两项为多余选项。
Voluntourism
Volunteering
to
help
people in
need combined with travelling to faraway places is a new trend in the travel industry. It is called voluntourism. People travel to other countries, 16 .
Recent statistics show that in the past few years voluntourism has been one of the fastest-growing areas of tourism. More than 1.6 million people around the world are volunteers in other countries. They help build schools, assist in hospitals and do farming work in developing countries. 17 . They keep in touch with their host families after they return home, and many return to visit.
There are many reasons why people want to engage in voluntourism. When people choose to join a voluntourism program, they are joining a global network of volunteers who are living and working with diverse cultures on projects that have a positive effect. The volunteers come from all over the world, and they will share the passion for giving back and the desire to broaden horizons. Some students also see it as a gap year after school, while others simply want to take time out from a job and do something else. 18 . However, many voluntourists do not see volunteering as what it is. They think it is a cheap way of travelling and don’t really want to get involved in hard work.
learn
languages
and
gain
new
experiences.
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While voluntourism has been around for over a century, modern volunteering started with the Peace Corps, a program that the US government started in the 1960s. From then on, voluntourism has become more and more popular. Many organizations start similar projects. 19 . And they have hundreds of different types of programs for people to choose from in more than 30 developing countries. The programs run year round and each volunteer chooses when they want to start and the duration they would like to stay for.
20 . They say that if people really want to help those in need, there are many opportunities in their own community to do
this.
On
the
other
side, volunteers
are
often
not skilled enough for the tasks that they do. Travel experts point out that in some cases voluntourists are often taken advantage of by the organization that sets up the trips. A. Not everyone sees voluntourism in a positive way. B. Some of them establish lasting bonds with people there. C. And there are those who are bored and merely seek adventure. D. Most voluntourism organizations employ people from similar fields. E. They find it is the best way to get the best of the world. F. By participating in voluntourism, they are contributing to local economy. G. They offer voluntourism trips to suit people’s interest, experience level or age. 10
第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
“A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, 21 he felt this way almost every day in school.
By high school, John was the most famous 22 in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into 23 . He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered his senior year, yet was 24 each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to 25 him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving 26 .
I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of 405 students who 27 . At the start of the training, John was just standing 28 the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t 29 join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games 30 him in.
The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of 31 and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John 32 some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group 33 his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a 34 of the group, and before long he was 35 like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were 36 with his passionate concern and ideas. They 37 elected John co-chairman of the team.
John started 38 at school every day and answered questions
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from teachers for the first time. He led a second project, 39 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.
A bird with a broken wing only needs 40 . Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.
21. A. if 22. A. storyteller D. peace-lover
23. A. fights D. work
24. A. driven away passed on
25. A. love 26. A. in 27. A. signed up went by
28. A. around outside
29. A. hurriedly D. warmly
30. A. drew 31. A. useless positive
32. A. changed noticed
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2 B. until C. as D. though B. troublemaker C. dream-seeker B. debt C. difficulties B. left out C. kept in D. B. pet C. have D. chase B. up C. away D. back B. ran away C. fell down D. B. onto C. among D. B. easily C. readily B. led C. sent D. put B. meaningful C. strange D. B. expressed C. reserved D.
