1. Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’ from my class teacher. A. useless B. useful C. usefulness D. uselessness 2. These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help. A. disadvantaged B. advantaged C. disadvantage D. advantage 3. Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community. A. meant B. meaningful C. meaningless D. meaning 4. They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last night. A. excite B. excitement C. exciting D. excited 5. It is ____ that all the students in class 1OA choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’. A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise D. surprisingly 6. Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world. A. aware B. concerned C. helpful D. interested 7. English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____ a career. A. off B. up C. on D. into 8. Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ____. A. in time B. in particular C. in contrast D. in fact 9. 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. A. patient B. martyr C. invalid D. addict 10. Mr. Chen is more _____ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas volunteer organisation in Africa. A. single-minded B. narrow-minded C. absent-minded D. open-minded 11. Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a _______ case. A. hopefully B. hopeless C. hopeful D. hopelessly 12. A lot of generous businessmen have _______ valuable contributions to helping needy people. A. done B. taken C. made D. given 13. Poor students cannot _______ an abundance of presents on their birthday. A. look forward to B. put up with C. come up w ith D. cut down on 14. Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a person who may be going ____ a difficult period. A. up B. on C. off D. through 15. Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to _________ lots of volunteers for a huge event. A. employ B. recruit C. research D. catch 16. You’d better _________ a commitment to being a volunteer on a regular basis. A. promise B. do C. make D. pull