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Преподаватель: Назарова Галина Петровна
Дисциплина: Английский язык
Специальность: Таможенное Дело
Аспект: Практика устной речи
Курс: II
Семестр: III
The mind and thinking
1 Think about these questions and try to answer them:
a Where is your brain, and where is your mind?
b Do you think with your mind or your brain?
c Do you feel emotions with your brain or your mind?
d Which works harder for you, your mind or your brain? Why?
Compare your answers with a partner's.
MEANING
SENSE RELATIONS
2 Put each verb from the following sentences in the correct boxes on the next
page. Then discuss your answers with a partner.
a The children were trying to guess my age.
b It's reasonable to suppose that they've hidden the money somewhere.
c They assessed the results of the experiment carefully.
d George pondered his future with a heavy heart.
e I think we can safely assume that they will agree to our ten
f It's time to analyse these statistics to see what they mean.
g What did you conclude from her speech?
h There were three dignitaries to judge the contestants' work.
i The prisoners were left to reflect on their crimes.
j I infer from Ms Jones's remarks that she is against the plan.
k Jane's been considering the options open to her for some time.
i They weighed up the consequences of taking out another loan.
m We've been deliberating for days; we'll have to make a decision soon.
n I reckon it's going to rain pretty soon.
o The accountant is trying to work out how much tax Liz owe
p The guru spends much of the day meditating.
Think about something carefully and for a long time, without necessarily coming
to a conclusion.
_________________________________________________________________
Come to a tentative conclusion about something, based on limited evidence and
maybe personal opinion.
Come to a conclusion about something after examining all the evidence and facts.
Find out by scientific examination or calculation.
WORD GRAMMAR
Put T beside any of the verbs from exercise 2 that can be immediately followed by an object
(i.e. any that are transitive). Put the most useful preposition beside the others.
WORD USE
3 Which of the verbs are formal, which informal, and which neutral in style?
Mark them F, I and N.
WORD FORMATION
4 a Which of the verbs in exercise 2 can be turned into nouns using the
following endings? Write the nouns down and try to compose suitable examples for each.
-tion/-sion -ence -ing -ment
b Which can be turned into adjectives using the ending -ive ? What does each -ive adjective mean?
ACTIVATE
5 Read the following sentences. Then for each construct a new sentence with
the same meaning using the words indicated.
Example: Is it a safe assumption that the train will be on time? assume
— Can we safely assume that the train will be on time?
a Was it your impression that the experiment had failed? conclude
b Who carried out the analysis of the results? analyse
c Jane thought deeply about the implications of the changes. ponder
d We gave the matter a lot of thought. consider
e The calculation took him a long time. work (it) out
f He seemed to be deep in thought. meditate
g What inference can we draw from this discussion? infer
h Diana has probably gone to see Andy. suppose
I After thinking it over for a few days, Sally accepted the job. reflection
6 Read these quotations. Which do you like best, and why? Which don't you
agree with? Discuss your answers with a partner.
What we call a mind is nothing but a heap or collection of different
perceptions, united together by certain relations and supposed, though
falsely, to be endowed with a perfect simplicity and identity. (David Hume)
You cannot think about thinking, without thinking about thinking about
something. (Seymour Papert)
Mind — a mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity
consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the
attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
(Ambrose Biercel)
The hardest thing to understand is why we can understand anything at all.
(Albert Einstein)
What is your definition of 'mind'? Can you and your partner make up another 'quotation' about the workings of the mind?
MEANING
7 Complete the following using an appropriate word from the box in each case.
mind intelligence mentality brain idea impression thought logic notion memory
a A: Is that puzzle difficult?
B: It is for me. My ______is not used to working out problems of _____________ _____ any more. A Well, it does say 'Puzzles for people of above average ______’!
b C: Mum, what’s the difference between philosophy and psychology?
D: Well, philosophy is the study of the history and present state of human_____ and psychology is the study of how the human____ works. Why?
C: I can't spell either of them.
c E: George has some rather strange______. . F: Why do you say that? I've only met him twice, but he made rather a good _____ on me. E: Well, he firmly believes that the earth is flat, and refuses to accept_____ the____ that it is round. And he's not joking. F: Some people have a peculiar____, don't they.
d G: Did you post the letters?
H: Oh, no, I forgot. My____ is getting terrible.
MEANING IN CONTEXT
8 Try to find an equivalent for each of the expressions in italics:
а. A: Let's go out tonight.
B: What did you have in mind?
b. C: I can't make up my mind what to do.
D: Why don't you get some advice from a lawyer?
c. E: What are we going to do about these noisy neighbours?
F: It's after midnight now. I've got a good mind to call the police.
d. G: You look pensive. H: Mmm. I've got something on my mind. G: Do you want to talk about it?
e. J: We've run out of bread. Would you mind going to get some?
K: All right - if you give me the money.
f. L: Look, there's a parking space on the other side of the road.
M: Mind out, there's a car coming.
g. N: I think I'm going to fail the maths exam tomorrow.
O: I'm sure you can pass if you put your mind to it.
ACTIVATE
9 With a partner make up a brief dialogue using any three of the expressions
in exercise 7.
10 What do you think these three sayings mean? Are they true, in your
experience?
"Out of sight, out of mind."
"Mind over matter."
“Great minds think alike.”
WORD USE
COLLOCATION
11 In the table below, indicate whether a word can be used to describe a
person or an idea by putting a tick ( ^ )in the appropriate columns.
Person Idea
Logical
Pensive
Thoughtful
Thoughtless
Aware
Reasonable
Unreasonable
Mental
Psychological
Brainy
Brainless
Conceptual
Conscious
Unconscious
Intelligent intellectual
Considerate
Clever
List three words from the table which can be used to describe the way a person treats other people, and two words which have a similar meaning to intelligent.
MEANING
12 Which of the adjectives in the box in exercise 11 can be used in which of the
following sentence frames? More than one word can be used in many of the
sentences, and the same word can sometimes be used in different sentences.
a You look _______ . What are you thinking about?
b It was very_______ of you to warm the room for me. Thank you.
c The patients here are all suffering from _____ illness of one kind or another.
d As she woke up, Rebecca was______ of a presence near the bed.
e Those twins are very ___ .They've already passed the advanced exams in maths.
f That was a(n) ___ thing to say. Now she's upset.
g The Greens paid a(n) ____ price for the house.
h After the fight, he fell ____ to the floor.
i I couldn't understand their arguments: they were(not) ____ .
WORD USE
IDIOM
13 The two dialogues below have got mixed up after the first line. Put them in
the correct order.
a
□ 1. I have lovely memories of our college days.
□ What do you mean: it's possible that I'm right? Here's a photo of you at
the bottom of the stairs as a permanent reminder.
□ Don't you remember? She had dark hair and brown eyes. A real beauty
if my memory serves me well.
