2．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(diào)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 本文主要闡述了青年人要多陪陪老年人，并且青年人和老年人能相互從對方那有所收獲．
解答 21 B 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)第三段中的"Our visits last about an hour，…We play board games and cards with the residents while we're there．"可知，他們和養(yǎng)老院的老人們玩棋類游戲和紙牌游戲．故正確答案為B．
22：D 細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)第七段中的第一句"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．"可知，陪陪他們是最重要的．故正確答案為D．
23：D 主旨題．根據(jù)最后一段最后一句中"We can learn a lot from the elderly，and they can often benefit from teenagers too．"可知，最后一段是本文的主題段落，最后一句點(diǎn)明了文章的寫作目的，即青年人和老年人能相互從對方那有所收獲．故正確答案為D．
點(diǎn)評 本文是一個人生感悟類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
