WORD TRANSFORMATION

NATURAL REMEDIES THAT REALLY WORK

Just a few years ago, most of us wouldn’t consider taking echinacea or another herb to
cure a cold or an (0)….. Today INFECT many of us swear by the (56) …… properties
of these HEAL herbs. (57)….. studies prove that such natural remedies are SCIENCE
entering the mainstream of medicine. A (58)….. num- GROW ber of (59) ….. are now
recommending alternative treatPHYSICS ments along with (60) ……therapies. Of
course, for your TRADITION own good health, never begin any (61) ….. or vitamin
HERB therapy without the (62) …..of a medical professional. DIRECT To help you
choose (63)….. , we have selected some WISE remedies that are backed up by a (64)
….. amount of STAGGER anecdotal evidence. So stock your shelves with these simple
cures and have a (65)…….. lifestyle.

HEALTH WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

Every time I think of that (0) ..terrifying..experience of the TERRIFY sinking cruise
liner, the panic I felt then comes (56) …LIVE again. The accident was tragic because of
its (57) … , SUDDEN causing the (58) … of many passengers who would DEAD
otherwise have been saved. All that some of the (59) … could do, was to sit SURVIVE
(60) … in the lifeboats, waiting to be rescued. PATIENT I became (61) … many times
during the long wait. CONSCIOUS I had to overcome any (62) … I felt so I would not
WEAK faint again. If I had not drawn another ship’s (63) … ATTEND our situation
would have been (64) …. I HOPE try not to remember this (65) … experience FRIGHT
that only leaves me with unhappy thoughts.

THE MAN WHO PLANTED DISNEY

The Theme Parks are in four different climates – but the landscaping all has to look
alike. Contrary to popular(0) belief , Walt Disney’s first theme BELIEVE park was not
Disneyland. It was a garden in Bel Air,California whose (56) … were Bill and Jack
Evans. However, DESIGN this was only a dress (57) ….. REHEARSE Four years later,
Disney asked them to landscape Disneyland for him. Jack suffered a heart attack two
weeks after the (58) …. , so Bill became Disney’s director of land- OPEN scape (59)
……. ARCHITECT Nowadays, the Disney parks entertain a billion (60) … VISIT a
year. There is (61) …. a corner of a Disney park SCARCE that does not have his (62)
touch. Although he PERSON officially retired in 1975, he has continued to check on
each new project, most (63) …Animal Kingdom, in RECENT Florida. Bill is a (64)
…… , charming and modest DELIGHT man. He (65) … knows all the plants by both
their CERTAIN common and Latin names and speaks to them regularly.

MEMORIES
I will never forget the most (0) ..wonderful…moment in our career WONDER when
we were given the highest score for our (56) … PERFORM in the ice-skating
championship (57) … at Helsinki. COMPETE We received the (58) … score of nine
marks BELIEVABLE of 6.0, which was the maximum score that could be given. The
(59) … of time that we had spent practising LONG our dance routine finally paid off.
The (60) … that DIFFICULT we had found with some of the (61) … pieces we MUSIC
had chosen was soon overcome and becoming (62) …. FAME was only a matter of
time. Those were the (63) … days of being young and EXCITE (64) … about
everything and having the feeling that OPTIMISM our (65) … would never lessen.
POPULAR A LETTER OF PRAISE
Dear Sirs, I (O) .. .recentlv flew Swiftair across Europe for the first time. RECENT It
was the most (56)… trip I have ever had on a ENJOY plane. I cannot mention enough
positive things about the (57) … FLY To begin with, we took off (58) ….. PUNCTUAL
The trip followed all the safety (59) …….. of IATA. The cabin REGULATE (60)
…………… were outstandingly polite. There were ATTEND (61) …….. programmes
for children and adults. I ENTERTAIN should not forget to mention the (62) …….
food, the IMPRESS great (63) ……… of drinks and beverages, and praise SELECT the
well written and (64) ……… magazines provided. USE Overall, I would like to thank
you for a very (65)………….. PLEASE trip. Word formation, 1