□ I'll never forget the day you got drunk and fell down the stairs, for
example.
□ I need something to jog my memory. What was Angela like?
□ Really? Down the stairs? I have no recollection of the incident.
□ My mind's a blank, but it's possible that you're right.
□ Yes, me too. Whenever we meet it all comes back to me.
□ You were in love with someone called Angela, as I recall. That's what
caused it.
b □ 1. Hallo. Didn't you say you would meet us at 6.30? Or is my memory
playing tricks?
□ By the way, I was racking my brains trying to think of Joe's surname
What is it?
□ And where's Joe? I hope he hasn't forgotten all about the meeting. He's
so absent-minded these days.
□ It looks as if no one has remembered to bring it. What a memorabU
meeting we're having.
□ Perhaps we'd better phone to remind him. Who can remember hi: phone
number?
□ Erm . . . it's on the tip of my tongue: Donaldson or Davison I think. It's
getting really late now. Where can he be? He's so forgetful. Did I? I've
got a mind like a sieve, I'm afraid. I thought I said 7 o'clock
List words and expressions from two dialogues in the correct boxes.
Remembers/remembered Doesn't/didn't remember
14 Do you have a good memory or a bad memory? Use some of the words and
expressions from exercise 13 to tell a partner about two of the most memorable
experiences in your life, good or bad!
FOCUS WORDS
THE MIND AND THINKING
absent-minded
analyse/analysis assess/assessment assume/assumption aware/awareness brain/brainy/brainless clever/cleverness concept/conceptual
conclude/conclusion conscious/unconscious/consciousness consider/considerate/consideration deliberate/deliberation forget/forgetful guess
idea/idealistic
impression/impressive
infer/inference
intellect/intellectual intelligent/intelligence
judge/judgement logic/logical meditate/ meditation
memory/memorable
mental/mentality
mind
notion/notional pensive ponder' psychology/psychological reason/reasonable/ unreasonable recall reckon/reckoning
reflect/reflection
remind/reminder suppose/supposition
thought/thoughtful/ thoughtless weigh up work out
FOCUS PHRASES
as I recall (my) memory is playing tricks
great minds think alike (my) mind is a blank
have a mind like a sieve on the tip of (my) tongue
have no recollection out of sight out of mind if my memory serves me well permanent reminder it all comes back (to me) rack (your) brains
jog someone's memory remember as if it was
mind over matter yesterday
II/III Education, books and the media
In the classroom
Look at the drawing of the classroom below and write the numbers 1-27 next to the following words.
biro/ballpoint pen (black)board bookcase calculator calendar (a piece of) chalk (a pair of) compasses
cupboard desk duster exercise book felt-tip pen globe glue
overhead projector
pencil
pencil
sharpener
protractor
pupil
rubber
ruler satchel/ schoolbag
set square shelf textbook
timetable wall chart
British schools and institutions
Read the definitions below and write the numbers 1-18 next to the following words.
boarding school co-educational school College of Further Education comprehensive school evening classes nursery school playschool Polytechnic
prep school
primary school private school public school secondary school
Sixth-Form College state school
Teacher Training College The Open University university
1. This is a school which is run by the government and where education is free.
2. This is a school which is not supported by government money and where parents
have to pay for their children's education. It is sometimes called an independent
school.
3. This is the school a child attends from the age of 5 to the age of 11.
4. This is a school for children between 3 and 5 years of age. Most of them are run
by local education authorities.
5. This is an institution where students study for degrees and where academic
research is done. The most famous ones are Oxford and Cambridge.
6. This is the school a child attends after the age of 11 and until he or she is 16 or 18.
7. This is similar to a nursery school but is not usually run by the local education
authority. It is an informal school where children learn to play with other children as
well as learning other things through play rather than formal lessons.
8. This is usually a private school where the pupils live during the term and only go
home to their parents during the holidays. 9. This is the most common type of state secondary school where pupils of all abilities and
backgrounds are taught together.
10. This is a private school for pupils up to the age of 13, where they are made ready
(or prepared) to attend a school for older pupils, usually a public school.
11. This college specializes in training people to become teachers.
12. This is a college for people who have left school and want more qualifications at a
lower level than a degree. Here, the courses are often linked to some kind of practical
training, for example, typing, hairdressing, etc.
13. This is a special type of university, open to everyone, which uses radio and
television for teaching and the students' work is sent to them by post.
14. These are courses for adults held in most towns — usually in the evenings —
where students, for a small fee, study a variety of things, from French to flower
arranging.
15. This is a college which specializes in preparing people for particular jobs in
science, industry, etc.
16. This is a private school which provides secondary education for pupils between
the ages of 13 and 18. Usually it has a long tradition and fees are expensive. Two of
the most famous ones are Eton and Harrow.
17. This is a school for pupils between the ages of 16 and 18, who are preparing to
take their A-level examination.
18. This is a school where boys and girls are taught together in the same buildings and
classrooms.
Follow up Now place the following words in the correct places in the chart below.
College of Further Education, comprehensive school, nursery school,
playschool, Polytechnic, prep school, primary school, public school,
Sixth-Form College, Teacher Training College, university
Schools for children under 5
State schools (5-18)
Private schools (5-18)
Higher education (people who have
left school)
Who's who in education
Match the people (1-15) on the left with a definition (a-o) from the right. Write
your answers in the boxes at the top of the next page.
1 apprentice
2 caretaker
3 expert
4 governor
5 graduate
6 headteacher
7 lecturer
8 principal
9 pupil
10 scholar
11 staff
12 student
13 tutor
14 undergraduate
15 vice-chancellor
a A person (usually a child) who attends a school.
b A student who has completed a first degree course at a
university or college.
c Either a teacher at a university who teaches small
groups of students or someone who privately teaches one
pupil or a small group of pupils, often at home.
d A person who teaches at a college or university.
e A young person who works for a number of years with
someone - usually for low wages - in order to learn their
skills, e.g. a hairdresser.
f The person in charge of a university.
g A person who studies an academic subject, e.g. Greek,
and knows a lot about it.
h A person who is very skilled at doing something or
who knows a lot about a subject.
i All the people who work at a school, college or
university.
j A person who is a member of the committee which
controls a school.
k A student at a college or university who is studying
for his or her first degree.
1 The person in charge of a school or college.
m The person in charge of a school.
n The person who looks after a school and is responsible
for repairs, cleaning, etc.
o A person who is studying at a college or university.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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Verbs to do with education
Write the missing verbs in the sentences below. Choose from the following list.
Make changes where necessary.
attend behave do one's homework enrol expel fail
learn (something) by heart leave school pass play truant praise
punish recite revise sit/take (an exam) specialize
study
test
1. She ____________ at 16 to go and work in her cousin's shop.
2. The headteacher ____________ the school football team for doing so well in the
local Cup.
