Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to answer the following questions.

Volunteering offers many of the same social benefits, with the added bonus of helping others and developing useful skills to put on your CV. Plus, students are in a unique position to help, suggests Tom Fox. "They can take their enthusiasm and excitement for opportunities and share their passions, subject knowledge and experience with people." The idea of giving up time for nothing might seem impractical at first, especially once the pressures of study and coursework or exams begin to mount up. However, Michelle Wright, CEO of charity support organization Cause4, suggests seeing volunteering as a two-way

street. "I think it is fine for undergraduates to approach volunteering as a symbiotic relationship where doing good is just one part of the motivation for reaching personal and professional goals."

Katerina Rudiger, head of skills and policy campaigns at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), says: "Volunteering can be a valuable way of gaining that experience, as well as building confidence, broadening your horizons, becoming a better team player and developing those all-important 'employability skills' such as communication and decision making." Amanda Haig, graduate HR manager, agrees that volunteering can help your employment prospects. "Volunteering can demonstrate positive personality traits and skill sets, such as proactivity, and teamwork," she says.

A positive side-effect of volunteering is improving your time at university by getting involved in the local community. Leaving the student bubble can make your time as an undergraduate much more varied. At Bath Spa University, more than 1,000 students volunteered over the past year, doing everything from working on local environmental projects to helping in schools or assisting the elderly. ”Quite often there can be a divide between students and permanent residents," says students' union president Amy Dawson, "but if students invest a little time now, they will be giving something back to the local

community and will reap the benefits in the future."

“You might also find that volunteering helps your studies if you choose the right program. At Lancaster, volunteering is linked into academic modules in some cases", explains Fox. "This has multiple wins. Students get to apply their learning in the classroom and share their interests with children in local schools or community organizations, while schools gain skilled students with a passion for a subject that enthuses their pupils."

What is inferred from Michelle Wright’s opinion about volunteering? 

A. It helps to build confidence and broaden the horizons. 

B. It is a part of the motivation for reaching personal and professional goals. 

C. It helps to demonstrate positive personality traits and skill sets, such as proactivity, and teamwork 

D. It helps students to take their enthusiasm and excitement for opportunities and share their passions.

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

đáp án A

Từ "gaining" trong đoạn 2 có thể được thay thế bằng _______.

A. nhận                B. làm                    C. thiếu                         D. lấy

Get experience = gain experience: có được kinh nghiệm

Lack experience: thiếu kinh nghiệm

"take" và "make" không đi với "experience".

Căn cứ thông tin trong đoạn 2:

“Katerina Rudiger, head of skills and policy campaigns at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), says: ”Volunteering can be a valuable way of gaining that experience, as well as building confidence, broadening your horizons, becoming a better team player and developing

those all-important 'employability skills' such as communication and decision making." (Katerina Rudiger, người đứng đầu chiến dịch các kỹ năng và chính sách tại Học viện Nhân sự và Phát triển (CIPD), nói: "Tình nguyện có thể là một cách có giá trị để có được kinh nghiệm đó, cũng như

xây dụng sự tự tin, mở rộng tầm nhìn của bạn, trở thành một thành viên trong nhóm tốt hơn và phát triển những ‘kỹ năng việc làm’ hết sức quan trọng như giao tiếp và ra quyết định”)