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Have you ever volunteered for something? Why did you do it? How did you feel when you finished?

 41  arrive early, stay late, go without breaks, and always smile. They do a job without being  42  and they are willing to offer  43 . Can you imagine what would happen to our work  44  everybody did his or her  45  in the volunteer spirit of “I want to” rather than in the contractual (合同的) spirit of “I have to”? Contracts require you to do what you have  46  to do or promised to do. Volunteerism  47  requires you to do so,  48  it leads to higher productivity at the same time.

       Imagine what a(n)  49  would be like without volunteers. Consider the organizations that    50  volunteers: youth groups, hospitals, schools, sports leagues and environmental groups — in every area throughout our country. Our life would be  51  if it were not for the volunteers who selflessly offer their time while  52  no pay — and often little or no recognition.

       What is the force  53  these unusual efforts and the great desire to help others? Volunteers find the work extremely satisfying and volunteering   54  personal skills. It  55  us how to use our time more productively. More  56 , it teaches us that it isn’t  57  what you have, but more often what you  58  that matters most in life. It teaches us to place a greater value on what we contribute to (为……作贡献) society than on what we  59 .

Through volunteering, we make more than just a living with our lives — we make a  60  and create “ordinary” miracles (奇迹). May each of us volunteer to make and keep our country friendlier, kinder and more helpful in the world!

41. A. Volunteers         B. Students       C. Doctors                  D. Teachers

42. A. respected          B. protected        C. found               D. paid

43. A. advice                    B. places         C. help                       D. chances

44. A. for                B. if                     C. and                          D. unless

45. A. homework             B. job                  C. exercise                 D. research

46. A. remembered        B. learned          C. agreed             D. prepared

47. A. soon                      B. also                 C. often                     D. just

48. A. but                B. before              C. till                           D. so

49. A. organization        B. school                C. hospital                D. country

50. A. belong to           B. depend on          C. wait for             D. laugh at

51. A. more exciting       B. more pleasing     C. less surprising       D. less satisfying

52. A. receiving            B. leaving           C. minding                 D. imagining

53. A. behind                 B. against            C. without             D. among

54. A. requires          B. shows             C. develops                 D. studies

55. A. challenges        B. allows            C. reminds                   D. teaches

56. A. interesting          B. important          C. reasonable              D. successful

57. A. always                 B. sometimes       C. finally               D. much

58. A. build                   B. give                C. achieve                  D. expect

59. A. value                  B. like                 C. get                          D. know

60. A. choice                 B. decision          C. difference                D. plan

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