BÀI TẬP UNIT 4 – FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY

Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. sick B. second C. service D. sure
2. A. angry B. needy C. supply D. country
3. A. handicapped B. interested C. dedicated D. excited
4. A. hungry B. community C. mutual D. student
5. A. charity B. school C. childless D. teacher
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
6. A. dedicate B. fortunate C. practical D. volunteer
7. A. ensuring B. protecting C. providing D. widening
8. A. donate B. apply C. provide D. study
9. A. successful B. announcement C. ignorant D. experience
10. A. disadvantaged B. environment C. advertisement D. unfortunate
Exercise 3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
11. 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
12. These ____ children encounter many problems and really need our help.
A. disadvantaged B. advantaged C. disadvantage D. advantage
13. Fundraising for charity is a ____ thing for everyone to do to help the community.
A. meant B. meaningful C. meaningless D. meaning
14. They were so ____ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last
night.
A. excite B. excitement C. exciting D. excited
15. 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
16. Volunteers become well ____ of the problems facing the world.
A. aware B. concerned C. helpful D. interested
17. English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ____
a career.
A. off B. up C. on D. into
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
Exercise 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. Last Sunday, our volunteer team ____ a lot of food packages to homeless people in the
flood-hit region.
A. were bringing B. brought C. have brought D. had brought
2. I ____ Maria for the first time at the Heart-to-Heart Charity Office.
A. saw B. was seeing C. was seen D. has seen
3. We ____ the roof for Mrs. Smith, an elderly childless woman, when it ____ with rain.
A. were mending - was pouring B. mended - poured
C. mended - was pouring D. were mending - poured
4. When we were on a voluntary tour, we ____ to public places to collect rubbish every day.
A. were going B. went C. have gone D. had gone
5. The phone was engaged when I called. Who ____ to?
A. were you talking B. were you talked
C. did you talk D. have you talked
6. We ____ in silence when he suddenly ____ me to help him.
A. were walking - was asking B. were walking - asked
C. walked – asked D. walked - was asking
7. I ____ my report when my boss ____ the hall.
 A. made - was entering B. made - entered
C. was making - was entering D. was making - entered
8. I ____ near the fence when suddenly I ____ the voices.
A. stood – heard B. stood - was hearing
C. was standing – heard D. was standing - was hearing golf.
9. Jim ____ his leg when he ____ golf.
A. broke - was playing B. broke - played
C. was breaking - was playing D. was breaking - broke
10. While I ____ for him to call up, he ____ a good time in the bar.
A. waited - was having B. was waiting - was having
C. was waiting – had D. was waited - was waiting
Exercise 5. Read the following passage and mark the letter A. B, C, or D to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
A YEAR WITH OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS
I was with Overseas Volunteers (OV) for a year after leaving university, and I was sent to an
isolated village in Chad, about 500 kilometres from the capital N'Djamena. Coming from a (1)
____ country, I got quite a shock, as conditions were much harder than I had expected. But
after a lew days I got used to (2) ____ there. The people were always very friendly and helpful,
and I soon began to appreciate how beautiful the countryside was.
One of my jobs was to supply the village (3) ____ water. The well was a long walk away, and
the women used to spend a long time every day (4) ____ heavy pots backwards and forwards.
So I contacted the organisation and arranged to have some pipes delivered. (5) ____ these pipes
were not really perfect, they still made a great difference to the villagers.
All in all, I think my time with OV was a good experience. Although it was not paid, it was
well worth doing and I would recommend it to anyone (6) ____ was considering working for
a charity.
1. A. rich B. comfortable C. well-paid D. luxurious
2. A. lived B. living C. lived D. lively
3. A. for B. on C. with D. from
4. A. carrying B. wearing C. holding D. drinking
5. A. If B. Because C. When D. Although
6. A. which B. when C. where D. who
VIII. Rearrange the words / phrases to make meaningful sentences:
1.purchased / and/ last / sister / a lot / his / of / Tom/ novels / winter.

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2. Christmas / they / decorating / trees / 8 pm / were / yesterday / at.

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3. when / I / talking to / asked / a friend / the / me / teacher / a question / was .

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4. famous / she / was / became / awarded for / not only / her / devotion / but also.

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5. that / film / so / top / frightening / I / was / shouted / the / of my / at / voice / the.

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