3. I can't come out tonight, I'm afraid. I've got to __________ for a test tomorrow.
4. Children from the age of 5 to 11 usually ______________ a primary school.
5. None of the teachers could control the boy. When he finally tried to set fire to the
school, the headteacher was forced to__________him. Since he has gone, things have
been a lot more peaceful.
6. When he went to the Sixth-Form College he decided to_________in languages.
7. This course is very popular. If you want a place on it you'd better___________
today.
8. The teacher told the class that their homework was to________a
poem________and that she would ask them to__________it in class the following
week.
9. She went to university to ____________ mathematics.
10. In a mixed class, boys generally ______ worse than girls.
11. He was very upset when he _________ his exams, especially as he thought he
had done so well.
12. She spends at least two hours every night__________her ______ .
13. He was a very strict teacher and always___________his pupils if they forgot to
do their homework or misbehaved in class.
14. We are going to ________ the Cambridge First Certificate examination at the
end of next month.
15. At the end of the term we shall ______ you all to find out how good you are in
English and maths,' the teacher told the class.
16. To ____________ means to stay away from school without permission.
17. She was extremely intelligent and found it very easy to___________ all her
exams.
Other useful words to do with education
Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
absent
academic
assignment compulsory course deputy head
detention
form
gymnasium
lecture
mark
playground
present
register
scholarship
seminar
staff-room
subjects
terms
tutorial
vacation
1 My daughter is in the fifth ______________ of the local comprehensive school.
2 The teacher gave her a very high __________ for her essay.
3 If you get a ___________ to a school or university, your studies are paid for by
the school or university or some other organization.
4 My favourite ___________ at school were English, art and music.
5 A teacher usually fills in a _________ every day to show which children
are_______ (at school) and which children are (not there).
6 When he was a student at university he used to work during the
summer__________as a waiter.
7 If the headteacher is ill or away, the ____________ usually takes over the running
of the school.
8 A ____________ is when a teacher at a university or college gives a prepared talk
to a group of students.
9 You don't usually talk about homework at university. You use the
word________instead.
10 The________ is where teachers in a school relax, prepare their lessons, mark
their books, etc.
11 Education in Britain is _________ between the ages of 5 and 16.
12 The teacher punished the child by putting her in , that is, she was made to
stay after school and do extra work.
13 A _________________ is when a teacher at a university or college discusses a
subject with a group of students.
14 In Britain, the School or __________year starts in September and ends in July. It
is divided into three_____________.
15 She went on a _______ to learn about word-processing.
16 During the break, the children were made to go out into the ____________.
17 A _________________ is when a teacher at a university or college gives an
individual lesson to one or more students.
18 We usually have our physical education lessons in the______________.
Types of books
Read the definitions below of different types of book and then write the numbers 1-
24 next to the following words.
anthology
atlas
autobiography
best seller
biography
book of fairy tales
cookery book
dictionary
directory
encyclopedia
fiction
guidebook
hardback
manual
memoirs
non-fiction
paperback
poetry book
reference book
romantic novel
science fiction novel
textbook
thriller
whodunnit
1 A book or a set of books in which facts are arranged for reference,
usually in alphabetical order. If you want information about something, you
ought to be able to find it in this book.
2 A book in which the words of a language are listed in alphabetical
order, with their meanings and pronunciations.
3 A book which gives you information about how to do something,
especially how a machine works.
4 Books about imaginary people and events.
5 A book which is about a murder and in which the identity of the
murderer is kept a secret until the end.
6 A book full of maps.
7 Writing that gives information or is about real things and events rather
than imaginary ones. Generally speaking, any literature which is not poetry,
plays, stories and novels.
8 An account of a person's life written by that person.
9 A book which gives a list of people's names, addresses, telephone
numbers, etc. usually arranged in alphabetical order.
10 A book for the study of a particular subject, e.g. English or
mathematics, which is used by students, especially in schools.
11 A book with a thin, card cover.
12 A book full of recipes and information on how to prepare and cook
food.
13 A book which tells an exciting story about dangerous, frightening or
mysterious events.
14 A collection of poems or other pieces of writing by different writers,
published together in one book.
15 A book for tourists which gives information about a town, area or
country.
16 Similar to an autobiography, but often about someone's experiences,
especially someone who has been active in politics or war.
17 A novel which deals mainly with love and romance and which usually
has a happy ending.
18 A book which is very popular and has sold a large number of copies.
19 A book for children with stories about magical events and imaginary
creatures such as fairies.
20 A novel about events that take place in the future or in other parts of
the universe.
21 A book with a strong, stiff cover.
22 A book full of poems.
23 An account of a person's life written by someone else.
24 A book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, that you look at when
you need information, rather than a book you read from beginning to end.
Parts of a book
Write the missing words in the drawing and sentences below. Choose from
the following:
acknowledgements appendix bibliography blurb
chapter
contents cover footnote foreword
glossary
illustrations index jacket preface
title
____________________________
____________________________
4 A________is a list of the books and articles that were used in the
preparation of a book. It usually appears at the end.
5. The _______ are the photographs or drawings that are found in a book.
6. The _______ at the beginning or end of a book are where the author
thanks everyone who has helped him or her, plus who supplied
photographs, etc.
7. A _________ is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which
explains what the book is about or why it was written.
8. A ________ is one of the parts that a book is divided into. It is
sometimes given a number or a title.
9. An ________ to a book is extra information that is placed after the end
of the main text.
10. A ________ is a preface in which someone who knows the writer and
his or her work says something about them.
11. An ________ is an alphabetical list that is sometimes printed at the
back of a book which has the names, subjects, etc. mentioned in the book
and the pages where they can be found.
12. The _______ is a list at the beginning of a book saying what it
contains.
13. The ________ is an alphabetical list of the special or technical words
used in a book, with explanations of their meanings.
14. A ________ is a note at the bottom of a page in a book which gives the
reader more information about something that is mentioned on the page.
15. The _______ is a short description by the publisher of the contents of a
book, printed on its paper cover or in advertisements.
Phrasal verbs 1 Match the phrasal verbs (1-10) with their meanings (a-j). Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
come across
come round
fall out
get over (something)
look at
look for
look up to
pick up
take after
take off
a examine, consider
b learn (how to do something, a language
c remove (clothing)
d find by accident
e respect, admire
f quarrel, stop being friends
g resemble, look like, be like (someone)
h regain consciousness (after fainting)
i try to find
j recover from something (e.g. an illness, disaster, etc.)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 Now complete the following dialogues with a suitable phrasal verb. Choose from the list on the previous page and make any necessary changes.
1 A: How's your father?
B: Not too good, I'm afraid. He still hasn't ________ the death of my mother.
2 A: Are there any politicians you ________________ ?
B: Not these days. But I used to admire Margaret Thatcher.
3 A: Where on earth did you get this old photo?
B: Oh, I _________ it when I was tidying up the other day.
4 A: It's very hot in here!
B: Well, __________ your jacket, then.
