1Answer thequestions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) 1．Helen Monson has always been interestedin helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the AmericanRed Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she alsofound time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day forkids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival everyyear. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme. 2．After she retired, she startedvolunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to seeas well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyedreading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in hercommunity. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visitedher. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was veryexcited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren. 3．After a hurricane(飓风) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for theAmerican Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. Shesays, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps peoplein need no matter what.” 4．One day, Helen read an article in thenewspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learnEnglish. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, fromSomalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk fromwhere Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra acamera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed thepictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote abook together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many newwords about her everyday life. 5．Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help.They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.” 1.When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for theAmerican Red Cross? 2.What did Helen do after she retired? 3.Why was Ann excited when her book got published? 4.Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for theAmerican Red Cross? 5.How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home? 6.Did Helen help Sahra to learn English? 7.What can you learn from Helen?