COMPUTERS THAT PLAY GAMES

Computers have had the (0) ..ability…(ABLE) to play chess for many years now, and
their (56) ….. (PERFORM) in games against the best players in the world has shown
steady (57) …..(IMPROVE) . However, it will be years before the designers of
computer games machines can beat their (58) …..(BIG) challenge yet – the ancient
board game called Go. The playing area is (59) …..(CONSIDERABLE) larger than in
chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (60) ….. (COMBINE) of moves is
almost (61) …..(END) . The game involves planning so many moves ahead that even
the (62) …..(IMPRESS) calculations of the fastest modern computers are (63) …..
(SUFFICIENT) to deal with the problems of the game.In a recent (64) …..(COMPETE)
for computer Gomachines, the best machine beat all its computer rivals, but lost (65)
…..(HEAVY) to three young schoolchildren, so thereis obviously still a lot of work to
do!

Food Production
In the not-too-distant past farm animals were able to live (0) NATURAL lives in what
we would now term NATURE 'free-range' conditions. Such farming methods however,
were not able to supply the rapidly growing (1) ................ POPULATE of the world and
the increasing demands on food (2) .................... In order to cope with this rising
demand, factory CONSUME farming methods were introduced along with the
(3) ...................... DEVELOP of genetically engineered (4) ........................ hormones,
which GROW resulted in a massive increase in food (5) ......................... PRODUCE
However, these developments in the use of factory farming and drug
(6) .......................... have led to a widespread TREAT feeling that animals are being
caused a lot of distress and that the quality of the food itself suffers as a consequence.
Certainly, many people (7) ........................... with the idea AGREE of keeping animals
in one building for their entire (8) …………………. EXIST and argue that more
emphasis should be given to (9) …………………. ALTERNATE farming methods. A
growing number of people are choosing to eat organic food, supporting farmers who use
free-range methods, a system which has proved to be both (10) …………………. and
more humane. ECONOMY

Dress Code UK companies have received (0) CRITICISM from CRITIC a business
forum for what their report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the
dress code for office workers. This follows a case in which a male (1)
………………….. working in the post room of a EMPLOY large (2) .................... in the
United Kingdom received a ORGANIZE (3) …………….. for wearing jeans to work.
SUSPEND Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for people dealing with (4)
……………….... to look well dressed, CUSTOM it questions whether employees who
work behind the scenes necessarily need to dress formally. The authors of the report
made a (5) ………………. between COMPARE the UK and other European nations
where employers seem (6) ……………….. about the need for their CONCERN workers
to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (7) ……………….. is based on research that
claims ARGUE workers are far more (8) ……………. when they have the PRODUCT
(9) ... to dress in a way that they feel most FREE (10) ……………….... in. COMFORT

SURVIVAL
The weather made their progress (0) ..impossible.. As it POSSIBLE had been raining
(56) …… all night they had to HEAVY be very (57) … as they walked through the
CARE thick jungle. Their good (58) … would help JUDGE them overcome the (59) …
and get back to SET civilisation with only minor injuries. Although things were (60) …
they had to be BEARABLE (61) … because it was the only way they could OPTIMIST
help each other through this difficult situation. Their (62) … , chosen for his knowledge,
would help them in every way LEAD The (63) …………… of this training
IMPORTANT was to (64) …………. them for the special task ahead HARD of them.
However, they had never imagined how it would turn out to be……….… DANGER (65
)

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION, … IMAX

Can you imagine what it’s like to be swimming underneath (0) ………..coloured coral
and swerve to avoid a BRIGHT tropical jellyfish? Or (56) …………… find yourself
hurtling SUDDEN towards an atom’s nucleus? The cost? (57) . …………………..
APPROXIMATE 75 minutes of time plus the purchase price of a movie ticket.(58)
…….………..….. will only carry you so far. But as more than IMAGINE 500 million
(59) ………………... will attest, the experience of a VIEW big screen with 3-D
imagery is wonderful. That’s the story of IMAX. ‘It’s the closest thing to passive virtual
(60) ….. REAL It combines information with (61) ……………..….. IMAX mov-
ENTERTAIN ies are very realistic. This cinematic technique marks the real(62)
……………...between what we once knew and what’s DIFFER developing now. IMAX
is a (63) ………….. newcomer to RELATE the scene. The formula has been working
well, (64) ……………….… SPECIAL in the Asia Pacific region, where most of
IMAX’s (65) …………….... GROW has occurred. There are 144 IMAX theatres
operating in 21 countries worldwide.