5 A: Could you ___________ this please, Jill? Just to make sure I haven't made
any mistakes.
B: Yes, of course. Just leave it on my desk.
6 A: I didn't know you could speak Spanish, Pam.
B: Didn't you? Oh, I _________ it ____________ when I worked as a tour guide
on
the Costa Brava.
7 A: What did you do when she fainted?
B: I threw some water over her face and she _________ .
8 A: Your daughter's very musical, Mrs Kimble.
B: Yes, I know. She ________ her father. He's a musician.
9 A: Aren't you speaking to Colin these days?
B: No, we _________ last week and haven't spoken to each other since.
10 A: I can't find that book Tom lent me.
B: Don't worry, I’ll help you to_________it.
'Examinations exert a pernicious influence on education'
We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the
methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they
were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed
to devise anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious
claim that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more
often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the
knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing
about a person's true ability and aptitude.
As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so
much depends on them. They are the mark of success or failure in our society. Your
whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn't matter that you weren't
feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don't count: the
exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a
sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do.
The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where
success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the
increasing number of 'drop-outs': young people who are written off as utter failures
before they have even embarked on a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate
among students?
A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself.
The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid
down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorise. Examinations do not
motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him
to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They lower the standards
of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedom. Teachers themselves are
often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are
reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most
successful candidates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in
the technique of working under duress.
The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a
subjective assessment by some anonymous examiner. Examiners are only human.
They get tired and hungry; they make mistakes. Yet they have to mark stacks of
hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort
of pressure as the candidates. And their word carries weight. After a judge's decision
you have the right of appeal, but not after an examiner's. There must surely be' many
simpler and more effective ways of assessing a person's true abilities. Is it cynical to
suggest that examinations are merely a profitable business for the institutions that
run them? This is what it boils down to in the last analysis. The best comment on the
system is this illiterate message recently scrawled on a wall: ‘I were a teenage drop-
out and now I are a teenage millionaire.’
The argument: key words
1. Great progress in many fields, but exams: a primitive method of testing
knowledge and ability.
2. Educationists haven't devised anything more efficient, reliable.
3. Exams should test what you know; often do the opposite.
4. Test of memory, working under pressure; not ability', aptitude.
5. Exams cause anxiety: mark of success or failure; future decided by them.
6. Personal factors (e.g. health, mother's death) immaterial.
7. Cannot give of your best if in terror or after sleepless night
8. School: vicious competition: success, failure clearly defined, measured.
9. Increasing number of 'drop-outs', suicides.
10. Education should train you to think for yourself; exam system doesn't.
11. Exams encourage memorisation; restrict reading; induce cramming.
12. They lower teaching standards; teacher: no freedom.
13. Teachers often judged by exam results; therefore teach exam techniques.
14. Most successful candidates not best educated; best trained in techniques.
15. Results: subjective assessment by examiner.
16. Examiners human: tired, hungry, make mistakes, work under pressure.
17. After judge's decision, right of appeal; not after examiner's.
18. There must be more effective ways of assessing ability.
19. Exams merely a profitable business?
The counter-argument: key words
1. Exams arc a well-tried system: many advantages.
2. They offer the best quick way of assessing a candidate.
3. Their reliability has been proved again and again.
4. They are marked anonymously: therefore reliable.
5. Not possible to do well relying merely on memory and exam techniques.
6. They are often not the only way of assessing a candidate: used in connection
with teachers' assessments.
7. Exams are constantly being improved.
8. There are complex checking systems used by examiners to ensure fair results.
9. There is a lot of research into objective testing techniques to eliminate human
error.
10. Computers are already widely used to mark specially devised tests.
11. Pernicious aspects of system (cramming, etc.) are not the fault of
examinations, but of the teacher.
12. Teachers cram weak pupils to push them through; able pupils don't need
cramming.
13. Teachers want examinations: they provide a clear objective.
14. The exam system may not be perfect, but it's the best we have; it may be
painful, but so are many things in life.
Health and Illness
Parts of the body
1 How many of the following words do you know?* Work in pairs. Take it in
turns to read out one of the words below. Your partner now tries to point to the appropriate part of his or her body. If correct, the word is crossed out.
2 Here are some new and more difficult words to describe parts of the body. Look at the drawings here and write the correct numbers 1-28 next to the following words.
Adam's apple eyelid nostril bags under the eyes freckles parting crow's feet lobe scar dimple mole temple double chin moustache wrinkles
ankle forehead thigh
cheek heel throat
chest jaw thumb
chin knee tongue
elbow neck waist
eyebrow shoulder wrist
eyelash stomach
Were there any words you didn't know?
armpit calf instep palm
back fist knuckle pot belly
biceps hip navel shin
bust
Parts of the body verbs Here are twelve parts of the body that can also be used as verbs. Put them in
the sentences 1-12 below. Use each verb once only and make any changes where necessary.
elbow hand nose stomach
face head palm thumb
foot knuckle shoulder toe
1 The teacher told the pupil that she would really have to down if she wanted to pass
the exam.
2 I could never be a soldier and fight in a war. I just couldn't the killing.
3 Since both his fiancee's parents were dead, his own parents offered to the bill for
the wedding.
4 Although some members of the party didn't agree with the new
tax on books and magazines, they decided to ______________________
the fine, rather than vote against their own party.
5 I tried to stop the shoplifter but she ____________________ me out of
the way
6 If Mike tries to _________________ off his old computer on you, just
tell him you're looking for something more up-to-date.
7 The way she drives she's ________________ for an accident.
8 As they had missed the last bus they decided to try to a lift home.
9 After hiding from the police for three weeks, he finally decided to give himself up and
_______________________________________the music.
10 He had to sack his cleaner because he found her ___________________
about among his private letters and documents one morning.
11 She _______________ me a cup of tea and told me to help myself
to milk and sugar.
12 The Government is being asked to ___________________ the cost of
tidying up after the recent floods.
In other words... At the end of each section in this book you are going to learn some common and useful idioms. Try to learn them by heart as they will help you to read newspapers, magazines and understand everyday conversations.
a) Match the sentences 1-10 with a suitable idiom a-j. Write your answers in the boxes on the next page.
1 He got up and made a speech without any preparation or notes.
2 He promised not to tell anyone about her brother being in prison.
3 'It was really cheap. I only paid £15 for it'
4 He was very fond of his granddaughter.
5 He wanted to laugh, but managed to control himself.
6 He was really frightened.
7 'I asked him how his wife was. How was I to know she was dead?'
8 He made fun of the way the man spoke and looked.
9 'My brother lost his job last week for hitting a foreman.'
10 'It was a joke, David. He wasn't being serious.'
a He had a soft spot for her.
b He took the mickey out of him.
