Part I.

PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. sick B. second C. service D. sure
2. A. angry B. needy C. supply D. country
3. A. handicapped B. interested C. dedicated D. excited
4. A. hungry B. community C. mutual D. student
5. A. charity B. school C. childless D. teacher
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
6. A. dedicate B. fortunate C. practical D. volunteer
7. A. ensuring B. protecting C. providing D. widening
8. A. donate B. apply C. provide D. study
9. A. successful B. announcement C. ignorant D. experience
10. A. disadvantaged B. environment C. advertisement D. unfortunate
Part II. VOCABULARY
Exercise 3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
11. Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’
from my class teacher.
A. useless B. useful C. usefulness D. uselessness
12. These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help.
A. disadvantaged B. advantaged C. disadvantage D. advantage
13. Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community.
A. meant B. meaningful C. meaningless D. meaning
14. They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last night.
A. excite B. excitement C. exciting D. excited
15. It is ____ that all the students in class 1OA choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’.
A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise D. surprisingly
16. Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world.
A. aware B. concerned C. helpful D. interested
17. English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____ a
career.
A. off B. up C. on D. into
18. Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ____.
A. in time B. in particular C. in contrast D. in fact
19. A/an ____ is a person who needs others to take care of him/her, because of illness that he/she
had for a long time.
A. patient B. martyr C. invalid D. addict
20. Mr. Chen is more _____ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an
overseas volunteer organisation in Africa.
A. single-minded B. narrow-minded
C. absent-minded D. open-minded
21. Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____
case.
A. hopefully B. hopeless C. hopeful D. hopelessly
22. A lot of generous businessmen have ____ valuable contributions to helping needy people.
A. done B. taken C. made D. given
23. Poor students cannot ____ an abundance of presents on their birthday.
A. look forward to B. put up with
C. come up w with D. cut down on
24. Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a person
who may be going ____ a difficult period.
A. up B. on C . off D. through
25. Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to ____ lots of volunteers for
a huge event.
A. employ B. recruit C. research D. catch
26. You’d better ____ a commitment to being a volunteer on a regular basis.
A. promise B. do C. make D. pull
27. They visit a retirement home and ____ time doing fun activities with the elderly who lack
immediate family.
A. spend B. lose C. waste D. consume
28. Both community ____ and volunteerism are an investment in our community and the people
who live in it.
A. life B. language C. performance D. service
29. ____ being the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is also one of the world’s greatest philanthropists.
A. Aside from B. But for C. Except for D. In addition
30. Their massive salaries let them afford to give ____ huge amounts to charities.
A. off B. up C. away D. hack
31. When you get involved in a volunteer project, you are able to ____ your knowledge into
practice.
A. take B. put C. bring D. push
32. Volunteers can work with many ____ children who were harmed by Agent Orange in childcare
centres.
A. parentless B. disabled C. poor D. homeless
33. Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped
countries ____ their lives.
A. make B. risk C. improve D. start
34. Many international volunteer organisations are trying to find a ____ to the problem of world
hunger.
A. way B. method C. suggestion D. solution
35. For a cleaner and greener community, everyone should ____ the amount of trash and take
care of our environment.
A. increase B. reduce C. contribute D. ignore
36. Thanks to everyone's efforts, we can do ____ to make school a meaningful place for students
living in poverty.
A. a great many B. a little C. a great deal D. a few
37. On the door of the house where Louis Braille was born are the words ‘He opened the door of
____ to all those who cannot see.’
A. knowledge B. information C. news D. material
38. University students are willing to get involved in helping the old and ____ people.
A. childlike B. childish C. children D. childless
39. Contact is ____ connecting students with volunteer organisations abroad.
A. in place of B. in charge of C. in case of D. in danger of
40. Football superstar David Beckham has a huge ____ for kids in need.
A. head B. strength C. memory D. heart
Exercise 4. Put the verbs into the correct form (the past continuous tense).
41. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _____________ computer games.
42. Yesterday at six my sister (prepare) ________ dinner.
43. The children (play) _________ in the garden when it began to rain.
44. I (practice) _________ the guitar when she came home.
45. They (not / cycle) _________ all day.
46. While Tom (work) _________ in his room, his friends (swim) ________ in the pool.
47. I tried to tell my mother the truth but she (not/ listen) _________
48. What (you / do) __________ yesterday?
49. Why did you disagree with me at the meeting? _________ to make me look incompetent? (be/
try)
50. Daisy_______ the buffet while I was looking for the drinks. (prepare)
Exercise 5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
51. I got the teaching job in the Happy Child Charity Centre just by chance.
A. accidentally B. purposefully C. easily D. immediately
52. Every month, the volunteer group go to remote and mountainous areas to help those in need.
A. empty B. faraway C. crowded D. poor
53. Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.
A. spent B. contributed C. gave up D. dedicated
54. Our top priority is to clean and protect the environment in our neighbourhood.
A. hobby B. job C. preference D. idea
55. Young people are now getting more and more concerned about environmental problems.
A. worried B. nervous C. hopeless D. uneasy
Exercise 6. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
56. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.
A. lucky B. blessed C. unlucky D. uncomfortable
57. Public service announcement is a special advertisement for the community, normally about
health or safety matters.
A. Open B. Private C. Secret D. Popular
58. Economically disadvantaged students often drop out of school, choosing a low- paying job
to earn money.
A. leave B. attend C. accept D. reject
59. We are looking for camp helpers who are hard-working, energetic, and able to organise
activities for young children.
A. active B. dynamic C. passive D. reluctant
60. Volunteering also means getting to meet people with a similar passion.
A. alike B. identical C. common D. distinct
Exercise 7. Read the passage and choose the best answers to fill in the blanks.
Volunteering has a direct influence on the formation of children and youth and their values,
increasing their (61) _________ in the environment and society in which they live. Volunteering
also promotes (62) _________ civic duties. It is a valuable addition for school and family activities,
a means of personal development of a child and a young person and their social (63) _________ .
Children and young people are provided the space for self realization and the opportunity to
discover their own potential through specific ideas and projects, combined with (64) _________
feedback and the evaluation of their activities.
Volunteering is an experience in the form of searching and discovering for oneself what one
(65)_________ enjoys and to what one wants to dedicate oneself. It is a tool for the acquisition
and development of skills that (66) _________ to increasing the employability of young people and
the development of their competitiveness. When volunteering, children and young people learn
new skills, develop their talents or (67) _________ skills they do not know about yet.
Simultaneously, volunteering meets current societal needs and (68) _________ all the parties
involved.
61. A. indifference B. hatred C. interest D. dependence
62. A. careful B. active C. faithless D. untruthful
63. A. assistance B. participation C. attendance D. cooperation
64. A. jobless B. worthless C. valueless D. useful
65. A. truly B. doubtfully C. mindlessly D. thoughtfully
66. A. cause B. provide C. contribute D. share
67. A. invent B. make C. produce D. discover
68. A. benefits B. organizes C. raises D. invites