Sentence transformation,
16 Example: 0 Mr Jones needn’t go if he doesn’t want to. obliged Mr Jones …is not
obliged to go ….if he doesn’t want to.
31 He really likes correcting her English. pleasure He ………………………..
correcting her English.
32 It’s not necessary to take a lot of luggage when going on holiday. much You
……………………… luggage when going on holiday.
33 Perhaps he hasn’t received the doctor’s results yet. may He …………………….. the
doctor’s results yet.
34 All I want you to do is to look after my dog. care All I want you to do is to
………………….. my dog.
35 She was not certain about the trip. decide She …………………………….. about the
trip.
36 He locked the gate so that the dog wouldn’t escape. prevent He locked the gate
…………………….. escaping.
37 They did not like to pay extra taxes. objected They
……………………………………………. extra taxes.
38 The day was so nice that we went on a picnic. such It was ……………………….
that we went on a picnic. 39 The only person I didn’t see was Jane. except I
…………………………………………….. Jane.
40 She decided to visit her friend and tell her the news. drop She decided to
………………… her friend and tell her the news.

CARNIVAL TIME
It was carnival time again. It was time for fun (0) __and__ laughter. Although I had
seen carnival processions on television, I had never taken part in (16) ….. before so I
was looking forward to it. The procession began and we went singing and dancing (17)
….. the street watched by crowds of people. Balloons flew up in the air and everyone
was having (18) ….. wonderful time. Just then I realised that my young brother, who
had (19) ….. with me to the procession, was (20) ….. longer with me. I asked one of my
friends to help me find him. It was a difficult thing to do because everyone was dressed
up and many of them were also wearing masks over their (21) …… Suddenly, I saw
him. I could (22) ….. believe my eyes. He was sitting on the very first float right next to
the ‘King of the Carnival’. He (23) ….. smiling and enjoying every minute of it. I
shouted to him (24) ….. because there was (25) …… much noise, he did not hear me at
first. I kept (26) ….. shouting until he finally (27) …..me and waved. I yelled out to (28)
….. that he should wait for me at the end of the street when the (29) ….. was over. He
nodded his head (30) ….. agreement and went back to waving and smiling at the crowd.

A GROWING CITY Beaumont, Georgia’s newest city, is a (0) ..planned.. city. PLAN It
is a (56) ……………… place all year round because of the great LOVE (57)
……………….… of flowers and trees which grow in the city centre. VARY No one
can be (58) …………………. with such natural surroundings. SATISFY The (59)
………………….…growing population includes not only the QUICK many (60)
…………………..;…who work there for an international computer FOREIGN
company, but also local officials. The (61) …………………… conditions are LIVE
excellent and all types of (62) ……………….… and sport are available. ENTERTAIN
There are many (63) ……………………….. buildings to visit nearby and the
HISTORY wooded countryside which is (64) …………………….… and particularly
PEACE beautiful in spring offers hours of cycling and walking. A (65)
……………………… will come back again and again to sample the SIGHT pleasures
Beaumont has to offer.

