaD．will probably be sold for money小题5:Pauline Jones wants to_______after she finishes her work as a volunteer.A．stay there for another yearB．go back home to start workC．learn about the people homeD．travel around Central America