I. Getting Started

What was Tam doing when Kim visited her?

1. She was watching TV.
2. She was working as a volunteer at the local centre for community development.
3. She was meeting a friend.
4. She was reading a book.

How did Tam become a volunteer at the community centre?

1. She was asked by a family member.
2. She joined because she was interested in teaching.
3. She applied after seeing an advertisement last summer.
4. She was assigned by her employer.

How can Kim apply to become a volunteer at the centre?

1. By filling in an online application on the centre's website.
2. By visiting the centre and submitting a paper form.
3. By calling the centre directly.
4. By receiving an email form from Tam and sending it back.

PRONUNCIATION

Choose the word that has a different stressed syllable from the rest.

1. sculpture            
2. portrait                   
3. artwork                  
4. museum

1. geologist            
2. biologist                 
3. activist                   
4. psychologist

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. room                  
2. poor                       
3. door                       
4. floor

1. cottage              
2. block                      
3. town                      
4. accommodation

1. blanket              
2. man                        
3. charity                   
4. donate

He drives an old __________ in mountainous areas around the country.

1. camper van            
2. boat                       
3. cottage                   
4. studio

A serious fire in a high-rise __________ of flats has left many people homeless.

1. network                 
2. piece                      
3. block                      
4. part

Social media has made it easier to __________ money with a system of fundraising websites to help the needy.

1. donate                   
2. receive                   
3. rise                         
4. spend

I was having dinner __________ my friends arrived.

1. after                       
2. during                    
3. while                      
4. when

It was a(n) __________ easy victory for her. She achieved it with no difficulty at all.

1. bit                          
2. extremely               
3. slightly                   
4. little

It was __________ a beautiful painting that she decided to hang in the hallway.

1. such                       
2. so                           
3. such a                    
4. so much

I haven’t updated my Twitter with a new profile picture __________.

1. already                  
2. just                         
3. yet                         
4. since