II. Read the passage. Circle A, B or C to answer each question or complete each sentence.

The Peace Corps is one of the most famous organisations in the world that help people. This organisation was founded in 1961 by the former US President John Kennedy.

People working in this organisation are called volunteers. They are both men and women. They live and work in other countries for two years at a time. They share skills with people to help solve challenging problems in developing countries.

Peace Corps volunteers work as teachers at schools. They also help communities to protect their environment and prevent the spread of diseases. They also help farmers grow more food efficiently.

Peace Corps volunteers build bridges of cross-cultural understanding with people of other countries. They help people from other countries learn more about who they are. Peace Corps volunteers also bring home with them better understanding of other peoples and cultures.

What can be the best title for the passage?

A.The Efforts of the Peace Corps

B.A John Kennedy's Creation

C.Building the Bridge Between Cultures

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I. Choose the best answer

1. He loves _____________ tree leaves from different countries.

A. collecting B. collected C. collect D. collects

2. My dad enjoys ________ his bike to work.

A. to ride B. ride C. rides D.riding

3. I love cooking, _________ my sister doesn’t.

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

4. Laughing is good_________ your health.

A. for B. to C. with D. of

5. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced /3:/

A. dear B. pear C. earn D. heart

6. Choose one mistake and correct it.

I find carve eggshells boring because it takes a lot of time to complete one shell.

A B C D

7.- __________ do you find making pottery? – I finding making pottery interesting.

A. What B. How C. Why D. When

8. Jenny ___________ two eggshells and he will continue the third one.

A. carves B. has carved C. carved D. will carved

9. My father hates ___________ coffee. He prefers tea.

A. drunk B. drink C. drinks D. drinking

10. I have a temperature _________________

A. and I eat more vegetables B. or I am putting on weight

C. so I feel tired D. but I go to bed early

11. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?

A. away B. answer C. sunburn D. picture

12. Which word has main stress differently from the others?

A. volunteer charity C. melody D. calorie

13. Beethoven ___________ a lot of songs.

A. composes B. composed C. has composed D. compose

14. Liz: I am so nervous thatI am putting on weight.

Tony: _______________________ .

A. Wash your hand more B. Eat less junk food

C. Sleep more D. Sunbathe less

15. Jack spends almost his time staring at his smart phone, ___________ is very short-sighted.

A. and B. or C. but D.so

16. My father loved ____________horse-riding when he was young.

A. doing B. going C. playing D. taking

17. She feels itchy and her nose is running. She says she has _____________

A. headache B. toothache C. allergy D. flu

18. Jenifer says that she ___________ collecting dolls, but she __________ in the future.

A. will like / won’t continue B. likes / won’t continue

C. likes / continues D. will like / continues

19. I __________ Nha Trang when I was a child.

A. visit B. visited C. will visit D. have visited

20. He ___________ to the USA so far.

A. is B. was C. will be D. has been

II. Read the passage. Circle A, B or C to answer each question or complete each sentence.

The Peace Corps is one of the most famous organisations in the world that help people. This organisation was founded in 1961 by the former US President John Kennedy. People working in this organisation are called volunteers. They are both men and women. They live and work in other countries for two years at a time. They share skills with people to help solve challenging problems in developing countries. Peace Corps volunteers work as teachers at schools. They also help communities to protect their environment and prevent the spread of diseases. They also help farmers grow more food efficiently. Peace Corps volunteers build bridges of cross-cultural understanding with people of other countries. They help people from other countries learn more about who they are. Peace Corps volunteers also bring home with them better understanding of other peoples and cultures.

1. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. The Efforts of the Peace Corps

B. John Kennedy's Creation

C. Building the Bridge Between Cultures

2. The Peace Corps ______.

A. work only inside the US

B. is a famous organisation in the world

C. was founded for profit

3. Peace Corps volunteers ______ in developing countries.

A. take away the food of the farmers

B. help solve problems

C. stop the spread of peace

4. One example of the efforts of the Peace Corps volunteers is to ______ in foreign countries.

A. share skills with people

B. teach farmers

C. build bridges

5. The word they in paragraph four refers to ______.

A. people of other countries

B. cross-cultural bridges

C. Peace Corps volunteers

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The Peace Corps is one of the (1)____________   famous organisations in the world that help people. It was founded in 1961 by the former US President John Kennedy. People working in this organisation are called (2) ____________. They are both men and women. They share skills with people to help solve challenging problems in developing countries. 

