IV. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

1. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

A. something new and modern.                   B. something old and last long.

C. something precious and rare.                   D. something common and cheap.

2. Going to the zoo is an exciting experience. You have a chance to look at a lot animals.

A. very boring      B. very interesting C. very uncommon             D. very cheap

3. Ngoc is very different from her sister. She has dark hair and brown eyes.

A. unlike              B. similar to          C. the same as                 D. like

4. Vietnamese spring rolls are very delicious so a lot of people like eating them.

A. tasty                 B. salty                 C. sweet                D. bitter

5. Pizza in the restaurant near my house is the best pizza I’ve ever eaten.

A. hardest             B. worst                C. greatest             D. softest

6. Oxford is one the most ancient universities in the world

A. oldest               B. most modern    C. biggest              D. best

V. Use the words given in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. 

1. They are  …….....…… the vegetables from the truck.                             LOAD

2. Diana is a ..................She sells flowers at a shop in New York.     FLOWER

3. We must remember to eat ………………...                                    SENSE 

4. This lovely apartment has two bedrooms and it is ........……………        FURNISH

5. He didn’t win the championship, so he felt very .......................... .    HOPE

6. I'd like a nice ..........................orange.                                           JUICE 

7. We are very proud of our ………………..                                     FRIEND

8. Her aunt wants to know Lan’s …………………………                HIGH

9.  You mustn’t drive .........................on busy streets.                       CARE

10. What an..........................actor! He makes the movie wonderful.    AMAZE 

VI. Correct the mistakes 

1. We want to donate food to street children because this help feed them.

2. Last summer, I joined some clean-up activity in my area with my older sister.

3. Community service allows students learning life skills.

4. We share the same interests and sometimes write emails for each other.

5. The members of the club make and sell postcards to raise money to homeless people

6. My friend is very good in English. She speaks much more fluently than I do

7. The children laughed happily when they play games with the volunteers

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: Americans have been volunteering……………

A. since the early days of the country

B. for less than 50 years

C. since 1950

D. for 15 years

in the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a .............. . According to the US government statistics, about one fifth of the American ............... . does voluteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and ............. . one another since the early days of the country . Americans volunteer not because they are forced of paid to ............ it. They ........... it ! tradition volunteer activities include ........... money for people in need, cooking and ............. food, doing general labour ( such as clean - up ............ and home repair ), and tutoring / .............. young people

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: Americans volunteer because

A. they are forced

B. they are paid

C. they enjoy

D. they don’t have jobs

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: Traditional volunteer activities don’t include:

A. raising money

B. buying things

C. cooking

D. tutoring

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: How many people in the USA do volunteer work each year?

A. Almost

B. one- fifth

C. two- fifth

D. a half

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (1)........... According to the US government statistics, about one-fifth of the American (2)............... does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (3)........... one another since the early days of the country. Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to (4).................. it. They (5)........ it! Traditional volunteer activities include (6).............. money for people in need, cooking and (7)............... food, doing general labour (such as clean-up (8)............... and home repair), providing transportation ( such as giving rides to give the (9) ...................), and tutoring/ (10).................. young people

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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

(adapted from “Volunteering: An American Tradition” by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell in eJournal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism. U.S. Department of State, 2012).

 25. According to the text, nearly every American has done volunteer work in his or her life.

 26. Every year almost one in five Americans works as a volunteer.

 27. Americans have been volunteering for less than 50 years.

 28. Americans volunteer because they are forced to do it.

Choose the best answer:

1. We often organise concerts to ……………funds for poor children.

A. donate              B. raise        C. volunteer                   D. grow

2. Vietnamese people have had the ……………of helping one another since the early days of the country.

A. custom             B. legend              C. tradition           D. religion

3. A volunteer always helps other people willingly and ……………payment.

A. for                    B.  within             C. about                D. without

4. Community service is the work we do for the ……………of the community.

A.  benefits           B.  forces              C. problems          D. events

5. You can volunteer by ………children from poor families in your community.

A. talking              B. singing             C. encouraging      D. tutoring

6. They … coupons for free chicken noodle soup for the poor since last November

A. offer                 B. offered    C.      have offered                   D. will offer

7. It's a pity that I ……………'Green Summer' programme last year.

A. don't join         B. didn't join        C. won't join         D. haven't joined

8. We've decided to clean up the lake ……………it is full of rubbish.

A. so                     B. therefore           C. but                   D. because

9.……………the elderly people in the nursing home so far Julia?

A. Have you visited        B. Did you visit    C. Do you visit    D. Are you visiting

10. Our dad ……………away warm clothes to street children two days ago.

A. give                  B. gave        C have given         D. will give

11. My brother and I ……………a white tiger already.

A. see                             B. to have             C. have seen                   D. has seen

12. Our school has a programme to ….....…children from poor families in Sapa.

A. tutor                 B. offer       C. ask                   D. volunteer

13. He …lectures to foreign tourists about traditional food and games recently.

A. gives                B. gave        C. have given        D. has given

14. Americans ……………the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

A. had                  B. to have   C. has had             D. have had

15. You should think of ……………the volunteer activities in your community.

A. taking in           B. making   C. participating     D. taking part in