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Part III: Reading Comprehension
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Have you ever thought about travelling abroad? Do you yearn to see what the world has to offer? Are you tired of simply hearing about other cultures and want to finally experience some of them? Why simply travel the world, though, when you can actively make a difference?
Too many people visit countries to see the famous landmarks, taste the local food, and experience life away from their familiar hometowns. However, you can also give something back to the communities in which you travel. Volunteer vacations are becoming increasingly popular, and many people are discovering that they have much more rewarding and satisfying travel experiences when they volunteer their time and energy to worthwhile causes.
Many volunteer vacations are easy to organize and simple to execute. Others are more complicated. There are opportunities for every budget, schedule, and amount of effort you're willing to dedicate. It's really up to you. You can teach a language in Africa. You can help build a school in Southeast Asia or a home for a low-income family close to your home. You can help national park employees conserve endangered plants and animals. You can go hiking and help preserve and maintain trail systems. You can volunteer at an orphanage and help keep children safe. The options are limitless and literally encompass anything you can possibly imagine.
We often hear about the heroic deeds that some people do to help others when they are most in need,
but why wait until a major disaster to give back? Volunteering your time, skills, knowledge, and energy to meaningful projects in the areas of education, health, sanitation, and construction is just as valuable.
Ironically, many countries that are popular vacation destinations are also most in need of aid and assistance. Prominent world citizens such as Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan repeatedly extol the virtues of volunteerism and claim that true heroes are those people who give what they can with no expectation of anything in return.
Next time you plan a vacation, won't you consider a volunteer vacation? You might make all the difference in the world.
41. Where is a likely place that this passage might appear?
A. On a marketing brochure for a volunteer vacation organizer. B. In a newspaper editorial about the need for emergency volunteers. C. On a travel brochure for a popular vacation destination.
D. In a magazine article about volunteerism among prominent world citizens.
42. Which of the following would make the best title for this passage?
A. The Benefits of International Travel B. Heroic Deeds of Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan
C. Volunteer Vacations: Great Opportunities for Meaningful Work D. Volunteers: The True Heroes of the Planet
43. Which paragraph presents several possible scenarios for volunteer work?
A. Paragraph 2. B. Paragraph 3. C. Paragraph 4. D. Paragraph 5.
44. The type of writing in this passage would best be described as _____.
A. educational B. entertaining C. scientific D. persuasive
45. Which of the following sentences is the writer's critical message?
return.
D. You might make all the difference in the world.
A. Volunteer vacations are becoming increasingly popular.
B. Many volunteer vacations are easy to organize and simple to execute.
C. True heroes are those people who give what they can with no expectation of anything in
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1. My parents always taught me to _____ in the face of adversity.
A. perseverance B. severe C. severance D. persevere
2. Could you please _____ the plant so it's not in front of the television?
A. punctuate B. actuate C. situate D. fluctuate
3. The Prime Minister's speech will be remembered as one of the most _____ speeches ever given.
A. historic B. history C. historical D. historian
4. Shelley had the _____ of being ahead of her time; she should've been born fifty years from now.
A. fortune B. misfortune C. fortunate D. misfortunate
5. Mark can run a five-kilometre race pretty fast, but do you think he could _____ that speed for an
entire marathon?
A. extend B. protect C. sustain D. prolong
6. If you _____ David from the equation, do you still think his team could win the championship?
A. detract B. distract C. protract D. subtract
7. She was, _____, one of the smartest students I've ever taught.
A. incident B. incidence C. incidental D. incidentally
8. Do you think it's just a _____ that the car breaks down every time Sheila drives it?
A. coincidence B. coincident C. coincidental D. coincidentally
9. My mother has _____ memory — she only remembers what she wants to remember.
A. defective B. corrective C. selective D. elective
10. It's hard to believe how _____ people are until you see the helplessness of a newborn baby.