Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer(志愿者). The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it.
However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤兒院) in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed.
"I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article.
However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal.
When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked(被拐賣的)children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families."
At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week

  1. 1.

    At first, Grennan simply wanted to _______by volunteering in Nepal

    1. A.
      write travel stories
    2. B.
      learn the skills
    3. C.
      help the kids there
    4. D.
      impress people
  2. 2.

    When Grennan came to the Little Princes Children’s Home. _______

    1. A.
      18 children were ill in bed
    2. B.
      the children there felt excited
    3. C.
      he decided to give up his job
    4. D.
      he’d lived in Nepal for a year
  3. 3.

    From the passage we can learn that Grennan _______

    1. A.
      found the kids’ families easily
    2. B.
      was good at taking pictures
    3. C.
      wrote the book Little Princes
    4. D.
      asked others to go to Nepal
  4. 4.

    Which is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Volunteer changes a lot
    2. B.
      Volunteer is with the kids
    3. C.
      Volunteer becomes a writer
    4. D.
      Volunteer travels in Nepal
DBCA
【主旨大意】本文講述了美國年輕人康納如何從不愿意參加志愿者活動,到熱衷于與拐賣兒童作斗爭不平凡的經(jīng)歷。
1.細節(jié)理解題。由文中的第二段中“His first thought was to make people impressed.”可知,起初他想給那里的人們留下好印象。
2.細節(jié)理解題。由文中的第五段第二句“When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.”可知,當孤兒院的孩子看到他的到來,感到非常興奮。
3.細節(jié)理解題。由文中的最后一段第最后一句“His book, Little Prince, came out last week.”可知,《小王子》這本書是康納寫的。
4.主旨大意題?v觀全文,都在圍繞康納參加志愿者活動后,發(fā)生了很大的變化這個話題展開的。
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