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.

Volunteering has been acknowledged as part of the wider health policy, with the NHS five-year plan identifying a need to encourage community volunteering. It also has an important role to play in tackling social exclusion, through projects such as lunch clubs for older people, assisted gardening schemes, or young play leaders.

Volunteering can help to provide people with ways out of poverty, by giving them new skills, confidence and aid social integration. This is of particular value to those who are most excluded from the labour market, such as recent migrants or people with disabilities. But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved.

There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. For older people, the barriers can include poor health, poverty, lack of skills, poor transport links, or having caring responsibilities, such as looking after grandchildren. Younger people can be deterred by feeling they don’t have the time to volunteer, or not knowing anyone else who volunteers. Many of them also think volunteering is just for older people with time on their hands. Volunteering has an image problem – particularly with men and younger people.

More should be done to promote the value of volunteering to the particular needs of different groups. There is evidence on why people choose to volunteer, and we need to make better use of that information. For instance, a recent survey showed that 95% of young people, aged 13-24, hoped to develop new skills through volunteering, compared to just 32% of volunteers aged over 55. Almost three quarters of young people were keen to gain qualifications through volunteering compared to just 13% of those over 55. Over three quarters of disabled volunteers were keen to develop new skills and nearly two thirds hoped to improve their health and wellbeing through volunteering.

(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com)

Câu 31. What is the main idea of the passage?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 21. Urbanization has resulted in massive problems besides the benefits.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

According to research conducted in the US, adult learners are the fastest growing segment of the population (23) ______ lifelong learning. The reason behind this trend is the fact that many professionals are beginning to realize that to remain competitive in the ever-changing world of business they need to stay current and (24) ________.

The markets and the economy are changing at a fast pace, and this means that anyone interested (25) ____ career development needs to be able to keep up. This is especially important since recent graduates will constantly (26) ____ your position as they will be more up-to-date with the changes in the industry.

And it's not as simple as learning a few computer skills here and there. For professionals across all industries to remain current they should closely follow trends and seek to provide depth in their industry knowledge. (27) ____, according to Scott Brinker, a marketing expert, marketers should have started learning to program since the turn of the decade.

It is an ideal opportunity to make yourself memorable with employers for the right reasons by asking sensible questions.

After __________ her an email, I waited for her reply patiently.

Could you give me a rough_______ of what the decoration job might cost?

The letter he received this morning said that his application had rejected.

Mary wants to be a career woman; she doesn’t want to be a housewife, __________ does she want to be a mother.

I really have to _________ my brains to remember the answers to even the simplest questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Câu 28. I have never had much of a/an ability for languages, unfortunately.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 5. Two young men were arrested on suspicion of setting fire ____________a police van.

My mother was coming across a ring that she had lost months ago when she was cleaning the attic.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 19. The floor was so rotten that it almost gave way under his weight.