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I spent three months volunteering with Volunteer Bolivia(玻利维亚). It was sometimes
annoying, scary and difficult, but also life-changing, satisfying and amazing. Because I had
studied Spanish for a couple of years before I went out, I had just one week of classes at
Volunteer Bolivia.
Living with a family also helped my Spanish greatly and I felt immediately like one of their
daughters. We were good friends from the beginning of my time there and I was looked after
very well. I still had a lot of independence. The Volunteer Bolivia centre, with its cafe bar and
cultural talks, was a meeting place for all the volunteers and I met some wonderful people
from all over the world who were doing the same as me------giving something of themselves
to a country which needs so much.
My job was in a caring centre for prisoners' children from the Cochabamba prisons and
from the very (恰好的)start I felt welcomed and needed. There I met some inspiring members
who put so much of their heart into caring for those children who maybe had no one else to
love them. Not only the work itself was very hard but at times it was emotionally demanding,
especially sending a group of two year olds back into the prison at the end of the day. Despite
all this, I learnt a lot through the experience and now I'm more aware of the problems faced
daily by many people in South America. The centre has very limited funding (资金)so they
depend heavily on the work of volunteers, and any time people give is very valuable to them.
Since returning to Britain I have kept in touch with the people I worked with and I'm trying
to support them as much as possible. Volunteering through Volunteer Bolivia has changed my
life and is an experience I will never forget.
1. We can infer that the official language of Bolivia is most probably _____ .
A. English
B. Spanish
C. French
D. Italian
2. Where did the author stay when she was in Bolivia?_____
A. In a hotel.
B. In the volunteer centre.
C. In a cafe bar.
D. In a local family.
3. The author's job as a volunteer in Bolivia was to ._____
A. raise money for some prisons
B. meet volunteers from other countries
C. look after some prisoners' children
D. help the local people with their farm work
4. What did the author think of her work in Bolivia according to Paragraph 3?______
A. Challenging.
B. Relaxing.
C. Disappointing.
D. Boring.
5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?______
A. An unforgettable experience.
B. Volunteering through Volunteer Bolivia
C. My job in a caring centre.
D. Living with a family in Bolivia