Peace Corps volunteers work as teachers at schools. They also help communities to (3) ____________ their environment and prevent the spread of diseases. Peace Corps volunteers (4)____________ bridges of cross-cultural understanding with people of other countries. They help people from other countries learn more about who they are.                                                                                                                     

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. It is a recruitment agency which finds, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests.

This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, so it tries to respond to requests from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its purpose is toward the poorest members of the community. Both staff and volunteers also pay special attention to women’s roles in development projects. This is because women’s roles in child–rearing, in education and community relationship are essential in any healthy process of change.

Over the past 38 years, more than 21.000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to look for the person with the right blend of skills and personality.

VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence, and a volunteer with a new understanding of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide, reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.

What happens when VSO wants to appoint new volunteers?

A. They give preference to applicants living abroad.

B. They give each applicant several interviews.

C. They refer applications to countries requesting volunteers.

D. They match all applicants to jobs very carefully

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. It is a recruitment agency which finds, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests.

This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, so it tries to respond to requests from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its purpose is toward the poorest members of the community. Both staff and volunteers also pay special attention to women’s roles in development projects. This is because women’s roles in child–rearing, in education and community relationship are essential in any healthy process of change.

Over the past 38 years, more than 21.000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to look for the person with the right blend of skills and personality.

VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence, and a volunteer with a new understanding of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide, reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.

The volunteer chosen to go out to a developing country____.

A. must have experience of working overseas

B. will quickly become an expert in the field

C. will gain more knowledge about the world we live in

D. must leave the country before it becomes independent

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 5: Men and women in the Peace Corps work with people in the developing countries to help

                                                                                  A                                         B

them improving their living conditions.

                C                    D

A. Work

B. Developing

C. Improving

D. Living

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. It is a recruitment agency which finds, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests.

This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, so it tries to respond to requests from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its purpose is toward the poorest members of the community. Both staff and volunteers also pay special attention to women’s roles in development projects. This is because women’s roles in child–rearing, in education and community relationship are essential in any healthy process of change.

Over the past 38 years, more than 21.000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to look for the person with the right blend of skills and personality.

VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence, and a volunteer with a new understanding of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide, reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.

Requests from overseas most likely to be dealt with are those which___

A. specially ask for female staff and volunteers

B. require volunteers to work with the local inhabitants

C. require help and advice on health care

D. need help to train less wealthy members of the community

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. It is a recruitment agency which finds, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests.

This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, so it tries to respond to requests from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its purpose is toward the poorest members of the community. Both staff and volunteers also pay special attention to women’s roles in development projects. This is because women’s roles in child–rearing, in education and community relationship are essential in any healthy process of change.

Over the past 38 years, more than 21.000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to look for the person with the right blend of skills and personality.

VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence, and a volunteer with a new understanding of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide, reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.

 VSO is different from other charities and oranizations in the UK bacause it____

A. is a registered body

B. sends financial aid to developing countries

C. sends volunteers to help abroad

D. recruits volunteer to work in Britain

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

VSO is a registered charity dedicated to assisting in developing countries. It is a recruitment agency which finds, selects and places volunteers in response to overseas requests.

This work makes it distinctive among other charities and organizations in the UK. It sends people, not money, so it tries to respond to requests from overseas which ask for volunteers. Its purpose is toward the poorest members of the community. Both staff and volunteers also pay special attention to women’s roles in development projects. This is because women’s roles in child–rearing, in education and community relationship are essential in any healthy process of change.

Over the past 38 years, more than 21.000 volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. There are now over 1,900 volunteers working in 59 of the less developed countries in Africa Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

The application of each volunteer is carefully considered in order to select and interview candidates against each job request from the field, to look for the person with the right blend of skills and personality.

VSO volunteers do not go to developing countries as visiting experts with all the answers. It is always a process of sharing and learning. The aim is that when the volunteer returns home, there exists a community with a stronger sense of independence, and a volunteer with a new understanding of life and people everywhere. The range of jobs required of VSO is wide, reflecting the needs of any society in the modern world.

According to those who for VSO, who plays the most important part in bringing about change?

A. charitable organizations

B. volunteers from abroad

C. women in local communities

D. staff who recruit volunteers