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Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

European Union, almost 100 million citizens of all ages invest their time, talents and money to make a positive contribution to their community by volunteering in civil society organisations, youth clubs, hospitals, schools, in sport clubs, etc. For the Commission, volunteering is an active expression of civic participation which strengthens common European values such as solidarity and social cohesion. Volunteering also provides important learning opportunities, because involvement in voluntary activities can provide people with new skills and competences that can even improve their employability. This is especially important at this time of economic crisis. Volunteering plays an important role in sectors as varied and diverse as education, youth, culture, sport, environment, health, social care, consumer protection, humanitarian aid, development policy, research, equal opportunities and external relations.

Objectives of the Year:

1. To create an enabling and facilitating environment for volunteering in the EU;

2. To empower volunteer organisations and improve the quality of volunteering;

3. To reward and recognise volunteering activities; and

4. To raise awareness of the value and importance of volunteering.

The Commission expects that the European Year of Volunteering will lead to an Increase In volunteering and to greater awareness of its added value, and that it will highlight the link between voluntary engagement at local level and its significance in the wider European context.

(EU Citizenship Portal)

1. What does the word “their” in paragraph 1 refer to?

The success of our local theater has made our city famous. (MAP)

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 from 39 to 42.

  Have you ever felt that there aren’t enough hours in the day? These days we have to do our jobs, look after our homes, save energy to help the environment, and do exercise to stay healthy! Like many of us, Alex Gadsden never had enough time. He ran a business and a home and needed to lose weight. So he decided to do something about it. He invented the cycle washer. The 29-year-old now starts each day with a 45-minute cycle ride. He not only feels healthier but he saves on his energy bills and does the washing too. He said, “It gives the user a good workout. I’ve only used it for two weeks but I’ve already noticed a difference.” “I tend to get up at around six-thirty now and get straight on the cycle washer. I keep it in the garden, so it’s nice to get out in the fresh air. Afterwards, I feel full of energy. Then I generally have breakfast and a shower and I really feel ready to start the day.” The green washing machine uses 25 litres of water a wash, and takes enough clothes to fill a carrier bag. He normally cycles for 25 minutes to wash the clothes, and then for another 20 minutes to dry them. And it doesn’t use any electricity, of course. Mr Gadsden, the boss of a cleaning company, believes his machine could become very popular. With an invention which cleans your clothes, keeps you fit and reduces your electricity bill, he may well be right.

(Adapted from English Unlimited by Alex Tilbury et al.) 

What is the passage mainly about?

The noise in Rome is ______ worse than in Florence.

"Shut the door but don't lock it", she said to us.

Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech with Gerund

“You won the scholarship. Congratulation” Mary told me

⇒Mary congratulated________________.

Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words

Somebody repaired her car yesterday.

The bed____ which I slept was too soft.

The Mekong Delta is well-known for its busy waterways with many rivers, canals and streams__________through the region.     FLOW

Japan is the ________ developed country in the world.

After you finish your work, you________ a break.

Complete each of the following sentences with “used to/ didn’t use to” using the verbs from the box.

1.   In my childhood, there_____so many high building here. There were parks.

2.   People  _______with pen, but now they use computers.

3.   My brother_________football, but an injure stopped him from playing.

4.   In my grandfather’s youth, people__________by car. They rode horses.

5.   I__________to school, but two weeks ago I got a bike so now I ride it every day.

6.   My sister__________when we go to the beach because she was afraid of water.

7.   Mr. Lam_________television in the morning. He did it in the evening.

8.   David was a good climber in his youth. He_________very high mountains.

9.   My parents ___________me expensive toys as we were not rich.

10. We____________in the town market. We bought fish, fruit and vegetables.

_______ by the police.

A football team________ chiefly of 12 players.

It took me 4 hours to read the first chapter of the book.