D. WRITING

I. Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the box.

1. Last year / our club / donate / books / children in rural areas.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

2. I/ buy/ a laptop/last week/ but I/ not use/ it.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

3. Children / send / thank-you cards / us / a week ago.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

4. We/ start/ the game/ half an hour ago.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

5. I / teach / two children in grade 2 / last summer

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

6. I/ read/ my English book/ but I/ not do/ my English homework this morning.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

7. Last spring / we / help / the elderly / nursing home.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

8. We / help / people / in flooded areas / last year.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

9. My dad/ be/ in London/last month/ but he/ not see/ Big Ben.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

10. I/ download/ some songs/and then/ I/ turn/ the computer off last night.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

11. Last year/ we/ start/ community garden/ project.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

12. because/ the lake/ be/ full/ rubbish/ they/ decide/ clean it up/ last Sunday.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

13. Last week/ we/ donate/ books and clothes/ the poor children.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

14. Green Summer/organize/ first time/ in 1997.

à ___________________________________________________________________ .

15. When/ you/ start/ work/ this charitable organization?

à ___________________________________________________________________ 

Choosing to volunteer takes up some of your time. Some people say that they do not have time to help others, so they don’t volunteer. But scientists say giving time to help others benefits us.

The first benefit of volunteering is that it helps us learn to be flexible. Volunteers have to be ready for changes and stay flexible when solving problems. Second, volunteering can improve our health because it requires us to be active. A report found that Americans who volunteer 100 hours or more a year are the healthiest people in the country. Third, volunteers have opportunities to develop more relationships. They often work in teams, and team members get to know each other and sometimes even become friends. Moreover, volunteers often help needy people, so they may feel thankful for what they have. For these reasons, volunteers are generally positive and are less likely to become depressed.

So if you have not joined a volunteer activity yet, think about it. You are likely to benefit from doing so.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. There are different types of volunteer activities.

B. What to expect when you do volunteer work.

C. There are some good reasons why you should do volunteer work.

2. Which is NOT true about volunteers?

A. They are the strongest and most active.

B. They are flexible thinkers.

C. They are generally more positive.

3. Which is a benefit of doing volunteer work?

A. You will have a happier family.

B. You can have more friends.

C. You will never feel unhappy.

4. Why are volunteers often more positive?

A. They are the healthiest people in the country.

B. They stay active.

C. They often feel they are luckier than others.

5. How many benefits are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.                             B. Three.                           C. Four.

Choosing to volunteer takes up some of your time. Some people say that they do not have time to help others, so they don’t volunteer. But scientists say giving time to help others benefits us.

The first benefit of volunteering is that it helps us learn to be flexible. Volunteers have to be ready for changes and stay flexible when solving problems. Second, volunteering can improve our health because it requires us to be active. A report found that Americans who volunteer 100 hours or more a year are the healthiest people in the country. Third, volunteers have opportunities to develop more relationships. They often work in teams, and team members get to know each other and sometimes even become friends. Moreover, volunteers often help needy people, so they may feel thankful for what they have. For these reasons, volunteers are generally positive and are less likely to become depressed.

So if you have not joined a volunteer activity yet, think about it. You are likely to benefit from doing so.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. There are different types of volunteer activities.

B. What to expect when you do volunteer work.

C. There are some good reasons why you should do volunteer work.

2. Which is NOT true about volunteers?

A. They are the strongest and most active.

B. They are flexible thinkers.

C. They are generally more positive.

3. Which is a benefit of doing volunteer work?

A. You will have a happier family.

B. You can have more friends.

C. You will never feel unhappy.

4. Why are volunteers often more positive?

A. They are the healthiest people in the country.

B. They stay active.

C. They often feel they are luckier than others.

5. How many benefits are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.                             B. Three.                           C. Four.

I. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are T(True) or F (false).

Community service is work that a person or a group of people does to give benefits to others. You do not get paid to perform community service, but volunteer your time. Community service can help many different groups of people: street children, disabled people, even animals and the environment. Community service is often organized by local groups, schools, universities, or non-profit organizations. You can start your own community service projects. Many people participate in community service because they enjoy helping others and improving their community.

There are numerous benefits to participating in community service, both for yourself and others. Community service gives you a way to help others, helps improve your community, and helps you to be sociable and to meet new friends. Moreover, it gives you a way to gain work experience and learn more about certain jobs. There are hundreds of ways to participate in community service, depending on your skills, your interests, and your free time.

Exercise 4 : Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. I think you should _____  jogging because it is very useful for your health.

          A. take                    B. to take                C. take up               D. take in

2. My aunt often ________ money to charitable organizations to help street children and the homeless.

          A. makes                B. does                   C. donates               D. send

3. Brian_______ many community services when he was a student.

A. has done             B.did                       C.does                     D. was doing

4. Green School _______ vegetables for an orphanage last spring.

A. planted               B. plant                   C. grow                   D. is planting

5. - What did you do last weekend?

- I __________ to the SOS Children’s Village to tutor the children there.

A. going                  B. go                       C. went                   D. goes

6. We can make postcards and sell them to ______  money to help the homeless.

          A. rise                     B. raise                   C. get                      D. own

7. We can get many _______ from volunteer work.

          A. benefit                B. benefits              C. advantage           D. good luck

8. Children _______ plastic bottles for recycling a month ago.

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

9. We_______ English to children in a primary school last summer.

A. teaching              B. taught                 C. teach                   D. to teach

10. Our school club ________ gloves for old people in nursing homes last winter.

A. made                  B. making               C. make                  D. is making

11. About one-fifth of the American population ______  volunteer work each year.

          A. do                       B. does                    C. make                  D. makes

12. We________ bottles to help the  environment last month.

          A. reusing              B. reuse                  C. reused              D. to reuse

13. To help people with transportation, we can ______  rides to the elderly.

          A. ask                     B. give                    C. donate                D. help

14. We should help people _______ , especially the homeless, the elderly and street children .

          A. needed               B. need                   C. at need                D. in need

15. Doing volunteer work can ______  you feel more confident.

          A. do                       B. make                  C. bring                  D. force

16. We ______ very busy last week.

          A. was                    B. am                      C. were                   D. will be

17. When my family went on holiday , we________ a lot of photos

A. took                    B. saw                     C. buy                     D. do

18. In 2012, they ______ their project for street children.

          A. started                B. are starting          C. starts                  D. have started

19.Yesterday we___ to an interesting lecture about coloured vegetables in our cooking classes. 

A. read                    B. study                   C. listened               D. studied

20. Last week, Our friends also ________ other activities like clean-up or gardening  

A. joining                B. take                    C. join                     D. joined

=25.243:(8.1/16)

=25.243:1/2

=12150