Question

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

other,another,help,before,after,live,serious,die,deal,about,on，thousand

  Every year 1       of young people inEnglandfinish their school and then take a year off 2      they start to work or go to university. Some young people go to 3       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 4       to the environment.

  Pauline Jones,18，lives in Cardiff,Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese,but now she’s 5       inBelize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊潮樵) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful,but if the sea water is 6      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 7       We need to do something 8       with 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 earning a lot 9       the people of Belizeand myself!When I finish my work,I want  to  stay  here for 10       three months. I want to travel around    Belizeand Central America. ”

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Answer 1

 1. thousands  2. before 3. other  4. helpful  5. living

6. seriously  7. dying 8. to deal  9. about  10. another