Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

Question 1:

• a. civilian
• b. official

• c. temporary

• d. tsunami

Question 2:

• a. colleague
• b. appall
• c. devote

• d. victim

Question 3:

• a. initiate

• b. medical
• c. rapidly
• d. possible

Question 4:

• a. volunteer

• b. wherever
• c. example
• d. disaster

Question 5:

• a. injured
• b. famine
• c. earthquake

• d. result

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Question 6: She sustained severe head _____ after being thrown from her horse.

• a. injure
• b. injured

• c. injuries

• d. injurious

Question 7: According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute ______.

• a. poor
• b. poorer
• c. poorly

• d. poverty

Question 8: Up until the middle of the 19th century, there were no ______ and well-established army nursing systems for casualties.

• a. organize
• b. organized

• c. organizational

• d. organizers

Question 9: The AIDS _____ continues to spread around the world. Up to 4,000 people are infected with the HIV virus every single day.

• a. treatment

• b. epidemic

• c. tsunami
• d. damage

Question 10: During World War II, the Red Cross organized relief assistance for ______ and wounded soldiers and administered the exchange of messages regarding prisoners and missing persons.

• a. civilians

• b. governments
• c. authorities
• d. members

Question 11: A _____ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.

• a. famine
• b. catastrophe

• c. tsunami

• d. flood

Question 12. By the end of World War II, 179 _____ of the Red Cross had conducted 12,750 visits to POW (prisoner of war) camps in 41 countries.

• a. conferences
• b. symbols
• c. missions

• d. delegates

Question 13: We oppose this war, as we would do any other war which created an environmental catastrophe.

• a. pollution

• b. disaster

• c. convention
• d. epidemic

Question 14: The first relief assistance mission organized by the League was an aid mission for the _____ of a famine and subsequent typhus epidemic in Poland.

• a. leaders
• b. authorities

• c. victims

• d. organizers

Question 15: The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.

• a. poor
• b. imprisoned
• c. suffered

• d. injured

Question 16: In 2004 more than 40 national societies have worked with more than 22,000 _____ to bring relief to the countless victims of the earthquake.

• a. actions

• b. volunteers

• c. founders
• d. nations

Question 17: The International Red Cross works as _____ impartial, neutral, and independent organization.

• a. a

• b. an

• c. the
• d. Ø

Question 18: In 2005 _____ budget of the ICRC amounts to about 970 million Swiss Francs.

• a. a
• b. an

• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 19: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is _____ world’s largest humanitarian network.

• a. a
• b. an

• c. the

• d. Ø

Question 20: They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather.

• a. get through

• b. put off

• c. keep up with
• d. go over

Question 21: It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.

• a. turn off 
• b. take on

• c. get over

• d. keep up with

Question 22: He did not particularly want to play any competitive sport.

• a. use up
• b. do with

• c. take up

• d. go on

Question 23: I am tired because I went to bed late last night.

• a. stayed up

• b. kept off
• c. put out
• d. brought up

Question 24: She got _____ her car to pick ______ some wild flowers.

• a. from / on
• b. in / at

• c. off / up

• d. out / for

Question 25: The customer had tried _____ some blouses but none of them suited her.

• a. at
• b. with
• c. in

• d. on

Question 26: If I get this report finished I will knock _____ early and go to the pub for some drink.

• a. up
• b. over
• c. on

• d. off

Question 27: Boys! _____ away all your toys and go to bed right now.

• a. Come
• b. Lie

• c. Put

• d. Sit

Question 28: I have been trying to ring him up all day and I could not _____ through.

• a. get

• b. take
• c. look
• d. hang

Question 29: The water supply of the building was _____ off because the pipes burst.

• a. handed
• b. held

• c. cut

• d. paid

Question 30: How are you _____ on with your work? - It is OK.

• a. calling

• b. getting

• c. laying
• d. looking

Error Identification. 

Question 31: UNICEF uses the term ‘child protection’ to refer for preventing and responding to violence, exploitation and abuse against children and teenagers.

• a. uses
• b. child protection

• c. for

• d. against

Question 32: UNICEF's child protection programs also aim at those children who are uniquely vulnerable to the abuses, so as when living without parental care, in remote areas, or in very poor family.

