Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The benefits of volunteering can be enormous. It’s a great way to meet new friends and sharpen your social skills. It may also boost your self-confidence by giving you a sense of accomplishment. In addition, the training and hands-on experience you gain while volunteering can help you learn new skills, such as communication, public speaking and marketing skills which will be useful for your future career.

There are hundreds of different ways you can help others and make the world a better place. First, you can collect and donate unwanted items. We all have things we don’t need or want anymore – used furniture, ill-fitting clothes, school supplies, old toys or books,… Rather than throwing them away, you can donate them to a charitable organization. Secondly, if you have free time, you can try working for a nonprofit organization. Although this work is unpaid, it’s rewarding. You can also foster an animal shelter or donate money to charitable funds, or you can share your skills by volunteering to teach a class at a community centre.

In Vietnam, every summer, lots of students from secondary schools to colleges and universities take part in Mùa Hè Xanh (Green Summer) or Hoa Phượng Đỏ (Red Phoenix Flower) campaigns. Volunteers often work to clean and upgrade canals, alleys and roads. They also help build charity houses and provide free health check-ups and medicine to poor people. Moreover, they organise free swimming lessons or IT classes for children.

1. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Volunteering, why and how.

B. Volunteering and young people.

C. Voluntary projects in Vietnam.

2. The benefits of volunteering include __________.

A. making friends with confident people

B. teaching new skills to children

C. learning new skills and gaining hands-on experience

3. The word ‘sharpen’ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.

A. gain

B. support

C. improve

4. All of the following statements are ways to help the community EXCEPT __________

A. You can donate used or unwanted things.

B. You can adopt an animal from the shelter.

C. You can volunteer to teach some skills.

5. In Vietnam, when participating in voluntary campaigns, students will __________.

A. provide free medical treatment to poor people

B. work to improve the conditions of canals, alleys and roads

C. teach people how to build houses