Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The benefits of volunteering can be enormous. It’s a great way to meet new friends and sharpen your social skills. It may also boost your self-confidence by giving you a sense of accomplishment. In addition, the training and hands-on experience you gain while volunteering can help you learn new skills, such as communication, public speaking and marketing skills which will be useful for your future career. There are hundreds of different ways you can help others and make the world a better place. First, you can collect and donate unwanted items. We all have things we don’t need or want anymore – used furniture, illfitting clothes, school supplies, old toys or books,… Rather than throwing them away, you can donate them to a charitable organization. Secondly, if you have free time, you can try working for a nonprofit organization. Although this work is unpaid, it’s rewarding. You can also foster an animal shelter or donate money to charitable funds, or you can share your skills by volunteering to teach a class at a community centre. In Vietnam, every summer, lots of students from secondary schools to colleges and universities take part in Mùa Hè Xanh (Green Summer) or Hoa Phượng Đỏ (Red Phoenix Flower) campaigns. Volunteers often work to clean and upgrade canals, alleys and roads. They also help build charity houses and provide free health check-ups and medicine to poor people. Moreover, they organise free swimming lessons or IT classes for children.