组合练04 社会服务与人际沟通（Word练习）-【优化指导】2024高考英语二轮复习高中总复习·第2轮（老教材）

组合练(四)　社会服务与人际沟通 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A 语篇类型 主题语境 记叙文 人与社会——志愿服务之Patricia Gallagher的捐赠经历 Every holiday season，Patricia Gallagher fills her car with stuffed animals and drives around Philadelphia.She gives them not to kids but to seniors. Patricia's holiday tradition started in 2009.“I just got this idea of calling two nursing homes at random and asking if I could come and read books on New Year's day，”she said. She brought some of her kids' stuffed animals for the seniors to hold while she read.“But when I went to gather them and take them back to go to the next nursing home, nobody wanted to give up their stuffed animals，”she added. It was then and there that she realized the power of a simple holiday gift. Patricia wanted to continue her tradition of giving，so she put an advertisement online, asking for gently used stuffed animals. In her first two years of collecting, she received more than 11，000 donated stuffed animals. She said sometimes local schools would hold stuffed animal collections on her behalf，or a child who outgrew their toys would donate. After receiving too many, Patricia started capping how many she would collect at a time，and said she could only take in about 250 stuffed animals each week during the holiday season. Then, she took them to nursing homes. “The elderly wanted stuffed animals not only for comfort, but also because they were conversation starters and reminded them of their childhood，”she said. And she recalled one man said，“You know, I never wanted to go to school. And my father said if I would go that day, he would take me to the Brooklyn Zoo. And you know what? This was the first animal I saw there and it looked just like this giraffe.” Spreading joy isn't just a holiday pastime for Patricia.She is also known as the “Happy Flower Lady” around Philadelphia, because she collects old flowers from stores and gives them to anyone who needs a pick­me­up. “When you give, you really do get more back，”Patricia said.“Every morning, whether it's the fl