Reading and comprehension - Volunteering

According to the presentation, volunteering is what?

• Paid work, and involves giving your time, energy, and skills to improve the community or make a difference in someone's life.

• Unpaid work, and involves giving your time, energy, and skills to improve the community or make a difference in someone’s life.

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How many volunteers contributed to the community in 2016?

• 6,070

• 6,071

• 6,072

• 6,073

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"Our volunteers collectively donated over _______ _____ of their time."

• 200,000 seconds

• 200,000 minutes

• 200,000 hours

• 200,000 days

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How much money was saved?

• 3.7 million dollars

• 37 million dollars

• .37 million dollars

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List the three main areas in which volunteers can participate through Neighbourhood Volunteers.

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Which of the following personal benefits did Annie say volunteering helped to improve?

• Work salary, career progression and pride.

• Improved work skills, feeling valued and more pay.

• Increased confidence, self esteem and meeting new people.

• Making new friends, being offered new jobs and helping her career.

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What is the purpose of text two?

• Talk about volunteering

• Talk about tourism

• Talk about voluntourism

• Talk about basketball

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Is text two reliable (trustworthy) as a source?

• Yes

• No

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Choose two reasons as to why text two is reliable.

• The speaker is a professor

• The speaker likes to go on vacation

• The speaker is a volunteer

• The speaker is an expert on tourism

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Which statement is true?

• Voluntourism provides short-term solutions to long-term problems

• Voluntourism provides long-term solutions to short-term problems