Circle the correct answer.
1. The effectiveness of home schooling is ___________. Some people believe it provides children with a superior education but others think it is too limiting.
a. debatable b. challenging c. isolated
2. There are many different ways to ___________a student’s learning. Students may take tests, write essays, or complete projects to show what they have learned.
a. ensure b. assess c. isolate
3. The government tries to ____________all children receive a basic education, so it has standards that all schools, even home schools, must meet.
a. ensure b. debate c. state
4. Most children attend ____________schools which have teachers and large classrooms.
a. mainstream b. home c. private
5. Home schools are on the edge of community life, but their __________role may change dramatically in the next twenty years.
a. debatable b. mainstream c. marginal
6. Children in home schools ____________group-learning experiences that other children get in classrooms and on school sports teams.
a. ensure b. miss out on c. assess
7. Some critics say that home schooled children are ___________other children because they spend so much time at home with their parents.
a. busy with b. bullying c. isolated from
8. Teenagers often do dangerous things because they want to be accepted by their group. They make decisions based on __________and not their own good judgment.
a. peer pressure b. bullying c. resources
9. When children hurt, intimidate, or force weaker children to do things, they are ___________.
a. applying peer pressure b. bullying c. curious
10. Many home schools ___________in the past twenty years. It is expected even more will form over the next twenty years.
a. have disappeared b. have emerged c. have been isolated
NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 7 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Unit 6: Give and Learn
Choose the correct answer.
1. Many people __________Justin Lebo for working so hard to build bicycles for poor children.
a. admire b. challenge c. think about
2. It can be ___________to volunteer because it requires commitment, skills, energy, and time.
a. exciting b. challenging c. fun
3. I was ____________to meet the President at the Volunteers of America dinner. I was so excited I could hardly speak!
a. thrilled b. determined c. pleased
4. It is not easy to complete volunteer projects. You must be _________to get the work done.
a. determined b. thrilled c. battered
5. Mother Theresa ____________her life to her religion and to the poor of Calcutta.
a. donated b. devoted c. challenged
6. The high school students didn’t have money to give to the children’s home. Instead they_________ books, toys, and school supplies.
a. donated b. devoted c. battered
7. One good volunteer can _____________many other people to give their time and money to community projects.
a. inspire b. determine c . ask
8. You must have good ___________to make the right decisions.
a. proposals b. intentions c. judgment
9. The church committee presented a ____________for a new children’s program, but church members didn’t like the idea and said no.
a. proposal b. judgment c. commitment
10. Many volunteers get great ______________from helping others. It makes them feels good about themselves and their communities.
a. donations b. satisfaction c. proposals
NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 6 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
1. Many people __________Justin Lebo for working so hard to build bicycles for poor children.
a. admire b. challenge c. think about
2. It can be ___________to volunteer because it requires commitment, skills, energy, and time.
a. exciting b. challenging c. fun
3. I was ____________to meet the President at the Volunteers of America dinner. I was so excited I could hardly speak!
a. thrilled b. determined c. pleased
4. It is not easy to complete volunteer projects. You must be _________to get the work done.
a. determined b. thrilled c. battered
5. Mother Theresa ____________her life to her religion and to the poor of Calcutta.
a. donated b. devoted c. challenged
6. The high school students didn’t have money to give to the children’s home. Instead they_________ books, toys, and school supplies.
a. donated b. devoted c. battered
7. One good volunteer can _____________many other people to give their time and money to community projects.
a. inspire b. determine c . ask
8. You must have good ___________to make the right decisions.
a. proposals b. intentions c. judgment
9. The church committee presented a ____________for a new children’s program, but church members didn’t like the idea and said no.
a. proposal b. judgment c. commitment
10. Many volunteers get great ______________from helping others. It makes them feels good about themselves and their communities.
a. donations b. satisfaction c. proposals
NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 6 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.
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