单选题 {{B}}Passage Three{{/B}}

Pictures in the British papers this week of Prince William, Prince Charles's 18-year-old son, cleaning toilets overseas, have led to a surge of altruism (利他主义). Raleigh International, the charity that organized his trip, has seen inquiries about voluntary work abroad rise by 30%. But the image of idealistic youth that William presents no longer reflects the reality of the volunteer force. It's getting older and older.
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has about 2,000 volunteers in the field around the world. After a dip in interest in the mid-1990s, applications to work abroad are at record levels. Last year 7, 645 people submitted applications, and 920 successfully negotiated the VSO selection process and were sent abroad. When the organization was founded in 1959, the average volunteer was in his early 20s. Now, the average age is 35, and set to rise further.
Partly, that is because there are more older people who want to do VSO. More people take early retirement; more, says the chief executive of VSO, "still feel that they have more to give and are in good health". And the demands of the African and Asian countries where most of the volunteers go are changing, too. Their educational standards have risen over the past couple of decades, so they want people with more qualifications, skills and experience.
BESO (British Executive Service Overseas) recruits executives and businessmen with at least 15 years' experience for short-term contract work overseas. It organizes 500 placements (工作安置) a year, and at the moment supply is surpassing demand. A BESO spokesman said that the organization is "limited by funding rather than a lack of volunteers".
Enthusiastic but unqualified students do not impress as much as they once did alongside accountants, managers and doctors. The typical volunteer, these days, has been in full-time employment for at least five years and is highly qualified. And the profession which provides the biggest portion of volunteers is education—headmasters and school inspectors as well as classroom teachers.

单选题 According to the passage, the volunteers______.

A、 are getting older and older
B、 are becoming fewer
C、 are inexperienced and unqualified
D、 are mostly students

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 答案在文中第一段的最后一句话：这支队伍中队员的年龄正变得越来越大。故答案为A。

单选题 All the statements are true about Prince William EXCEPT that______.

A、 his trip has triggered a surge of altruism
B、 his trip was organized by a government institution
C、 he presents the image of idealistic youth
D、 he is not a representative volunteer in age

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 答案在文中第一段：威廉王子在国外扫厕所的事迹掀起了一股利他主义的热潮。对应了A项；威廉王子所展现的理想主义青年的形象反映的已不再是志愿者队伍的现实情况。对应了C项和D项。故答案为B。

单选题 From the second paragraph we can know that______.

A、 the number of applications to work abroad declined in the mid-1990s
B、 the average volunteer now is not much older than forty years ago
C、 of those who have submitted applications a majority have been chosen and sent abroad
D、 there were more applications to work aboard in the early 1990s than in the late 1990s

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 在文中第二段的第二句，作者提到：20世纪90年代中期，人们出国工作的兴趣有所下降。故答案为A。

单选题 There are more older people who want to do VSO because______. Ⅰ. more people take early retirement Ⅱ. more older people feel they are in good health Ⅲ. the foreign countries where the volunteers go want people with more qualifications, skills and experience

A、 Ⅱ only
B、 Ⅰ only
C、 Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ
D、 Ⅰ and Ⅱ

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 答案在文中第三段：越来越多的人选择早一些退休。对应了Ⅰ；越来越多的人仍然觉得自己能够做出更多的贡献，而且健康状况良好。对应了Ⅱ；过去几十年里，这些国家的教育水平有很大提高，他们需要资历高、技术熟练、经验丰富的志愿者。对应了Ⅲ。故答案为C。

单选题 According to the last paragraph, the typical volunteer now may be______.

A、 an enthusiastic but unqualified young student
B、 a highly qualified headmaster or teacher
C、 an executive or businessman with at least 15 years' experience
D、 a well-experienced accountant, manager, or doctor

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 答案在文中最后一段的最后一句话：对志愿者需求最大的行业是教育行业—校长、学校督察和任课教师。故答案为B。