Vocabulary 10.4

Question 1. Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’ from my class teacher.

Question 2. These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help.

Question 3. Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community.

Question 4. They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last night.

Question 5. It is ____ that all the students in class 1OA choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’.

Question 6. Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world.

Question 7. English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____ a career.

Question 8. Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ____.

Question 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.

Question 10. Mr. Chen is more _____ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas volunteer organisation in Africa.

Question 11. Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____ case.

Question 12. A lot of generous businessmen have ____ valuable contributions to helping needy people.

Question 13. Poor students cannot ____ an abundance of presents on their birthday.

Question 14. Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity to provide support and friendship to a person who may be going ____ a difficult period.

Question 15. Volunteer organisations are generally small-staffed, so they need to ____ lots of volunteers for a huge event.

Question 16. You’d better ____ a commitment to being a volunteer on a regular basis.

Question 17. They visit a retirement home and ____ time doing fun activities with the elderly who lack immediate family.

Question 18. Both community ____ and volunteerism are an investment in our community and the people who live in it.

Question 19. ____ being the CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is also one of the world’s greatest philanthropists.

Question 20. Their massive salaries let them afford to give ____ huge amounts to charities.

Question 21. When you get involved in a volunteer project, you are able to ____ your knowledge into practice.

Question 22. Volunteers can work with many ____ children who were harmed by Agent Orange in childcare centres.

Question 23. Both CARE and Oxfam organisations have programmes to help people in underdeveloped countries ____ their lives.

Question 24. Many international volunteer organisations are trying to find a ____ to the problem of world hunger.

Question 25. For a cleaner and greener community, everyone should ____ the amount of trash and take care of our environment.

Question 26. Thanks to everyone's efforts, we can do ____ to make school a meaningful place for students living in poverty.

Question 27. 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.’

Question 28. University students are willing to get involved in helping the old and ____ people.

Question 29. Contact is ____ connecting students with volunteer organisations abroad.

Question 30. Football superstar David Beckham has a huge ____ for kids in need.

Question 31. I got the teaching job in the Happy Child Charity Centre just by chance.

Question 32. Every month, the volunteer group go to remote and mountainous areas to help those in need.

Question 33. Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.

Question 34. Our top priority is to clean and protect the environment in our neighbourhood.

Question 35. Young people are now getting more and more concerned about environmental problems.

Question 36. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.

Question 37. Public service announcement is a special advertisement for the community, normally about health or safety matters.

Question 38. Economically disadvantaged students often drop out of school, choosing a low- paying job to earn money.

Question 39. We are looking for camp helpers who are hard-working, energetic, and able to organise activities for young children.

Question 40. Volunteering also means getting to meet people with a similar passion.