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English Test
May 2008
A Professora:
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O Enc. de Educao:
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why volunteer?
Martin, Rachel and Cliff tell how their volunteer work made them feel good about
themselves. And, it was a great way to meet new friends.
Martin: A lot of kids my age... if you tell them...'Let's go volunteer', they will
give you a dirty look... they think volunteering is bad. But they're missing out on
5 helping people, and it can be rewarding.
I volunteered at the home of an elderly English lady and I was the only English
speaking person at the time. It was really good just be her friend.
Rachel: I started working at the Food Project when I was fifteen. I didn't really
know much about it, I just thought it was kids working on a farm doing hard work. I
10 was so against it. And one day I decided, 'Hey, why don't you just find out what it's
about?' And it was like this incredible program... to work for the community.
Right from the beginning I felt my confidence start to rise... what I was doing
was making a difference and that's enough to raise someone's confidence; that you
are not a waste product... you're doing something and you're helping people out.
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Cliff: When I first started to see... that I wanted to do volunteer work... work
with children and make a change and work for social justice, I was sixteen years old.
In the future I see myself definitely working.... in volunteer work... to give my
time to other people. I would love to keep working in social justice and working in a
non-profit organization... I would like to go to college to learn how to do that better.
www.volunteer.ca/works/why.htm (adapted)
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a) insecurity
1.
2. hard (l. 9)
b) disappointing
2.
c) in favour of
3.
d) light
4.
e) fall
5.
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c) who
d) that
2. a) fridge
b) cooker
c) vacuum cleaner
d) MP3 player
3. a) diary
b) laptop
c) desktop
d) palmtop
4. a) advise
b) expect
c) agree
d) let
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4. open again
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