单选题
The idea of helping people comes naturally to most
of us. If we see a blind person getting off a bus, we watch to make sure that he
is in no danger of falling. Members of a family help one another, with
particular care for the very young and the elderly. There are
many people who have nobody near to see their need for help and often nobody to
give it even when the need is known. The old, the handicapped, the homeless and
friendless -- these are the people for whom help may not come, because nobody
sees. It may not have occurred to you that you are in a position to help.
Community service means helping the people around you. Organizations exist which
try to make sure that someone sees when help is needed and does something about
it. These organizations depend on voluntary help to carry out a wide variety of
tasks, volunteers giving up a little of their spare time to lend a
hand. If you wish to take part in this worthwhile activity,
what sort of things would you do? Think of the people most in need of help and
the ways in which help can be given. Much of the work of community service is
concerned with the cam of the elderly and the handicapped. Old people cannot
always redecorate their homes. Household repairs, cleaning, preparing food or
taking care of the garden may all prove difficult. Elderly people with failing
eyesight are delighted ii a friend comes in to read or to write letters for them
A helping hand and a friendly face can mean a great deal to a lonely elderly
person. Handicapped people may be young or old. People confined
to wheelchairs cannot go out unless somebody takes them. Blind children may love
swimming but they need a sighted swimmer to go with them. Some handicapped
people may be unable to go out at all and a visitor is then more than welcome.
Voluntary help is needed in hospitals. There are library and shop trolleys to be
taken round the wards and at Christmas time decorations to be put up and parties
and concerts to be organized. Some volunteers help to run playgrounds for young
children during school holidays and also look after children in preschool play
groups. What do you do if you want to help? Your school may
have contact with an outside organization or, indeed, run a community service
scheme itself. In many towns there is a committee called the Council of Social
Service or the Guild of Social Welfare and they will be able to tell you about
voluntary activities in the area. The Citizens' Advice Bureau and the Women's
Royal Voluntary Service are other sources of information, as is the public
library. Churches, the Scouts arid other youth organizations can tell you about
their activities. Most large cities in the United Kingdom have youth groups for
community service, for it is here that the need is greatest If you join such a
group, you will bring pleasure and hope to people who need your help.
单选题
The author's purpose in writing this passage is to explain ______.
单选题
Those who most need help from community service are ______.
A. the old and young
B. the old and handicapped
C. the homeless and friendless
D. old women
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。第三段第二句指出，如果想参与社会服务，首先要考虑哪些人最需要帮助及如何帮助他们。紧接着第三句对前一个问题进行了说明：Much of the work…the elderly and the handicapped，即这两种人最需要帮助，所以社会服务的大部分工作都集中在对这两种人的护理上，故选[D] 。
单选题
If you want to lend a hand and need the necessary information, you may
go to ______.