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Answer: ASet 2: Cross-Text Connections
Explanation
PASSAGE
Text 1 Volunteering helps the community. You can help clean up parks, feed the hungry, or walk dogs at a shelter. Text 2 Volunteering also helps the volunteer. It makes you feel good to help others, and you can learn new skills and make friends.
Based on the texts, who benefits from volunteering?
A. Both the community and the volunteer.✓ Correct
B. Only the community.
C. Only the volunteer.
D. No one.
Detailed Explanation
Text 1: Helps community. Text 2: Helps volunteer.
Key Evidence:
• "helps the community"
• "also helps the volunteer"
Why others are wrong: B (Text 2 says volunteer benefits.), C (Text 1 says community benefits.), D (Both benefit.).