9. Voluntary organizations are key players in the economy in their own right ……………… employers and service providers.
A. as B. to C. for D. with
10. Volunteer work has ranged from casual or regular assistance to community residents and family members in ………………, to more collective and organized efforts to better the quality of life of the community.
A. request B. search C. need D. want
11. Stop making that noise! You are getting on my ………………
A. muscles B. brains C. nerves D. blood
12. A lot of generous businessmen have ……………… valuable contributions to helping needy people.
A. done B. taken C. made D. given
13. 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
14. These ……………… children encounter many problems and really need our help.
A. disadvantaged B. advantaged C. disadvantage D. advantage
15. He is never willing to listen to the views of others. He is a ……………… person.
A. negative B. positive C. pessimist D. narrow – minded
16. Volunteers spend time ……………… books to the ………………………………
A. reading / age B. reading / aged C. to read / aged D. read / age
17. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, etc are some natural ………………
A. accidents B. tragedies C. disasters D. losses
18. School students should take ……………… in social activities to help the old, the sick, and the disadvantaged.
A. place B. part C. interest D. notice
19. By the end of 1962 almost 5,000 ……………… from the organizations were serving in forty – two countries.
A. volunteers B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. volunteer
20. Michael ……………… in the queue to buy a ticket for the train when he heard a strange voice.
A. waited B. was waiting C. had waited D. has waited
21. One major ……………… of this area is lack of public transport.
A. advantage B. disadvantaged C . disadvantage D. advantaged
22. The company ……………… to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded area.
A. volunteered B. sponsored C. forced D. told
23. When I got to the hospital, she ……………… in the waiting room.
A. sat B. has been sitting C. was sitting D. had sat
24. ……………… foreign languages ……………… great effort.
A. Learnt / have required B. Learning / requires
C. To learn it / require D. Learn / requires
25. All the kids ……………… their homework when the volunteer team ………………
A. were doing – arrived B. did - arrived
C. were doing – were arriving D. did were arriving
26. I can’t open these files on my computer. A computer virus ……………… these files.
A. has destroyed B. is destroying C. destroyed D. has been destroying
27. This book is so long that I ………………
A. haven’t finished it yet B. haven’t finished it already
C. still have finished it D. still haven’t finished it already.
28. Teenagers nowadays often have their own idols who they really love, and ……………… in different ways.
A. imitate B. observe C. inspire D. help
29. Her husband ……………… unemployed since they ……………… to the countryside.
A. was / move B. was / have moved
C. has been / moved D. has been / have moved