BRITAIN & GREECE FESTIVAL If Athens is all Greek to you, try visiting in
November. It’s festival time! Lord Byron, champion of Greek (O) independence, could
hardly DEPEND have imagined it. Today, years after his (56) …………… , 2 mil- DIE
lion of his compatriots, although less (57) ……………….. , make HERO the annual
(58) ……………………... to Greece for the ‘Britain and Greece Festival’. PILGRIM
The (59) …………………….….. Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN (60)
…………………….. of the strong links between the two countries, CELEBRATE but
also as ‘an (61) …………………….... to those who wish to create INSPIRE new links,’
a (62) ……………………….. that 2004 and the Athens Olym- REMIND pies are not
too far away. Everything about the festival highlights the theme of (63)
………………………….. . The commercial exhibition ‘Part- PARTNER ners in Trade’
will focus on (64)…………………… goods and ser- INDUSTRY vices, design, travel
and software (65) ………………….. including opportunities for ‘Olympics 2004′.
DEVELOP

A PLACE WITH A DIFFERENCE

This is a place where people of all (0) __A__can come and be entertained and never
want to (1) ….. . It is Disneyland, (2)….. outside Paris, especially (3) ….. to provide the
best for Europe and the (4) …… of its new guests. The park is (5) ….. into five areas,
each one representing a special theme. (6) ….. in a film, the (7) ….. are taken along
through a series of magical sets to relive the past, even (9) ….. visit wonderful faraway
places (8) ….. of excitement and fantasy, and into the future. The trees that have been
(10) ….. around the park protect the guest from the real world outside. The resort area,
beyond the park, has six hotels to suit the needs of every guest. In (11) ….. to these six
hotels there are campsites and fully equipped caravans for rental. There is no (12) …..
of sporting opportunities and, besides many health clubs in the actual hotels, there is a
variety of fascinating nature trails you may (13) ….. to follow. The Disneyland Resort is
easily (14) …..by road or rail. Whichever way you choose to arrive, you will be (15)
….. enough to enjoy all the wonderful things that the park has to offer.
1 A leave B go C depart D set off
2 A nearly B almost C just D recently
3 A composed Bcreated C consisted D placed
4 A rights B demands C consideration D dealings
5 A shared B distributed C calculated D divided
6 A Whereas B Unless C As if D Wherever
7 A staff B guests C members D teams
8 A full B crowded C complete D packed
9 A look B go C run D turn
10 A dug B planted C grown D stuck
11 A answer B reply C debt D addition
12 A supply B shortage C amount D quantity
13 A expect B hope C wish D order
14 A contacted B arrived C reached D entered

Sentence transformation,
31.- Can you understand what this paper means? sense
Can you …………………………… this paper?
32.- It wasn’t necessary to meet me at the airport yesterday. needn’t
You …………………………………..me at the airport yesterday.
33.-It was unkind of you to talk to her like that. not
You ………………………………………… to her like that.
34.-I saw the film although I strongly dislike thrillers. Spite
I saw the film in …………………………….… of thrillers.
35.-It’s not possible to play tennis because of the rain. makes
The rain ………………………………….…. to play tennis.
36.-I’ve never tasted such good food before. ever
It is the …………………………………………….. tasted.
37.-Do your parents allow you to watch TV late at night? let
Do your parents …l……………………. TV late at night?
38.-”Did you write a note for Anna?” I asked my mother. She
I asked my mother …………………...…. a note for Anna.
39.-He gave me the money first, and then he left. After
He left ………………………………………….. the money.
40.-I don’t find it difficult to get up early any more. used
I …………………………………………………. up early.

