Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15.0 points)VOLUNTEER VACATIONERSA. A growing number of
Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15.0 points)
VOLUNTEER VACATIONERS
A. A growing number of Americans are using their holiday time not to laze on the beach or to frequent casinos but to restore old railways, snorkel for science and band rare birds. They are a group of individuals known as "volunteer vacationers", and many of them are professional people. "We've seen a huge increase in interest from professionals as well as others who want short-term meaningful vacations", said Christine Victorino of the International Volunteer Programs Association. Her group was formed to organize the non- profit bodies which arrange working vacations.
B. And these organizations want money as well as time; volunteers' contributions typically top US $1,500 for one week, and the airfare is extra. Altruism doesn't come cheap, but these vacations are partially tax- deductible, provided the volunteers put in at least five eight-hour days.
C. "If someone had told me a few years ago that I'd pay to pick weeds on a tropical island, I would have told them they were crazy," said Leonard Stone, a retired dentist from Chicago. Yet Stone and his wife each paid to go on a week-long Oceanic Society expedition to Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean. They worked on a tiny island helping ornithologists look after albatross nesting areas and counting chicks. Like most sites where volunteers work, the conditions were Spartan; the volunteers lived in an army barracks dating from World War II. But Stone, who is an enthusiastic bird watcher, found it a worthwhile experience. He thoroughly enjoyed his daily access to the rare birds and the lectures and films about wildlife arranged by the Society.
D. Some volunteers are motivated by a desire to lend a helping hand to the developing world. In the 16 years it's been in business, Global Volunteers has sent thousands of people all over the world on projects ranging from constructing a children's home in India to looking after orphans in Romania. Like other such organizations, Global Volunteers has trimmed the longer trips to accommodate professionals' busy schedules, and added less-strenuous options for retirees, who now make up one-third of its clients. Steve Rosenthal of Cross-cultural Solutions places vocationers on 21-day projects. Volunteers help women in India start small businesses or teach English to children in Ghana.
E. Rosenthal said that the number of students, professionals and retirees signing up for his trips has consistently doubled over the past five years. Many people agree that this seems to indicate a rising tide of disillusionment among Americans with their materialistic way of life. Once he explains that most of program fee funds community-based organizations in the host countries, the volunteers are quite happy to pay for a working holiday. "I'd rather be paying my vacation money to a non-profit company which is helping poor people than to a hotel corporation," said Ron Cooke, who is a veteran volunteer vacationer. He and his wife have counted birds in Costa Rica and trapped ocelots in Mexico. Cooke's last trip was an eight-day vacation helping the environmental group Earthwatch in the Caribean. "We spent part of each day snorkeling and counting shellfish". They also interviewed fishermen and made a survey of seashells, while camping on a Dominican Republic beach.
F. Not all the vacationers consider the vacations work; some of the programs are designed for hobbyists, or for people who want to learn a new skill. For example, each summer railway enthusiasts join in the Vongoing restoration of a historic narrow-gauge railway in the southwest US. A special group of volunteer vacationers work on organic farms. In return, they learn about organic farming and get to eat a lot of healthy food.
Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. There are more
headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them. You may use any heading more than once.
List of headings
i. The Psychology of Volunteer Vacationers
ii. Paying to work
iii. Benefits for Volunteers
iv. Helping Poor Countries
v. Environmental Tourism
vi. Vacations to Learn
vii. The Cost of Volunteering
viii. The Attraction of Non-profit Bodies
ix. Holidays with a Difference
Example: Answer
Paragraph A- ix
Trả lời cho các câu 1, 2, 3, 4 dưới đây:
Paragraph B
Đáp án đúng là: ix
- Kiến thức: Nối đoạn văn
Đáp án cần điền là: ix
Paragraph C
Đáp án đúng là: v
- Kiến thức: Nối đoạn văn
Đáp án cần điền là: v
Paragraph E
Đáp án đúng là: viii
- Kiến thức: Nối đoạn văn
Đáp án cần điền là: viii
Paragraph F
Đáp án đúng là: vi
- Kiến thức: Nối đoạn văn
Đáp án cần điền là: vi
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