с He kept a straight face.
d He put his foot in it.
e He got the sack.
f He did it off the cuff.
g He was pulling your leg.
h He got it for a song.
i He was shaking like a leaf.
j He gave his word.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(b) Now complete the following six dialogues with a suitable idiom. Choose from the above list and make any necessary changes.
1 A: How's the new job, Judy?
B: Haven't you heard? I _________________ last week.
2 A: That's a lovely desk. Was it expensive?
B: No, I ________________ because the owner was going abroad.
It only cost £30. A: That was a
bargain!
3 A: What did you think of his speech?
B: Wasn't it awful! I really don't know how I managed to
______________I was dying to laugh.
A: Yes, me too.
4 A: Carol's uncle really spoils her, doesn't he? B: Yes, he's always
____________________________________ his niece.
5 A: That was an excellent speech, Margaret. It must have taken
you ages to prepare.
B: No, I didn't know they were going to ask me to say
anything. I ___________________
6 A: _______________ that you won't tell anyone about this.
B: Don't worry, Peter, I won't say a thing. I promise.
Inside the body
Look at the two drawings on these pages then write the correct numbers 1-20 next to the following words.
artery intestines pelvis/hip-bone spine/ backbone
bladder
kidney ribs
vein
brain kneecap shin bone vertebrae
breastbone liver shoulder blade windpipe
collar bone
heart
lung skull
Internal Organs
Parts of the body idioms
Match the idioms 1-16 with the correct definitions a-p. Write your answers in the boxes on the opposite page.
I to be a pain in the neck
2 to be all ears
3 to be all fingers and thumbs
4 to be all skin and bones
5 to be down in the mouth
6 to be rushed off one's feet
7 to bite a person's head off
8 to bite one's tongue
9 to give someone a piece of one's mind
10 to give someone the cold shoulder
II to have a lump in one's throat
12 to have one's back to the wall
13 to have one's heart in one's mouth
14 to make one's blood boil 15 to turn a blind eye to something
16 to welcome someone with open arms
a to scold someone severely; to tell someone angrily what one thinks of them
b to be in a bad or dangerous situation from which there is no escape
с to deliberately ignore someone
d to be so busy that one doesn't have time to stop or rest
e to be a pest and a nuisance; to be an irritating, annoying person
f to greet someone warmly
g to be very nervous or frightened
h to be very clumsy
i to make one angry
j to listen very attentively to news or information that may be to one's advantage
к to pretend not to notice something, often something that is illegal
l to be very thin
m to feel sad; to be on the verge of tears
n to make a big effort to stop oneself from saying what one really feels
о to be depressed
p to speak angrily or rudely to someone
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Follow up Rewrite the following sentences using a suitable idiom from the above list. To help you, a part of the body is given in brackets after each sentence.
1 The mother was on the verge of tears as she tried to talk about her dead son.
(throat)
2 All right, all right! Calm down! There's no need to be so angry!
(head)
3 He drove like a madman along the motorway and I was very frightened all the way
to London. (mouth)
4 I hope she doesn't bring her kid brother this time - he was a real pest the last time he
was here. (neck)
5 What have I done to Pamela? She's been completely ignoring me all morning.
(shoulder)
6 Seeing young people carrying racist banners really makes me angry. (blood)
7 She needs to eat more - she's so thin. (skin)
8 She saw the girl taking sweets from the shop, but pretended she hadn't noticed her.
(eye)
9 When she found out that he hadn't done what he had promised to do, she really told
him what she thought of him. (mind)
10 You're looking depressed today, Terry. Come on, cheer up! (mouth)
Medical equipment, etc.
Look at the drawings on these pages and write the correct numbers 1-20 next to the following words.
adhesive tape
bandage
capsule
cotton wool
crutch
hearing aid
(hypodermic) needle
ointment
pill/tablet
plaster cast
safety pin
sling
stethoscope
stretcher
thermometer
tweezers walking
frame walking
stick wheelchair
X-ray
Skin and body disorders
Look at the drawings below and write the correct numbers 1-10 next to the
following words.
a blister a bump a mole varicose veins
aboil a corn pimples a wart
a bruise a cut
Group the words Here are twenty words in alphabetical order. Write each word under the correct heading (10 words under each).
ambulance emergency lozenge tranquillizer
anaesthetic fracture operation unconscious
antibiotics insulin pain killer vaccination
aspirin kiss of life patient ward
cough mixture laxative sleeping table x – ray
Medicine, medication and drugs Hospitals and accidents
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
What is the difference between the following?
1 an antibiotic - an antiseptic
2 a sleeping tablet - a tranquillizer
3 a fracture - an X-ray
4 vaccination - anaesthetic
At the doctor's Fill in the missing words in the passage below. Choose from the following:
appointment lung cancer stethoscope
blood pressure medicine surgery
couch prescription symptoms
examination pulse temperature
GP receptionist waiting-room
Last week I phoned my (1) ____________________ to make an (2)
to see her, as I had been feeling a bit under the weather recently.
When I arrived at her (3) ______________ , there were only two other people in the
(4) _________________________________________ _. I gave my name to the (5) and sat
down to await my turn. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait long.
The doctor asked me what was wrong, so I told her my
(6) _________, namely that I had been feeling very tired and often had difficulty in
breathing. She told me to lie down on the (7) ________ and gave me an (8)
________ . First, she felt my (9) ____ Then she took my (10) ____ ,
which was a bit high. Next she took my (11) ____ It was 37.9°C. Finally, she listened to
my breathing through her (12) __ .
She didn't think there was anything seriously wrong with me – I was just a bit run
down. So she wrote out a (13) ___ for some (14) _ which she said would make
me feel better. She also advised me, as she always did, to stop smoking and reminded
me that if I didn't, then one day I might get (15) _____ . As usual, I promised to try.
First aid
Artificial respiration (The kiss of life) If an ill or injured person is not breathing, it is sometimes possible to start the breathing again by blowing air from your lungs into his or hers. As the body needs constant oxygen, you must begin artificial respiration (breathing) as soon as you discover that a casualty is not breathing. Below is a step-to-step guide to how to give an adult artificial respiration. Unfortunately, the sentences are in the wrong order. Put them in the correct order by numbering them 1-10. The first one has been done for you.
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a blue-grey pallor towards pinkness. Give the first six to ten inflations fairly
promptly, one after the other, then work according to the reaction of your
casualty. If he is
□
inflations coincide with his own breathing in, and continue until you feel
that he can cope alone. It can seem hopeless
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Lie the casualty on his* back and tilt back his head while supporting the
back of his neck with the other hand. Keep
□
recovery position1 and watch to make sure that breathing continues.
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pinkish, he is probably getting enough oxygen so just keep going steadily. If
he is still pale blue-grey, he is not getting an adequate supply of oxygen, so
try to get more air into
□
the chin up and blow air deeply and slowly into either the mouth or the
nose (sealing the other to prevent air escaping) until the chest rises, showing
that you have inflated
□
to go on with artificial respiration but persistence is sometimes rewarded
even after as long as an hour, so keep going (as long as the heart is
beating).
