Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’ from my class teacher.
- useless
- useful
- usefulness
- uselessness
These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help.
- disadvantaged
- advantaged
- disadvantage
- advantage
Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community.
- meant
- meaningful
- meaningless
- meaning
They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last night.
- excite
- excitement
- exciting
- excited
It is ____ that all the students in class 10PE6 choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’.
- surprising
- surprised
- surprise
- surprisingly
Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world.
- aware
- concerned
- helpful
- interested
English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____ a career.
- off
- up
- on
- into
Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ____.
- in time
- in particular
- in contrast
- in fact
A/an ____ is a person who needs others to take care of him/her, because of illness that he/she had for a long time.
- patient
- martyr
- invalid
- addict
Mr. Chen is more _____ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas volunteer organisation in Africa.
- single-minded
- narrow-minded
- absent-minded
- open-minded
Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____ case.
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopeful
- hopelessly
A lot of generous businessmen have ____ valuable contributions to helping needy people.
- done
- taken
- made
- given
Poor students cannot ____ an abundance of presents on their birthday.
- look forward to
- put up with
- come up with
- cut down on
Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a person who may be going ____ a difficult period.
- up
- on
- off
- through
Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to ____ lots of volunteers for a huge event.
- employ
- recruit
- research
- catch
You’d better ____ a commitment to be a volunteer on a regular basis.
- promise
- do
- make
- pull
They visit a retirement home and ____ time doing fun activities with the elderly who lack immediate family.
- spend
- lose
- waste
- consume
Both community ____ and volunteerism are an investment in our community and the people who live in it.
- life
- language
- performance
- service
____ being the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is also one of the world’s greatest philanthropists.
- Aside from
- But for
- Except for
- In addition
Their massive salaries let them afford to give ____ huge amounts to charities.
- off
- up
- away
- back
When you get involved in a volunteer project, you are able to ____ your knowledge into practice.
- take
- put
- bring
- push
Volunteers can work with many ____ children who were harmed by Agent Orange in childcare centres.
- parentless
- disabled
- poor
- homeless
Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped countries ____ their lives.
- make
- risk
- improve
- start
Many international volunteer organisations are trying to find a ____ to the problem of world hunger.
- way
- method
- suggestion
- solution
For a cleaner and greener community, everyone should ____ the amount of trash and take care of our environment.
- increase
- reduce
- contribute
- ignore
Thanks to everyone's efforts, we can do ____ to make school a meaningful place for students living in poverty.
- a great many
- a little
- a great deal
- a few
On the door of the house where Louis Braille was born are the words ‘He opened the door of ____ to all those who cannot see".
- knowledge
- information
- news
- material
University students are willing to get involved in helping the old and ____ people.
- childlike
- childish
- children
- childless
Contact is ____ connecting students with volunteer organisations abroad.
- in place of
- in charge of
- in case of
- in danger of
Football superstar David Beckham has a huge ____ for kids in need.
- head
- strength
- memory
- heart