It’snotuncommoninAmericaforapersontobelongtosomekindofvolunteergroup.Donatingone’stimeandservicesisverymuchapartoftheAmericanwayoflife.Mostcharitableactivitiesareorganizedbychurchesandgroupsaroundth

　　It’snotuncommoninAmericaforapersontobelongtosomekindofvolunteergroup.Donatingone’stimeandservicesisverymuchapartoftheAmericanwayoflife.Mostcharitableactivitiesareorganizedbychurchesandgroupsaroundthenationandevenencouragedbythegovernment.Thehelpinghandisextendedtothepoor，thehomelessandthedisabled.Somepeopleworktoteachyoungstershowtoread.Othersopenupsoupkitchenstofeedthehomeless.Volunteersalsotakecareofthedisabledbymakingreadingtapesfortheblindandworkinginorphanages（孤儿院）tohelpchildrenwithoutparents.

　　Highschoolstudentsareoftenencouragedtobecomevolunteersandmanyschoolclubactivitiescenteraroundvolunteerservices.Studentsmayworkwithdisabledchildrenduringasummerprogram，orparticipateinaclubactivitywhichhelpstobringmealtoseniorcitizenswhoareshut-ins.Withtheirsenseofidealism（理想主义）studentsareofteneagertodonatetheirsparetime.Theyseesuchactivitiesasawayofbecominginvolvedinthecommunityandtheadult-world.Socialactionforthembecomesas importantastheiracademicstudies.

　　Inalikemanner，throughouttheyear，fundraisingdrivesarealsoconductedbyschoolsandcommunitygroupstoraisemoneyforaworthycause.Theymayrespondtoarecentearthquakeinaforeigncountry，afloodsomewherewithintheirown，oranothernaturaldisasterwhichhasleftpeopledestituteandhomeless.Theymayorganizedrivestocollectfood，clothingandmedicinestoserveanimmediateneed.TodayeventheHalloweencustomof‘trickortreat’hasbecomeanoccasiontocollectmoneyforacharitablecause.

　　ThemotivetohelpthoselessfortunatecomesfromthepoororiginsoftheAmericannation.Thoseimmigrantswhowerepooranddowntrodden（受压迫的）becamedependentonthekindnessoftheirneighborstomakeanewlifeforthemselves.

　　Americanvolunteersworkthroughouttheworldinlessdevelopedcountries.Theyvolunteerbyservingasachampionofgoodwillbothathomeandabroad，whichnodoubtenrichesbothhislifeandthosewhomheserves.

　　小题1:WhichofthefollowingcharitableactivitiesisNOTmentionedinthepassage?A．Somepeopleopenupsoupkitchenstofeedhomelesspeople.B．Somes