5．Every Wednesday，I go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community in Brookfield，Illinois，US，with my classmates to do community service．
After my very first visit to Cantata，my life changed forever．That may sound a bit dramatic，but volunteering with the elderly has changed my views on life．
Our visits last about an hour，and we bring 25-30students every time．We play board games and cards with the residents while we're there．
You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about"life back then"，but nothing compares to talking to the people who were actually there．Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible．
Whether it was talking to 98-year-old"Hurricane Hilda"about her glory days as a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor，I was completely attracted by every single memory the residents wanted to share with me．
Even the residents who don't have amazing memories make the experience satisfying．I remember visiting Mrs Robinson．She couldn't recall much about her past，but she told me she'd never forget how kind I was just to listen to her"rambling （漫談）"．It made me realize that it's the little things that make life worth living．That's something I won't forget anytime soon．
If there's one thing I've realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，it's that presence-just being there-means more than anything to many of the residents．And despite how busy our lives are，there's always time to make someone's day．
For me，it feels great to be a source of happiness，a smile on a bad day or a listening ear for old memories．And at the end of the day，that's all that matters．
It's easy to feel like you don't have anything in common with the elderly-especially when you're a teenager．But that's not true at all．
I hate to be overly clichéd （陳詞濫調的） here，but age really is just a number．As young adults，it's important for us to realize this sooner rather than later．We can learn a lot from the elderly，and they can often benefit from teenagers too．
21．What do the volunteers do according to the passage？B
A．They share everything with the residents．
B．They play board games and cards with the residents．
C．They watch the residents play games．
D．They buy gifts for the residents．
22．According to the writer，what is the most important thing that volunteers can do for the elderly？D
A．Playing with them．
B．Benefiting from them．
C．Helping them．
D．Being there with them．
23．What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage？D
A．We don't have anything in common with the elderly．
B．Age is just a number．
C．It is important to help the elderly．
D．Young adults and the elderly can benefit from each other．
分析 文章介紹了作者去Cantata Adult Life Services當義工的所見所感，并闡述了其對自己人生及態度的改變，同時自己的付出也讓那些老人們很開心，過得更加有意義．
解答 21．B，細節理解題，根據原文We play board games and cards with the residents while we're there．句意：當我們在那里的時候，我們和這些居民們一起完棋盤游戲和打牌．所以選擇B項．
22．D，細節理解題，根據原文it's that presence-just being there-means more than anything to many of the residents．句意：就是待在他們眼前，陪在他們身邊意味著超過那些居民其他的一切．所以選擇D項．
23．D，細節理解題，根據句子We can learn a lot from the elderly，and they can often benefit from teenagers too．句意：我們能從老人中間學到許多，同時他們也能從年輕人當中學到許多．所以是互利的關系，答案選擇D項．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩、準．
