Read the following text carefully

1. Charity is not a modern idea. In 3500 BC King Hammurabai of Babylon encouraged his people to share their wealth with their poorest neighbours. For thousands of years, the world’s main religions have encouraged us to do the same. But many of today’s most well-known international charities started much smaller: with just one ordinary person and one local problem. For example, Oxfam was started by Canon Milford in1942 to help the hungry and poor people in Greece. Today thousands of Oxfam workers are helping people in more than 100 countries worldwide. 2. Charities know that people get tired of hearing the same message. Over the years they have found new and interesting ways to get the money they need. In the 1970s more and more people had televisions, so charities made films of suffering children and brought the world’s problems straight into people’s homes. The 1980s was a time of big business, so charities became more business-like: they made money by making and selling everything from Christmas cards to summer holidays! 3. In the 1990s, famous people like Claudia Schiffer and Michael Jordan made millions of dollars for big international companies like Citroën and Nike. So charities started using famous people too. During the 1990s ,the famous singer, Sting planned music events for the Rainforest Foundation. With help from other singers, such as Ricky Martin and Elton John, he earned more than $10 million to help protect the lives of people living in rainforests. 4.Today, charities are using the “personal touch” to earn money. People give more when they can see their money working in one local area, and when they have a personal relationship with the charity. Some people never give to charities. They say that their money cannot mend these world-wide problems. This is true, but most people know that a little help is better than none. Look more closely at charity work and you will see that individual people really do make a difference.

1.Say if the following sentences are True or False

a. Many of today’s big charities started with just one person .

b. Charities are always using new ways to get more money.

c. Our individual help isn’t very important to solve world-wide problems

2. Answer the following questions on the text.a. What do the world religions ask us to do? ………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………..b. Why are charities always trying something different?...............................………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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3.What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to?

a. they 2§= b. he 3§ = they4§ =

c. Find in the text the words that mean the same as:

a. directly §2= b. repair §4=

5. Ask the questions that the underlined words answer.

a. King Hammurabai of Babylon encouraged his people to share their wealth.

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b. they made money by making and selling everything .

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………6. Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the one given to you.

1.a “ I am a member in a charity association,” she said.

1.b She said that………………………………………………………..

2.a “ they have found interesting ways to get money,” they said.

2.b They said that ……………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Turn the following questions into indirect ones.

1.a “ did Sting plan music events?” the teacher asked the pupils.

1.b The teacher asked the pupils ……………………………………………………………………….

2.a “ Are they helping the poor people?” I said.

2.b I wondered……………………………………………………………………………

8.Fill in the gaps with four of the following words. a. type b. health c .voluntary d. help e. listMy name is Fred Allenton, and I’ve been doing ……………............work for three years now. I have a …………….. of people who need help, with their names, ages, addresses, telephone numbers and the ………………… of help they need. I often phone them and ask about their ..……………….. if they need me, I’m willing to rescue any of them at any time of the day or the night