I. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.
volunteers -  voluntary – voluntarily – mow – overcame – handicapped – orphanage – disasters  – disadvantaged – remote – retire –  donated - participate – volunteers 

1.          When she was retired, she did a lot of __voluntary __ service for the Red Cross.

2.          She was not fired. She left the company _voluntarily _.

3.           I ______________ the lawn every week; that’s why it is very neat.

4.           She _______________ injury to win the Olympic gold medal.

5.           The accident left him ________________ . He could never walk again.

6.          The central part of Vietnam often has terrible natural _______________ such as floods, droughts or storms.

7.          A home for children whose parents are dead is called ______________.

8.          Our society should pay  more attention to  the _______________, who do not have enough money or education to succeed in life.

9.          The remote areas need ________________ to help teach children how to read and write.

10.       Are you going to _______________  in the campaign to help poor people organized  by the social workers.

11.       Many old people enjoy working for a charity after they__________________ .

12.       He has been working  in _______________ areas for several years and finds it useful to help the people there.

13.       Claire __________________ at the homeless shelter once a week.

14.       He ___________________ thousands of pounds to charity.

II. Read the passage and do the tasks that follows:

More and more young people are doing voluntary work abroad. The wide variety of jobs and destinations available is making it an increasingly attractive option for those who have just left school and have a year free before university. Many choose to spend these twelve months working in poor countries. There they will earn little or no money, but they will be doing something useful and enjoying the experience.

The work may consist of helping local communities, for example by helping to build new roads or provide water supplies to isolated rural villages. Other projects may concentrate more on conservation and environment protection. Whatever kind of job it is, though, it is certain to be challenging and worthwhile, and an experience that will never be forgotten.

 Read the statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F).

1.      Very few young people are doing voluntary work abroad.  _________                   

2.     There’s a wide variety of jobs and destinations for volunteers who have just left school to choose to do.  _________

3.     Many volunteers choose to work in wealthy countries . ________                          

4.     Those who do voluntary work receive very little money, but they will be doing something useful and enjoying experience. __________                                                            

5.     The voluntary work includes helping local communities or protecting environment. _______

Answer the following questions:

1.     Where  are  many young people doing voluntary work?

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2.     How many months do they spend working there?

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3.     What can  they profit from the voluntary work?

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4.     What may they do to help local communities?

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5.     Is voluntary work challenging and worthwhile?

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III. Read the passage below.

Each nation has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play with them or listen to their problems.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have  fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of young boy and girls.

      Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

Choose the best answer for each question.

1.     What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

a. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

b. They mow lawns, do shopping, and clean up their houses.

c. They cook, sew, and wash their clothes.

d. They take them to baseball games.

2.      What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

a.     To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers

b.     To get to know things about their fathers

c.     To get to know things that boys want  from their fathers

d.     To learn things about fathers

3.     Which activity is NOT available for the students at the clubs?

a.     playing games                             c. watching films

b.     going to interesting places                     d. learning photography

4.      Why do they use many high school and college students as volunteers? – Because ……….

a.     they know how to do the work

b.     they have a lot of free time

c.     they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls

d.     they are good at playing games and learning crafts

5.     Where don’t high school and college students often do voluntary work?

a.     hospitals       b. orphanages         c. homes for the aged                  d. clubs

B. SPEAKING:

Exercise: Choose the word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined part:

1.     Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others.

a. bring about               b. get on with                    c. keep up with       d. look after

2.     The construction work was carried out by the local contractor.

a. continued                 b. completed                     c. done                   d. run 

3.     Some high school students take part in helping the handicapped.

a. participate                b. compete                        c. experience                    d. support

4.     She had never imagined being able to visit such remote countries.

a. foreign                     b. faraway                        c. friendly               d. desolate

5.     The lawn needs mowing again.

a. repairing                  b. making                         c. bending               d. cutting 

6.     A bank has promised a donation of $ 24 million toward the disaster fund.

a. connection               b. addition                        c. contribution         d. provision 

7.      Teachers have been asked to concentrate on literacy and numeracy.

a. the ability to read and write                               b. basic skills in mathematics                

c. good knowledge of literature                             d. the ability to write books 

8.      We were involved in the anti-drug campaign up until the last minute.

a. included                   b. affected                        c. interested                      d. taken part 

9.     English classes  will be set up for the disadvantaged children.

a. built                         b. started                          c. chosen                d. taken 

10.  People are now raising money for flood victims.

a. sending                    b. collecting                                c. paying                d. making

C. LISTENING

EXERCISES

I.       Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate gerund of the verbs from the list:

 spend – behave – wait – park – start – bend – meet – listen
1.     He found that ______________ was difficult in that city
2.     Touch your toes without _______________ your knees!
3.     You should be ashamed of yourself for ______________ so badly.
4.     I am looking forward to ____________ you.
5.     I have no objection to _____________ to your story again.
6.     You can’t prevent him from _____________ his own money.
7.     Would you mind _____________ for a moment?
8.     In spite of _____________ late, we arrived in time.

II.    Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate present participle of the verbs from the list:

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     lie – modernize – shop – pass – prepare – rise – try – read – burn

1.     I saw him _____________ my house.

2.     She smelt something ___________ and saw smoke _____________.

3.     If she catches you ____________ her diary, she’ll be furious.

4.     They found a tree ___________ across the road.

5.     I’m going ____________ this afternoon.

6.     They spent a lot of money _____________ the house.

7.     They wasted a whole afternoon _____________ to repair the bike.

8.     He doesn’t spend much time _____________ his lessons.

III. Put the verbs in brackets into the perfect gerund or perfect participle:

1.     He was accused of _______________ (desert) his ship two months ago.

2.     _____________ (fail) twice, he didn’t want to try again.

3.     I object to him _______________ (make) private calls on the office phone.

4.     _______________ (be) his own boss for such a long time, he found it was hard to accept orders from another.

5.     They denied _________________ (be) there.

6.     _____________ (tie) one end of the rope to his bed, he threw the other end out of the window.

7.     _____________ (read ) the instructions, he snatched up the fire extinguisher.

8.     The children admitted ________________ ( take ) the money.

IV. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1.     Don’t keep him _______________ (stand)  at the gate.

2.     There was no way of _____________ (get) over the obstacles.

3.     He made me _____________ (repeat) every word of his instructions.

4.     Sonia often wastes her time ______________ (chat) with her friends.

5.     Would you like to go ______________( sail) with me at the weekend?

6.     He offered _____________ (give) a lift in his new car.

7.     She had to spend so much time  ___________ (look) after the baby that she hardly ever went out.

8.     The man ______________ (talk) to our teacher is a reporter.

9.     Anita is very busy ______________ (write) her annual report, so she can’t go out with us.

10.  He advised me _______________ (sell) my old motorbike.

V. Complete each sentence, using the “– ing” form of one of the following verbs. Use each  verb only once:
make – ring – search – walk – sit – wave  – burn – do – have – climb

1.     I caught him ____________________ through the kitchen window.

2.     I found this woman ________________________ your suitcase.

3.     He spent all morning ____________________ in that café reading magazines.

4.     She tried to stop the children ___________________ noise, but couldn’t.

5.     We heard the door bell ___________________ , but didn’t see anyone at the door.

6.     When he smelled something ___________________ , he rushed out of the room.

7.     Did you see Mr. Wood ____________________ past your house this morning?

8.     What about ___________________ a picnic in the countryside next Sunday?

9.     I didn’t notice you __________________ to me, so I didn’t wave back.

10.  I never waste my time _____________________ crossword puzzles.