Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Idea
2. Ability
3. Feedback
4. Difference
Task 2.1
1. make
2. Do
3. have
4. develop
5. put
Task 2.2
1. -
2. intelligence
3. an impact on
4. an assumption about
5. emphasis on
6. concept
7. a link between
8. the capacity to
9. contribution to
10. research into
Task 14.4
1. These new studies into brain functions can help us to understand cases of slow development in
some children.
2. It is possible that high-speed rail travel in Europe will take more market share from short-haul
flights.
3. Scientists may have found a way of changing the immune system to prevent food allergies.
4. Medical research is unlikely to determine (or It is unlikely that medical research will determine)
the cause of autism.
5. There will probably be a worldwide shortage of rare earth metals in the near future.
6. Sparks from electric power lines are likely to have caused (or It is likely that sparks ... caused)
some of the forest fires in the region.
7. Space debris could damage key communications satellites.
8. The amount of cybercrime in the USA and Europe should decrease as security software
improves.
9. Recent government campaigns are unlikely to have had any long-lasting impact on levels of
adult obesity.
10. The latest fall in unemployment might improve consumer confidence in the economy.
11. A horse that is deprived of sensory stimulation will possibly stop eating.
12. Changes in the chemical composition of the material could have occurred as a result of careless
handling in the laboratory.
Task 14.5
Task 20.4
1 below
2 the latter
3 above
4 the former
5 respectively
Task 20.5 A
2 .... in April 2009, it was apparent that it had not done so.
4 ... but he or she will be able to apply for a job much more easily by doing so.
Task 20.5 B