When the casualty is breathing naturally, place him in the
□ lungs. Watch the chest fall.
Repeat. If the heart is beating, the effect of the first few inflations should
be a change in the casualty's colour from
□
him quickly. But always wait for all the air to escape before you blow in
again.
If the casualty begins to breathe again himself, let your
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the lungs. If the chest fails to rise, check that you have the casualty's head in
the correct position. If it still does not rise after this, check for an obstruction
in the airway.
Remove your mouth and allow the air to escape from the
1 The recovery position means lying face downwards with the head turned to one side and with the arm and leg on that side pulled up to prevent the casualty from flopping down completely on his front. The chin should also be pulled up to keep the airway clear.
* To avoid undue repetition of his or her, a male casualty has been assumed.
Treatment in various situations and emergencies
Read through the list of situations and emergencies below, then decide how you would treat the casualties. Write the correct numbers (1-12) next to the words below.
an animal bite (not serious) feeling faint
bruising headaches, migraine
burns a heart attack
choking a nose-bleed
cramp poisoning
drowning a stroke
1 Reassure the casualty and let him or her rest in a half-sitting position with head
and shoulders supported and knees bent. Put a cushion under them. To help get
oxygen into the brain, loosen any tight clothing around the throat, chest and waist.
Send for an ambulance and while you wait, check the pulse rate every five or ten
minutes and pass this information on to the ambulancemen.
2 If food has gone down the wrong way or a child has got something caught in his or
her throat and coughing does not bring it up, slap him or her sharply on the back up
to four times, between the shoulder blades.
3 All you can do is to try to minimize the effect of damage to the brain by keeping the
patient breathing. Loosen clothing and support him or her in a half-sitting position
with the head to one side, so that any saliva can drain away. Arrange for urgent
removal to hospital. Do not give anything to eat or drink.
4 Do not waste time trying to clear water from the casualty's lungs but act at once. Do
not even wait to get the casualty out of the water - only his or her head need be
clear of it for you to begin artificial respiration - and after the first few inflations
continue on dry land. If you are successful and breathing starts again, place the
casualty in the recovery position and keep him or her warm. Take the casualty to
hospital in case the lungs have been affected.
5 If it breaks the skin it should be well cleaned with cotton wool squeezed out in warm
water or with a weak antiseptic solution.
6 Place a cold compress on the sufferer's forehead and get him or her to he down,
preferably somewhere quiet and dark. Also give him or her a mild painkiller, such as
aspirin.
7 Sit the patient quietly, head bent forward to prevent blood running back down the
throat. Get him or her to pinch the soft part of the nostrils together. After ten
minutes the patient may release his or her grip gently.
8 Apply a cold compress, e.g. ice cubes in a plastic bag, or even a pack of frozen peas
to slow down the flow of blood and reduce the swelling.
9 There is little you can do yourself but if any liquid remains around the mouth, wash
it away with cold water. If what has been swallowed is something corrosive such as
bleach or acid, give sips of milk or water to dilute it and cool the lips and mouth but
do not induce vomiting as this may cause the throat and mouth to be burned again
as the chemical comes up. Get the casualty to hospital.
10 Advise the person to sit down, put his or her head between his or her knees and
take deep breaths.
11 Straighten out the affected part and then massage gently to ease the muscle.
12 The main thing to remember is to cool the injured part at once by running or
pouring cold water over it. Even covering with wet towels or handkerchiefs will help.
Continue this for at least fifteen minutes. If it still hurts after an hour, seek medical
advice.
Follow up
What would you do if someone
• had fainted
• had hiccups
• had a hangover
• had swallowed a coin or a paper clip
• had frostbite
Useful verbs to do with health 1 Match up the verbs 1-16 with the most suitable endings a-p. Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1 amputate a. against diseases
2 convalesce b. your ankle
3 cure c. a baby
4 cut d. penicillin into the bloodstream
5 deaden e. after an illness
6 deliver f. a heart or kidney
7 dislocate g. someone back to health
8 dress h. a leg
9 inject i. a muscle
10 inoculate j. your shoulder
11 nick k. yourself with the knife
12 nurse l. the disease
13 prescribe m. a wound
14 pull n. the pain
15 sprain / twist o. yourself shaving
16 transplant p. some medicine
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Useful verbs to do with health 2
Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below. Choose from the following
and make any changes where necessary. Use each verb once only.
ache disfigure infect suffer from
blister disinfect injure suffocate
bruise faint lose consciousness swell up
choke fracture maim treat
contaminate have a release recuperate vaccinate
diagnose heal sterilize x-ray
1 She seemed to be getting better when suddenly she ________ and within a week
was dead.
2 My mother is now ________________at a private nursing home after
her operation.
3 A fairly common way of ________________ rheumatism is to give the
patient a cortisone injection.
4 The doctor ________________ her illness as leukaemia.
5 I went running last night and I've been_________________ ever since.
6 My sister has ________________hay fever since she was twelve.
7 They deliberately ________________ the rats with the disease in
order to test the effectiveness of the new drug.
8 She almost _______________ to death on a chicken bone.
9 The leg could be broken. I think we'd better ____________________ it,
just to make sure.
10 I remember vaguely seeing the doctor's face before I
______________ The next thing I remember was waking up in a
hospital bed.
11 The cut looks nasty. We'd better wash it and _____________________ it
immediately.
12 When a mosquito bit her, her whole foot _________________
13 Two soldiers on parade ________________ in the hot sun.
14 When he played his first game of tennis for a long time, his hand because he
wasn't used to holding the racket.
alternative feverish operating theatre
medicine germs paralysis
antidote infectious plastic surgery
blood transfusion injection post-mortem
check-up intensive-care quarantine
contagious unit side-effects
dose invalid sufferer
epidemic
15 Two hundred people were killed and thousands _________________ in
the recent earthquake in Mexico.
16 She asked the doctor to ___________________ her children against
measles.
17 He _______________ his leg in two places when he fell down the
stairs..
18 She ______________ her knee when she banged her leg against the
table.
19 She survived the plane crash but was __________________ for life and
will never walk again.
20 His wound has now ________________ completely and it hasn't even
left a scar.
21 Her face was badly _________ . in the fire.
22 We were told not to eat the food because it had been by rats.
23 The room was really hot and all the windows were closed. At one point I felt I was
going to __________________________________
24 Before the operation all the materials and tools were carefully to kill any bacteria.
Other useful words to do with health
Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
1 If you have an _____ disease, such as a cold, others can
catch it from you even if they don't touch you.
