《2025年中考复习指南江苏人民出版社英语》

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　　阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
　　Former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) once said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ” These are certainly words that the millions of 1 around the world could agree with.
　　In the US, April is National Volunteer Month, which recognizes and thanks volunteers who lend their 2 , talent, and support to causes(事业) they care about.
　　Volunteering means 3 to work without being paid for it. People who volunteer 4 their time doing things they feel strongly about. For example, 5 lovers may volunteer at an animal shelter to help improve the treatment and well-being of animals.
　　For students, valuable lessons 6 also be learned by volunteering.
　　 7 Andrew Makhoul, a sophomore(大二学生) at the University of Pennsylvania, as an example. Makhoul didn’t spend the 2012 spring break partying. 8 his classmates, who planned on relaxing after a semester of hard work, the 19-year-old boy decided to do something for people who were 9 fortunate(幸运的) than himself.
　　He traveled to an orphanage（孤儿院）in Guatemala in Central America. The orphanage is in one of the 10 and most violent parts of the country, and depends on volunteers to stay open.
　　Makhoul doesn’t speak much Spanish, but he found 11 wasn’t a problem. “You communicated with love. ” according to an article on his university’s website. And what he gave out, he got 12 ：“You could see love when you looked in their eyes. ”
　　Makhoul’s 13 time as a volunteer only lasted a week, but by the end of that week, he knew he’d be back soon—because he saw love and hope.
　　US author Sherry Anderson once wrote, “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re 14 . ”
　　And this is perhaps 15 volunteers all around the world keep doing what they do. Their work is “priceless”.
（ ）1. A. students B. teachers C. volunteers D. athletes
（ ）2. A. time B. money C. food D. clothes
（ ）3. A. planning B. starting C. trying D. choosing
（ ）4. A. take B. spend C. cost D. pay
（ ）5. A. plant B. animal C. sport D. reading
（ ）6. A. must B. should C. had better D. may
（ ）7. A. Give B. Get C. Take D. Bring
（ ）8. A. Unlike B. Like C. Likes D. Dislike
（ ）9. A. more B. less C. fewer D. most
（ ）10. A. biggest B. richest C. poorest D. greatest
（ ）11. A. language B. love C. communication D. work
（ ）12. A. on B. up C. off D. back
（ ）13. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
（ ）14. A. useless B. priceless C. nameless D. hopeless
（ ）15. A. how B. what C. why D. which

答案： 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C