Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically full-time work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for voluntary service 【A1】 _____ (VSO) for young people before they take up full-time employment, 【A2】_____ there are opportunities for overseas service for 【A3】 _____ technicians in developing countries. Some people, 【A4】 _____ those who retire early, 【A5】 _____ their technical and business skills in countries 【A6】 _____ there is a special need.

So in considering voluntary or 【A7】 _____ community service there are more opportunities than there 【A8】 _____ were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time 【A9】 _____, and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. 【A10】 _____ some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not 【A11】_____ them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different【A12】_____ both personal and 【A13】_____. One should not join them 【A14】_____ to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined with commitment to the 【A15】_____, not business efficiency. Because salaries are 【A16】_____ or non-existent many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for 【A17】_____, simply because they enjoy the work.

Many community activities possible 【A18】_____ retirement were also possible during one’s working life but they are to be undertaken 【A19】_____ seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider 【A20】 _____ community service.