2 He's a surgeon and spends most of his time in the _________________
3 A ______________ showed that he had died of food poisoning.
4 Summer is a nightmare for my wife as she's a hay fever ___.
5 Acupuncture, herbal medicine, osteopathy and homeopathy are examples of
6 She had lost so much blood in the car crash that she had to be given a
7 He's very seriously ill and has been moved to the hospital's ______ .
8 If you bring a dog or a cat into Britain from abroad, it has to
spend six months in _________________ , just to make sure it isn't
suffering from any diseases.
9 My cousin is diabetic and has to have an insulin ___________________
every day.
10 She's been bitten by a snake. Unless she's given an soon, she could die.
11 One of the _______________ of this drug is that your hair falls out.
12 Thousands of old people died in the latest flu ____________________ to
sweep through the country.
13 He went to the doctor for his annual _________________
14 Her face was so badly disfigured in the fire that she needed
15 'I've been feeling very ________________ , doctor,' he explained, 'and
I've also been having these pains in my chest.'
16 A ______________ disease in one that can be passed on from
person to person by touch.
17 She never fully recovered after the accident and spent the rest of her life as an
18 According to the television advert, this disinfectant kills all known household
19 Take one _______________ of this cough mixture three times a day.
20 This disease can cause temporary ______________of the right arm and
leg.
In other words...
(a) Match the statements 1-10 with suitable idioms a-j. Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1 The book was a best-seller and the author earned over £1 million.
2 The criminal told the police everything about the robbery.
3 Her mother is President of the company.
4 Janet always gets up very early.
5 'I'm a great actress. I'm probably one of the best of my generation!'
6 'I'm going to work harder. I really must.'
7 She's a very lively child.
8 'I hope he phones soon. I'm really worried and nervous.'
9 'I don't feel very well today.'
10 'My mother looks exactly like Margaret Thatcher.'
a She's an early bird.
b She's full of beans.
с She's a bit under the weather.
d She's decided to pull her socks up.
e She's a big shot.
f She's the spitting image of her.
g She's blowing her own trumpet.
h She made a bomb.
i She's on tenterhooks.
j She spilt the beans.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Idioms using parts of the body
Fill in the missing idioms in the definitions below. Choose from the following and make any necessary changes, especially to verbs and the words in italics.
get cold feet
get off on the wrong foot
get something off one's chest
have one's back to the wall
have one's heart in one's mouth
have something on the brain
jump down someone's throat
jump out of one's skin
keep one's fingers
crossed live from hand to mouth
lose face
lose one's head
pay through the nose
set one's heart on (something)
stick one's neck out
stretch one's legs
take to one's heels
tongue-in-cheek
turn a blind eye to (something)
wet behind the ears
1 If you ______________ , you speak angrily to them.
2 If you ______________ something, you want it very much.
3 If someone says you're ________________ , they mean that you're
young and inexperienced.
4 ________________ If you , you suddenly stop something or withdraw from it
because you become nervous or frightened of the consequences. For example, you decide
not to take a job you've been offered abroad because you're nervous or frightened to leave
your country and friends.
5 If you ______________ , you panic and lose control.
6 If you ______________ , you run away.
7 If you ______________ , you feel very nervous or frightened about
something.
8 If you something, you deliberately ignore it and
pretend that you don't see it.
9 If two people , they start their relationship badly.
10 If you ______________ , you live very poorly, spending any money
you earn as soon as you get it, and never being able to save for the future.
11 If you _____________ , you take a risk, especially by doing or
saying something which may cause trouble for yourself. It also means making a
prediction which may turn out to be completely wrong.
12 If someone made a sudden, loud noise behind you, you might
____________ In other words, you would get a sudden shock or
fright.
13 If you say something _____, you don't really mean what
you say or expect your words to be taken seriously.
14 If you tell a friend that you will _______________ for him, you mean
that you hope he will be lucky or successful, for example, in an examination or job
interview.
15 If you ___________ , you finally talk about something that has
been bothering you for a long time but which you haven't wante d to talk about until
now.
16 If you ____________ for something, you pay far more for it than
it is really worth.
17 If you ____________ , for example, golf - it means that you think
about it and talk about it all the time.
18 If you ____________ , you are either made to look foolish or you
lose the respect of others.
19 If you ____________ , you find yourself in a position where you
are forced to defend yourself.
20 If you ____________ , you go for a walk, often after having been
sitting down for a long time.
Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
By Jerome K. Jerome
Extract from Chapter I.
THREE INVALIDS. – SUFFERINGS OF GEORGE AND HARRIS. – A
VICTIM TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN FATAL MALADIES. –
USEFUL PRESCRIPTIONS. – CURE FOR LIVER COMPLAINT IN
CHILDREN. – WE AGREE THAT WE ARE OVERWORKED, AND NEED
REST.
THERE were four of us – George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and
Montmorency. We were sitting in my room, smoking, and talking about how
bad we were – bad from a medical point of view I mean, of course.
We were all feeling seedy, and we were getting quite nervous about it. Harris
said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness come over him at times, that he
hardly knew what he was doing; and then George said that HE had fits of
giddiness too, and hardly knew what HE was doing. With me, it was my liver
that was out of order. I knew it was my liver that was out of order, because I
had just been reading a patent liver-pill circular, in which were detailed the
various symptoms by which a man could tell when his liver was out of order. I
had them all.
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine
advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering
from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form. The
diagnosis seems in every case to correspond exactly with all the sensations that
I have ever felt.
I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for
some slight ailment of which I had a touch – hay fever, I fancy it was. I got
down the book, and read all I came to read; and then, in an unthinking moment,
I idly turned the leaves, and began to indolently study diseases, generally. I
forget which was the first distemper I plunged into – some fearful, devastating
scourge, I know – and, before I had glanced half down the list of “premonitory
symptoms,” it was borne in upon me that I had fairly got it.
I sat for a while, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I
again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms –
discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for months without
knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus’s Dance –
found, as I expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my case,
and determined to sift it to the bottom, and so started alphabetically – read up
ague, and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would
commence in about another fortnight. Bright’s disease, I was relieved to find, I
had only in a modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for
years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to
have been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters,
and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid’s knee.
I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight.
Why hadn’t I got housemaid’s knee? Why this invidious reservation? After a
while, however, less grasping feelings prevailed. I reflected that I had every
other known malady in the pharmacology, and I grew less selfish, and
determined to do without housemaid’s knee. Gout, in its most malignant stage,
it would appear, had seized me without my being aware of it; and zymosis I
had evidently been suffering with from boyhood. There were no more diseases
after zymosis, so I concluded there was nothing else the matter with me.
I sat and pondered. I thought what an interesting case I must be from a medical
point of view, what an acquisition I should be to a class! Students would have
no need to “walk the hospitals,” if they had me. I was a hospital in myself. All
they need do would be to walk round me, and, after that, take their diploma.
