Read the article below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in the numbered table below. There is an example at the beginning (0). Students and jobseekers keen to get onto the course or into the workplace of their (0)________ hope that voluntary work will help them (1)________ from the crowd. This chance to (2)________ experience – personally and professionally – is (3)________ on the wish-list of young people. A survey carried out last year revealed that ...

Read the article below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in the numbered table below. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Students and jobseekers keen to get onto the course or into the workplace of their (0)________ hope that voluntary work will help them (1)________ from the crowd. This chance to (2)________ experience – personally and professionally – is (3)________ on the wish-list of young people. A survey carried out last year revealed that young and old (4)________ said volunteering had improved their lives, particularly those (5)________in conservation or heritage work. Businesses recognise its importance and get to (6)________their profile in the community, while staff get a break from their daily routine to develop ‘soft skill’, (7)________initiative and decision-making. One volunteering organisation is (8)________ another survey to find out if volunteering does make a difference in the workplace, or if it is something businesses do simply to improve their (9)________ . Not (10)________are business-sponsored placements becoming more common, the government is also investing money and aiming to (11) ________volunteers. The push is clearly on to make volunteering as attractive as possible to everyone. And the more people who participate, the more the act fulfils its (12) ________of making the world a better place.

Students and jobseekers keen to get onto the course or into the workplace of their (0)________ hope that voluntary work will help them (1)________ from the crowd.