Question

  Every year thousands of young people inEnglandfinish 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. 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 wants to go to university to study Chinese,but now she’s living inBelize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚樵)in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful,but if the sea water is very polluted ('污染),the coral dies. 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 ofBelize- and myself!When I finish my work,I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel aroundBelizeand Central America. ”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

(   ) 46. Some young people from England        after  they  finish school.

A. go to university abroad     B. spend one year abroad as volunteers

C. go to work for money     D. start work in schools or hospitals

(   ) 47. Pauline Jones,an eighteen-year-old girl,is living in        now.

A.England B.China C. Belize     D. Cardiff

(   ) 48. Pauline Jones is        with  other people.

A. studying Chinese in a university B. working to save the coral reefs

C. helping do some housework       D. doing some research inWales

(   ) 49. From the passage,we know that the coral reefs        .

A. will die because of the pollution     B. are not as beautiful as before

C. cannot live without fish in the sea     D. will probably be sold for money

(   ) 50. Pauline  Jones  wants  to        after she finishes her work as a volunteer.

A. stay there for another year     B. go back home to start work

C. learn about the people home     D. travel around Central  America

Answer 1

 46.B根据第一段前两句可知一些英国的年轻人毕业后用一年的时间做志愿者活动，故答案选B。

47. C根据第二段第二行内容可知答案选C。

48. B 根据第二段第二行后半部分内容可知 Pauline正和其它人一起为了拯救珊瑚礁工作，故答案选B。

49. A根据第二段第三行内容可知珊瑚礁将会因海水污染而死亡，故答案选A。

50. D根据文章最后两句内容可知Pauline在完成志愿者活动后的旅行计划，故答案选D。