Skin test is safe and won't cause any serious reactions.

Read the passage, and then choose the best answers.

Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers,

there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things those boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games. Some of these clubs show movies or hold short trip to the mountains, the beaches, museums, or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

During skin testing, a large amount of bee venom is injected into the skin of your arm or upward back.

A blood sample is sent to a physical laboratory.

What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

So besides studying, we should do some (9)………….., play sports or do the housework, such as cleaning the floor, cooking etc.

Which activities are NOT available for the students at the clubs?

If people want to keep (6) …………….., they should remember that everyone should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

If you've had a reaction to bee stings that suggests you might be allergic to bee venom, your doctor may suggest one or both of the following tests:

Skin test. During skin testing, a small amount of allergen extract (in this case, bee venom) is injected into the skin of your arm or upper back. This test is safe and won't cause any serious reactions. If you're allergic to bee stings, you'll develop a raised bump on your skin at the test site.

Allergy blood test. A blood test can measure your immune system's response to bee venom by measuring the amount of allergy-causing antibodies in your bloodstream. A blood sample is sent to a medical laboratory, where it can be tested for evidence of sensitivity to possible allergens.

If you've had a reaction to bee stings that suggests you might be allergic to bee venom, your doctor may suggest one or two tests.

Where don’t students often do volunteer work?

If we get too many food and don’t take part (8)………… any activities, we can get fat quickly.

If you're allergic to bee stings, you'll develop a raised bump on your skin at the test site.

We get calories (7) …………….the food we eat.

Otherwise, we don’t eat enough, we will be (10)…………….and weak.

Choose the best answer to complete the passage

We need calories or (1)…………………..to do the things every day. For example, when we walk to school or (2) ………………..a bike to school we spend a certain amount of (3)………….and even when we sleep, we also use them. But how many calorie should we (4) ………………a day to stay in shape? It’s difficult (5)…………………..us to calculate. If people want to keep (6) …………….., they should remember that everyone should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.

We get calories (7) …………….the food we eat. If we get too many food and don’t take part (8)………… any activities, we can get fat quickly. So besides studying, we should do some (9)………….., play sports or do the housework, such as cleaning the floor, cooking etc. Otherwise, we don’t eat enough, we will be (10)…………….and weak.

For example, when we walk to school or (2) ………………..a bike to school we spend a certain amount of (3)………….and even when we sleep, we also use them.