V. Read the text and answer the questions.
The first reason why many families do volunteer work is that they feel satisfied and proud. The feeling of fulfillment comes from helping the community and other people. In addition, volunteering is a great way for families to have fun and closer. But many people say they don’t have time to volunteer because they have to work and take of their families. If that’s the case, try rethinking some of your free time as a family. You could select just one or two projects a year and make them a family tradition. For instance, your family can make and donate gift blankets for the old homeless people on holidays. Your family can also spend only one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish in your neighborhood.
1. How do people often feel when they volunteer?
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2. How can your family benefit from doing volunteer?
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3. Why don’t some people have time to volunteer?
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4. How can your family help the old homeless people?
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5. Is collecting rubbish in the neighborhood an example of volunteer work?
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VI. Read the passage and find the correct answer
Visit the Edinburgh Festival
Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September the city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from early in the morning untill late at night. You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets.
Tens of thousands of tourists come to the festival to see new films and plays and to hear music played by famous musicians. This year, you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries.
The tickets for these performances are quite cheap, and it is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer!
1. How many people come to attend the Edinburgh Festival every year?
A. Thousand people
B. Thousands of people
C. Some people
D. Few people
2. How long does the Edinburgh Festival last?
A. Two months
B. Three months
C. Three weeks
D. For 3 weeks every August and September
3. What can you even see artists doing on the streets?
A. Playing the guitar on the streets
B. Singing songs on the streets
C. Painting pictures on the streets
D. Dancing on the streets
4. How many performances can people see this year?
A. Tens of thousands
B. Thousands
C. Some people
D. Over five hundreds
5. How much are the tickets for these performances?
A. Very cheap
B. Very expensive
C. Not cheap
D. Not quite expensive
7. How was the growth of the world's population in the twentieth century?
___The dramatic growth of the world's population in the twentieth century was on a scale without parallel in human history____________________________________________
8. When had the population explosion occurred?
_____Most of this growth had occurred since 1950 and was known as the population explosion.__________________________________________
9. How did the world population increase between 1950 and 1980?
_______ Between 1950 and 1980 the world population increased from 2.5 to over 4 billion ________________________________________
10. What was the world's population in 2000?
___By the end of the twenty century the figure had risen to about 6.6 billion.____________________________________________
11. According to the recent forecasts, how will the total population be in the mid twenty first century?
___Recent forecasts suggest that the total population will level out at between 10 and 15 billion in the mid twenty first century.____________________________________________