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Exercise 28. Example: (0) proud HEALTHY EATING In the past, any mother would be (0)... if her children were round and slightly fat. Those days are gone (D) censnssnmsnne have now reached the (2) s. that too much fat and sugar in children’s diets are a major factor in the (3) .o.:n:nnnsn OF heart diseases and other (4) .. when they are older. However, (5) ou children. need to eat a wide range of foods, and their yen: health could be (6) ...:... by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists say that the is not to change eating habits too fast, but to do it (B) concconnnns y 80 that children do not lose muscle in addition to fat. Parents should present food a little (9) osoosnenonne , Spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar on the table. Child-en should also be (10) sisson tO take part in sports: -his way they will be using the calories that they have eaten. Exercise 30. Example (0): impossible THE ENVIRONMENT: OUR RESPONSIBILITY These days it it (0) sun to open a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the environment. The varth is being (1) cccucewnn- and the future looks bad. Whit can each of us do? We cannot clean up our (2) vercunsnnnen Pivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the (3) «2... of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while (4) oonocnmenenen: Search for answers, and laws are passed in nature's (5) It may not be easy to change your lifestyle (6) 7 but some steps are easy to take: cuf down the amount of Gh you do, or use as little plastic as possible. It is also easy to save energy, which also reduces (8) bills. We must all make a personal (9) .. the future of our planet if we want to (10) better world for our grandchildren. ... to work for 8 Exereise $1: Example: (0) commercial THE HISTORY OF FISHING oun fishing has been carried out since the inigd. ayes. Before that it was (1) ...... .. to keep fish for {ong periods, but the development of (2) methods such as drying and salting made it possible for (3) to go on fishing trips further away. In fact, althuph Furopeans were completely (4) 2 of Amepita’s 3). sousssmum » they were already fishing near its coasi thin They were, however, still +6) to keep 164 PRIDE RESEARCH CONCLUDE DEVELOP ILL GROW DANGER SOLVE CARE DIFFERENCE COURAGE POSSIBLE THREAT POLLUTION APPEAR SCIENCE DEFEND COMPLETE DRIVE HOUSE DECIDE SURE COMMERCE POSSIBLE. STORE FISH AWARE EXIS? ABILIT” fish fresh for any 7 of Lime, LONG All this changed as a result of the new (8) TECHNOLOGY advances in refrigeration in the 19th century. Soon the oo waters of Africa and the Mediterranean were + COAST full of Northern European fishing boats. In the 20th century, scientific (10) made during the Second World DISCOVER War were used for discovering large groups of fish. Exercise 32. Example: (0) depression EXERCISE Exercise is one of the best ways of keeping (0) DEPRESSED away. It improves your body and your mind and (1) ABLE you to perform better in the work place and ut home. . : _ Proper (2) is essential if you want to get the BREATH most from exercise and you should also take into (3)... CONSIDER your heart rate. It can be (4) .--. to do too much, which HARM is why all good fitness instructors mphasise the (5) IMPORTANT of “listening to your body.” When you first start you should use good (6) ; JUDGE because it's easy to make thé mistake of using the equipment a) .... of doing too much at one time. Start slowly and CORRECT build up gradually. Exercise should not be seen as @ (8) enc tsk; it DEMAND can be as easy as a quick walk. To increase. your fitness , exercise for 20 minutes a day, 4 to 6 times a STEADY week and you will notice a (10) swe in your body and DIFFERENT mind in a few weeks. , Exercise 33. Example: (0) development ROAD MAPS The (0) ‘of the road maps of Britain :hat exist today © DEVELOP started over 200 years ago. The Army was concerned about the = POSSIBLE a of enemy invasion, but its plans for (2) : DEFEND were hindered by the lack of maps at the time. Those that did exist were (3) and lacked detail. ACCURATE Work to produce (4) maps was carried out |» an RELY organization called Ordnance Survey. They were remarkably “ Using fairly simple instruments, they produced SUCCEED 6) accurate results and set the high standard for © SURPRISE which British maps have a (7) : REPUTE Map-makers today use totally different methods. Today's MOTOR (s) have @ vast 9) coocnnnnnenn Of road atlaces CHOOSE produced by a wide range of publishers. They (10) : VARIOUS enormously in style, colour and éontent but they all derive froin Use maps produced by Ordnance Survey. 165 Exercise 34, Example: (0) reaction SMOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Public (0) sonuee to the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when it was first shown in 1937 was a. Tt was received with great (2) . and it immediately became enormously popular (3) . the world. Good advertising was not the only reason for this (8) rn vw» popularity; the film and its characters captured the (5) ..... .». of people all over the world like no film before it. In Britain, there were (6) .. . newspaper articles about the film and how it was made. Snow White toys and books were on (7) .. everywhere. Some people thought that it might be (8) . - for children but most people saw it as (9) .. entertainment. Since 1937, it has been re-issued every few years, giving (10)... .. to many generations of children. Exercise 35. Example: (0) responsibilty WOMEN DOCTORS ‘Throughout history, women have had (0) ... for healing the sick. However, it is only in (1) .. recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors st (2) ... schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have made an enormous (3)... .to modern medicine. The first femiale doctors were priestesses who gave (4) about diseases and (5)\ecurnwen and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women healers were considered ©). and respected. In Britain, for centuries male doctors were (7) . . of women who practised medicine (8) o.com and in 1512 a law was passed making it (9) for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th Century and they only began to gain (10) ... ow With male doctors in the 20th century. (0) beauty THE COTSWOLDS The Cotswolds is an area of great (0) cn HR England. It has a number of (1) soo. Villages and small towns with lovely old buildings that have ‘remained Ci swe Since the area was ‘a major (3) ... . centre several centuries ago. The countryside in the area is (4)... and most of the buildings there are made from an (5) ... type of light stone that is particular to the Cotswolds. In the summes. the Cotswolds can get rather (6) . but it is always possible Jo iind pretty places that do not have the ” of the more well-known villages and towns. There 1€6 Exercise 36. Examp! REACT ORDINARY EXCITE THROUGH WORLD IMAGINE DAY SELL UPSET HARM ENJOY RESPONSIBLE COMPARE MEDICINE CONTRIBUTE ADVISE INJURE SKILL SUSY CT PROFESSION LEGAL EQUAL BEAUTIFUL DELIGHT CHANGE COMMERCE CHARM ATTRACT CROWD FAMOUS is N08) of pleasant hotels and (9) . inns for visitors to stay in and the Cotswolds area is an excellent place for an (10) weekend of longer trip, Exercise 37. Example (0) unusual CAMERON PARK At first light, there is nothing (0) about the town of Cameron Park in California but, as the day begins and the town comes to (1), you can't help (2) that, among the cars, there are light aeroplanes moving along the roads towards the airport. When the town was (3) built, a small airport was included for the (4) of people flying in to look at the properties which were for (5), but it soon became clear to the developers that this was an attraction it itself. The streets were ‘1. (6) $0 that planes could use them, the mailboxes near the road were made .............-....... (7) to avoid passing wings, and all the electricity cables were buried (8). Now, there is every ... (9) that the residents will have a private plane in their garage and use it with the same (10) other people enjoy with their cars. Exercise 38. Example: (0) natural AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH TOWN The site of the town of Winchester was @ ....c1:0: (0) place fora (1), at the point where a river cut through the chalk of the . (2) hillsides. A simple camp at St Catherine's Hill was the ....... (3) known use of the site. ‘This was followed by an Iron Age hill-fort, but this was left (4) by 100 BC. It was the Romans who finally established the town and (5) it with a defensive wall for the protection of their people and trade. With the . (6) of its first cathedral in the -venth century, the town became an important ...... (7) ntre Later King Alfred, who had w..cc0m0n:ne. (8) pushed buck the invading Danes, moved his palace to Winchester. The town then experienced rapid: eccccue (9), and its (10) role in English history was underlined in 1066 when the conquering Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital Exercise 39: Example: (0) construction THE FUTURE OF TALL BUILDINGS Architects responsible for the occ (0) of many skyscrapers believe that a tail building must always have a certain minimum «sone (1) but that there is no limit to its absolute... (2). This means that the skyscrapers of the futury are likely to be even taller. SHORT TRADITION ENJOY USUAL LIVE NOTICE ORIGIN CONVENIENT SELL WIDE SHORT GROUND LIKELY FREE NATURE SETTLE SOUTH EARLY INHABIT ROUND BUILD RELIGION SUCCESS DEVELOP CENTRE CONSTRUCT WIDE HIGH 167 gineers agree with this, but there is coonn (B) OVER the best shape for very tall, slim buildings. The effects of wind (4) mean that cylindrical designs have enjoyed some (5) in recent vears, and these are quite pleasing to the eye. (6), “owever, the ideal shape is an ugly square with heavily rounded corners. Would these tall buildings of the future offer more than a (7) view? Some believe tall towers could contain all the (8) for modarn living. The on (9) of these vertical villages would travel up and down between their home and work zones and would (10) need to journey to ground level. Exercise 40. Example: (0) professional TRANSLATION WORK Usually, ....yocnnne (0) translators work from a foreign language into their mother tongue to reduce . a translation and for better style. Much translation is of (2) or commercial material and this kind of work often requires an (3) of technical vocabulary and (4) language. Not all translators are in full-time «0.0.0. (5) but those who are usually work for large . (6) concerns or for public organisations. The main personal characteristic needed to be a .. 2) translator is a. .. (8) to attend to detail. In addition, it is (9) for translators to know at least two foreign languages. The. wider the . (10) of languages they can offer, the greater the likelihood that work will be available, Exercise 41. Example: (0) scientists ARISKY ACTIVITY (0), high-risk sports can be According to some ...... . (1) for certain types of people. Such particularly .... activities help them to learn that being (2) doesn't mean that they have to lose control. The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached t0 & veccnn.nn» (3) of elastic rope, known as "bungee jumping", has now been tried by over one million people (4) and interest in it is continuing to grow. . Before the special elastic rope . (5) around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160 kph. First-timers are usually too (6) to open their mouths, and when they are finally ...... .» (7) safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces, saying . (8) how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the (9) of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades them to conquer their fear of ...ccncu-» (10) and push themselves off into space. 168 AGREE PRESS POPULAR FORTUNATE WONDER REQUIRE INHABIT RARE PROFESSION ACCURATE SCIENCE UNDERSTAND SPECIAL EMPLOY INDUSTRY SUCCESS © WILLING DESIRE VARY SCIENCE VALUE FRIGHT LONG WORLD TIGHT TERROR: LOW REPEAT EMBARRASS HIGH

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