THE MASTER OF YOUR DOMAIN

Be prepared: you may have to go to the ends of the World (Wide Web) to achieve it. All
I wanted to (O) ..do .. was to get an Internet domain name of my (16) …….... - the part
of an e-mail address to the right of the ‘@’ and the part of the World Wide Web address
that typically follows www. The (17) ……………. is that Lewis is a (18) ………....
common name and Lewis.com (19) …………... already taken. So, (20)
……………....millions of Internet users before me, I (21) ………………….... looking
elsewhere (22) …………..… a domain I could call home - the Internet equivalent of 40
acres, where I (23) …………... grow electronic mail, raise a small herd of web pages
and maybe someday open a little electronic collage industry of my own. It (24)
…………….. to be technically difficult for average computer users to get (25)
………….. own personal Internet domain names. (26) ……….... if you could figure out
(27) …………... to do it, registering a domain name was free and good names were
plentiful. No (28) ………………...! The Internet is now the world’s fastest growing
economy, and the commercialisation of the Internet (29) ………. created a frenzy for
domain names. An Internet domain name is (30) ………... just an equivalent of a
telephone number and mailing address but also a status symbol. Sentence
transformation, 15 Example: o They worked very little last week. hardly They ….hardly
worked….at all last week. 31 We have to reduce our expenses. cut We have to
………………………………………….. our expenses. 32 “Can you please explain this
to me?” she asked the teacher. if She asked the teacher
…………………………………… to her. 33 Perhaps he’s working late. may He
………………………………………. late. 34 Nobody ever told me about it. never I
………………………………………………. about it. 35 “I’ll pick him up from the
airport,” she said. offered She …………………….. from the airport. 36 I was so
shocked that I couldn’t react. wasn’t I
………………………………………………………………… … react. 37 People say
Greek is a difficult language to learn. said Greek …………………………. difficult
language to learn. 38 The police have investigated the crime. by The crime
………………………………………………………… the police. 39 Without your
help, I would never have managed. you If ………………………………………. , I
would never have managed. 40 The manager made the employees stay late. made The
employees …………………………… by the manager.

SPLENDID SPAS OF ASIA Lying (0) ..on. .. a bed almost on the edge (16) ….. a cliff,
with a stupendous ocean view and the (17) ….. of waves, aches and pains are soothed
away (18) ….. expert hands. Only two steps (19) ….. needed to reach the private pool,
(20) ….. seems to merge with the ocean. Such a scenario is (21) ….. longer a fantasy
(22) …… an increasingly popular reality in Asia for many stressed out businessmen and
visitors from all (23) ….. the world in search of that peaceful time and space (24) …..
their body and mind. In the last four years, at (25) ….. 17 hotel spas have opened in
South East Asia to (26) …… this need. The tropical climate of the region and its
reliable sunshine make for an ideal spa setting. Picturesque environments together (27)
….. a series of rejuvenating treatments bring the desired result. The Asian spa resorts
have acquired a formidable reputation for their professional services as (28) ….. as for
the decor of their large treatment rooms. Visitors relax with Thai music and soak in the
warm tones of the room. As all these take (29) ….. in individual rooms, precious
privacy is guaranteed, a rare privilege often absent from other spas (30) ….. guests
share rooms or changing areas.

WITHOUT TV The most (O) __C__ thing we have ever done is not have a TV in our
house. Since 99.1 percent of American (1) ….. cannot make this claim, it may be (2)
….. some interest to know why. Certainly, our (3) …… of a television has created (4)
…… curiosity, puzzlement, and anger (5) …… the people we know, and I suspect even
more of these (6) ….. behind our backs. ‘If the Wetherells get (7) …… without a TV,
why can’t we?’ We did have a television during the first days of our marriage. I
remember the dizzy way the (8) ……flickered across the screen. A few days later, after
I (9) ….. my senses, we took the set to our local dump, (10) …… hands in satisfaction
and have been without one ever (11) …. . Now that my TV watching days are (12) …..
me, I can afford to be nostalgic towards it all. I remember those nights when the whole
family used to sit in the living room watching Ed Sullivan, one (13) ….. light left on in
the corner, laughing (14) ….. the comedians before the (15) …… came on.
Nevertheless, even warmer and more precious in memory will be these quiet, peaceful
years with no TV at all.
1 A housewives B households C holdalls D houseworks
2 A of B for C at D in
3 A lack B shortage C need D absence
4 A large B big C high D great
5 A among B between C within D inside
6 A beliefs B emotions C opinions D thoughts
7 A over B on C by D away
8 A images B drawings C icons D movies
9 Are-established B got C overcame D recovered
10 A waved B tightened C moved D shook
11 A since B again C afterwards D before
12 A past B behind C over D away
13 A smooth B peaceful C soft D tender
14 A for B at C with D by
15 A announcements B publications C clips D commercials