You may not surprise at the fact that across the world more and more people are volunteering online.What encourages them to help strangers (1)withoutwithoutexpecting money or even thanks?
Rita White helped teach Ruth Lee how to protect herself from HIV,though the two have never met,and (2)neitherneitherknows each other's name.Rita received no payment for the job.She is one member of talented people who regularly donate their time online.But what is driving them to help total strangers,while asking for nothing in return?For Rita,the project gave her the (3)chancechance to use her professional experience. "I want to serve people with my medical knowledge," she said.
For some,the inspiration to volunteer online was far more personal.After losing his wife to cancer,Tony Smith spent many hours online helping Cancer Research in collecting data(數(shù)據(jù)) on the disease. "(4)SeeingSeeinghow painful she was when my wife was dying,I decided to help scientists find a way to treat cancer," he said.
Internets and hobbies are also one of the factors.In 2011,Sam Luke,a designer, (5)joinedjoinedother online volunteers in trying to help the police solve a murder case(謀殺案).Last month,the police posted some messages online,calling for volunteers to help them make sense. "This (6)interestedinterestedme and I love Sherlock Homes," said Luke.
For writer Clay Shirley,some large online volunteering projects benefit millions of people,giving him a sense of achievement.He helped write Wikipedia,the world's biggest encyclopedia (百科全書),which was(7)writtenwrittenentirely by people willing to donate their professional knowledge.
So,we have the courage to believe in that volunteering will become one of the necessary parts of our daily life (8)ififthe number of volunteers keeps increasing rapidly like this.
Why wait?Just take action!
【考點】人與社會.
【答案】without;neither;chance;Seeing;joined;interested;written;if
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