Reading Advantage 2.1

What is the best title for the passage?

• Money for those in need

• Ways to give

• The best charities

• Why we need charities

What did the Charities Aid Foundation do?

• found volunteers for a group

• helped many strangers

• gave money to 150 strangers

• surveyed people

  According to research, how do most people "give to others"?

• They donate items to charities

• They help strangers

• They give money

• They volunteer with organisations

Where does over $225 billion in donations from the USA come from?

• from people

• from organisations

• from companies

• from rich people

Which of the following is NOT true about the Giving Pledge?

• People give most of their wealth when they join the pledge

• Rich people worldwide have joined the giving pledge

• The Giving Pledge is only for very wealthy people

• Two billionaires who took the pledge are Warren Buffet and Bill Gates

What does this idiom mean: 'by contrast'

• looking at; considering the topic of

• to see another or a different example for comparison

• without some necessary thing(s)

What does this idiom mean: 'in need'

• looking at; considering the topic of

• to see another or a different example for comparison

• without some necessary thing(s)

What does this idiom mean: 'when it comes to'

• looking at; considering the topic of

• to see another or a different example for comparison

• without some necessary thing(s)

Which word / phrase best fits the sentence.

... reading in English, I like to be in a quiet room.

• all of a sudden

• by contrast

• over time

• when it comes to

Which word / phrase best fits the sentence.

Martha...  her brother to a game of basketball.

• challenged

• defined

• guided

• volunteered