USE
OF ENGLISH
Task 1
For questions 1 - 13, read the text
below and decide which word А, В, С or D best fits each space.
VOLUNTEERING
WITH KATIMAVIK
Katimavik,
the Canadian 1) ABCD service and volunteer programme is the perfect way to
give young people the 2) ABCD they need. Volunteers spend six months working
in three different 3) ABCD . While they are there, they work between 35 and
40 hours a week and do 4) ABCD and necessary work for an organization that
really needs it.
The jobs
range from database design to painting the walls of a recreation centre, and
are all 5) ABCD and interesting. Volunteers 6) ABCD organization and
communication skills, as well as gaining experience working in a team 7)
ABCD . People gain a great deal of 8) ABCD from the programme and this
helps them when applying for other jobs 9) ABCD .
It isn’t
10) ABCD going to school or going to work. Volunteers choose what they want
to learn and then they 11) ABCD it. They become responsible for themselves
and the other team members, as they 12) ABCD household duties such as
cooking and cleaning. Katimavik gets young people 13) ABCD for life.
1
A nation
В union
С community
D settlement
2
A skills
В background
С experience
D knowledge
3
A provinces
В counties
С countries
D states
4
A serviceable
В valuable
С crucial
D effective
5
A remunerative
В moneymaking
С cost-effective
D rewarding
6
A learn
В teach
С study
D instruct
7
A surroundings
В spirit
С medium
D environment
8
A pride in themselves
В self-confidence
С self-assuredness
D self-love
9
A afterwards
В subsequent
С finally
D in the end
10
A wish
В as
С like
D prefer
11
A do
В make
С fulfil
D perform
12
A divide
B combine
С join
D share
13
A familiar
В far
from
С ready
D
responsible