单选题
There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically fulltime work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for voluntary service overseas (VSO) for young people before they take
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full-time employment,
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there are opportunities for overseas service for qualified technicians in developing countries. Some people,
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those who retire early, offer their technical and business skills in countries
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there is a special need.
So in considering voluntary or
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community service, there are more opportunities
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there were ever when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small fulltime
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, and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may also be
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.
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some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not
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them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different
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, both personal and
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One should not join them,
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to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined with commitment to the
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, not business efficiency. Because salaries are
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or non-existent, many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for free, simply
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they enjoy the work.
Many community activities possible
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retirement were also possible during one"s working life, but they should not be undertaken less
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for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider
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community service.
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, the voluntary work is usually in the everyday life.
【答案解析】[考点] 语义以及词类的综合考查(subjections“隶属，服从”；subjects“主题，科目”；objections“反对”；objects“物体，目标”)
[解析] 四个选项都是名词，因为词性相同，而且也无固定搭配，所以只能利用语境解题。利用文中的并列结构“for different reasons and with different______”，四个选项分别代入后，只有different objects符合语境，即“因为不同的原因并带有不同的目标”，其他三个选项都不符合，故答案为C。