• a. protection
• b. aim at
• c. who

• d. so as

Question 33: Violations of the child’s right to protection take place in every country and be massive

• a. Violations
• b. child's right
• c. take place in

• d. be

Question 34. Children subiected to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect are a in risk of death, poor physical and mental health, HIV/AIDS infection and educational problems.

• a. subjected
• b. exploitation

• c. in

• d. HIV/AIDS inflection

Question 35: Among many other program, UNICEF also supports the international Child Rights Information Network.

• a. Among

• b. program

• c. also
• d. supports

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April, 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization.

The WHO’s constitution states that its objective is “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.” Its major task is to combat diseases, especially key infectious diseases, and to promote the general health of the people of the world. The WHO also sponsors programs to prevent and treat serious epidemics such as SARS, malaria, and AIDS. The WHO supports the development and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and drugs. After over 2 decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1980 that the disease had been eradicated - the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort.

The WHO is nearing success in developing vaccines against malaria and aims to eradicate polio within the next few years. The organization has already endorsed the world’s first official HIV/AIDS Tool kit for Zimbabwe making It an international standard. In addition to its work in eradicating disease, the WHO also carries out various health-related campaigns, for example, to boost the consumption of fruits and vegetables worldwide and to discourage tobacco use.

Experts met at the WHO headquarters in Geneva in February, 2007, and reported that their work on pandemic influenza vaccine development had achieved encouraging progress. More than 40 clinic trials have been completed or are ongoing. Most have focused on healthy adults. Some companies, after completing safety analyses in adults, have initiated clinical trials in the elderly and in children. All vaccines so far appear to be safe and well-tolerated in all age groups tested.

Question 36: The World Health Organization (WHO) _____.

• a. works on international public health

• b. has no relation to the United Nations
• c. only takes care of Swiss people
• d. has no predecessor

Question 37: Which is not mentioned in the second paragraph as the tasks of the World Health Organization?

• a. to promote the general health of everyone in the world
• b. to support pharmaceutical diagnostics, and drugs
• c. To combat diseases

• d. To supply food for patients.

Question 38:. According to the text, which disease has been eradicated?

• a. Malaria
• b. AIDS
• c. SARS

• d. Smallpox

Question 39. According to the third paragraph, the World Health Organization _____

• a. has not developed vaccines against malaria yet

• b. is trying to eradicate polio
• c. is not concerned about polio
• d. also carries out various health-related campaigns

Question 40: Influenza vaccine _______.

• a. has only been used for adults
• b. cannot be used for children

• c. has appeared to be safe in all age groups tested

• d. causes bad effects on children and elderly people

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, was (Question 41) _____ by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and (Question 42) _____ to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the (Question 43) ____ United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. (Question 44) _____ in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mother in developing countries. UNICEF is currently focused (Question 45) _____ five primary priorities: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, including girl’s education, Child protection from (Question 46) _____ , exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy advocacy and partnerships for children’s rights. Related areas of UNICEF action include early childhood development, adolescence development and participation, life skills based education and child rights all over the world.

A (Question 47) _____ funded agency, UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private (Question 48) ______ . Its programs emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. Recently, UNICEF has begun partnerships with world-class athletes and teams to promote the organization’s work and to (Question 49) _____ funds. UNICEF greeting cards are sold worldwide to support efforts on behalf of children creating a better world where children are happy, healthy and live in dignity. UNICEF selects suitable paintings for reproduction from contemporary artists. Total income to UNICEF for 2006 was $2,781,000,000.

UNICEF was (Question 50) _____ the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006. UNICEF is present in 190 countries and territories around the world.

Question 41:

• a. taken off

• b. set up

• c. paid on
• d. pushed back

Question 42:

• a. instrument
• b. projects
• c. work

• d. healthcare

Question 43:

• a. original

• b. ancestor
• c. old
• d. relatives

Question 44:

• a. Managed
• b. Led

• c. Headquartered

• d. Committed

Question 45:

• a. at
• b. with

• c. on

• d. in

Question 46:

• a. violence

• b. fun
• c. excitement
• d. entertainment

Question 47:

• a. volunteer
• b. volunteered
• c. voluntary

• d. voluntarily

Question 48:

• a. persons
• b. patients

• c. donors

• d. victims

Question 49:

• a. rise

• b. raise

• c. lift
• d. heighten

Question 50:

• a. complimented

• b. awarded

• c. won
• d. taken