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问题     There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization【C1】______practically full-time work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) for young people before they take【C2】______full-time employment, 【C3】______there are opportunities for overseas service for required technicians in developing countries. Some people,【C4】______those who retire early,【C5】______their technical and business skills in countries【C6】______there is a special need.
    So in considering voluntary or paid community service there are more opportunities than there【C7】______were when one first began work.【C8】______voluntary organizations have only a small full-time staff, and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This【C9】______that working relationships are
different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different.【C10】______some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not【C11】______them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different【C12】______, both personal and【C13】______. One should not join them【C14】______to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined with commitment to the【C15】______. not business efficiency. Because salaries are【C16】______or nonexistent, many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for【C17】______. simply because they enjoy the work.
    Many community activities possible in retirement were【C18】______possible during one’s working life【C19】______they are to be undertaken no less seriously for that. Retired people who are【C20】______looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider taking community service.
【C7】

选项 A、before
B、lately
C、never
D、ever

答案D

解析 语义衔接题。由there are…than there…were可知,此处是用过去曾经有过的情况与现在作比较。四个选项中可表示“曾经”之意的副词只有[D]ever,故答案为[D]。空所在句不缺成分可确定本空应填一副词。[A]before为介词,故排除;[B]lately是表示时间的副词,与句中的when one first began work矛盾;[C]never与此处语义相反,故也排除。
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