Then I wondered how long I had to live. I tried to examine myself. I felt my
pulse. I could not at first feel any pulse at all. Then, all of a sudden, it seemed
to start off. I pulled out my watch and timed it. I made it a hundred and forty-
seven to the minute. I tried to feel my heart. I could not feel my heart. It had
stopped beating. I have since been induced to come to the opinion that it must
have been there all the time, and must have been beating, but I cannot account
for it. I patted myself all over my front, from what I call my waist up to my
head, and I went a bit round each side, and a little way up the back. But I could
not feel or hear anything. I tried to look at my tongue. I stuck it out as far as
ever it would go, and I shut one eye, and tried to examine it with the other. I
could only see the tip, and the only thing that I could gain from that was to feel
more certain than before that I had scarlet fever.
I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a
decrepit wreck.
I went to my medical man. He is an old chum of mine, and feels my pulse, and
looks at my tongue, and talks about the weather, all for nothing, when I fancy
I’m ill; so I thought I would do him a good turn by going to him now. “What a
doctor wants,” I said, “is practice. He shall have me. He will get more practice
out of me than out of seventeen hundred of your ordinary, commonplace
patients, with only one or two diseases each.” So I went straight up and saw
him, and he said:
“Well, what’s the matter with you?”
I said:
“I will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the matter with
me. Life is brief, and you might pass away before I had finished. But I will tell
you what is NOT the matter with me. I have not got housemaid’s knee. Why I
have not got housemaid’s knee, I cannot tell you; but the fact remains that I
have not got it. Everything else, however, I HAVE got.”
And I told him how I came to discover it all.
Then he opened me and looked down me, and clutched hold of my wrist, and
then he hit me over the chest when I wasn’t expecting it – a cowardly thing to
do, I call it – and immediately afterwards butted me with the side of his head.
After that, he sat down and wrote out a prescription, and folded it up and gave
it me, and I put it in my pocket and went out.
I did not open it. I took it to the nearest chemist’s, and handed it in. The man
read it, and then handed it back.
He said he didn’t keep it.
I said:
“You are a chemist?”
He said:
“I am a chemist. If I was a co-operative stores and family hotel combined, I
might be able to oblige you. Being only a chemist hampers me.”
I read the prescription. It ran:
“1 lb. beefsteak, with
1 pt. bitter beer
every 6 hours.
1 ten-mile walk every morning.
1 bed at 11 sharp every night.
And don’t stuff up your head with things you don’t understand.”
I followed the directions, with the happy result – speaking for myself – that my
life was preserved, and is still going on.
In the present instance, going back to the liver-pill circular, I had the
symptoms, beyond all mistake, the chief among them being “a general
disinclination to work of any kind.”
What I suffer in that way no tongue can tell. From my earliest infancy I have
been a martyr to it. As a boy, the disease hardly ever left me for a day. They
did not know, then, that it was my liver. Medical science was in a far less
advanced state than now, and they used to put it down to laziness.
“Why, you skulking little devil, you,” they would say, “get up and do
something for your living, can’t you?” – not knowing, of course, that I was ill.
And they didn’t give me pills; they gave me clumps on the side of the head.
And, strange as it may appear, those clumps on the head often cured me – for
the time being. I have known one clump on the head have more effect upon my
liver, and make me feel more anxious to go straight away then and there, and
do what was wanted to be done, without further loss of time, than a whole box
of pills does now.
You know, it often is so – those simple, old-fashioned remedies are sometimes
more efficacious than all the dispensary stuff.
We sat there for half-an-hour, describing to each other our maladies. I
explained to George and William Harris how I felt when I got up in the
morning, and William Harris told us how he felt when he went to bed; and
George stood on the hearth-rug, and gave us a clever and powerful piece of
acting, illustrative of how he felt in the night.
George FANCIES he is ill; but there’s never anything really the matter with
him, you know.
At this point, Mrs. Poppets knocked at the door to know if we were ready for
supper. We smiled sadly at one another, and said we supposed we had better
try to swallow a bit. Harris said a little something in one’s stomach often kept
the disease in check; and Mrs. Poppets brought the tray in, and we drew up to
the table, and toyed with a little steak and onions, and some rhubarb tart.
I must have been very weak at the time; because I know, after the first half-
hour or so, I seemed to take no interest whatever in my food – an unusual thing
for me – and I didn’t want any cheese.
This duty done, we refilled our glasses, lit our pipes, and resumed the
discussion upon our state of health. What it was that was actually the matter
with us, we none of us could be sure of; but the unanimous opinion was that it
– whatever it was – had been brought on by overwork.
“What we want is rest,” said Harris.
“Rest and a complete change,” said George. “The overstrain upon our brains
has produced a general depression throughout the system. Change of scene,
and absence of the necessity for thought, will restore the mental equilibrium.”
1. Find synonymous words and phrases from the text:
unhealthy to creep to save
spells of dizziness senile to attribute
in bad condition friend pharmacy
to specify assume to fool around
acute stage to do a favour to continue
feeling to die fatigue
bad mood to strike (3) to cause
catastrophic to hinder
2. Match the columns to restore collocations from the text.
pill an equilibrium
to be impelled in check
to produce to work
disinclination circular
to feel complications
severe a depression
keep to a conclusion
to restore the pulse
3. Enumerate the diseases mentioned and describe their symptoms.
4. Answer the following questions on the text:
a) How can you characterize the narrator?
b) Why is the first part of the chapter called “Three Invalids”?
c) What faults does the narrator find in his health? What is really wrong with him?
d) Does the narrator and his friends care about their health? Provide proof.
e) How did you find the doctor’s prescription? If you were in his shoes, what else
would you recommend?
f) How did the narrator’s health affect his childhood? What was the only cure for his
diseases?
g) What do you think the three friends will do to treat their overstrain?
5. Comment on the following phrases (in the context of the text if possible)
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A healthy outside starts from the inside.
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a
carrier.
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets
knowledge, the latter ignorance.
Учебные материалы для студентов
Преподаватель: Назарова Галина Петровна
Дисциплина: Английский язык
Специальность: Таможенное Дело
Аспект: Практика устной речи
Курс: II
Семестр: IV
N/N SPORTS STUDENTS
1 ACROBATICS
2 ACROBAТIC SKIING
3 ALPINISM
4 ARCHERY
5 ARM WRESTLING
6 ATHLETICS
7 AUTOMOBILE RACING
8 BADMINGTON
9 BALL ROOM DANCING
10 BASEBALL
11 BASKETBALL
12 BIATHLON
13 BICYCLE RACING
14 BILLIARDS / SNOOKER/POOLS
15 BOAT RACING
16 BODYBUILDING
17 BOWLING
18 BOWLS
19 BOXING
20 CHEERLEADING
21 CRICKET
22 CURLING
23 FENCING
24 FOOTBALL
25 FOXHUNTING
26 GOLF
27 GYМNASТICS
28 HANDBALL and ВЕАСН HANDBALL
29 НОСКЕУ
30 HORSE RACING
31 HURDLING
32 JUDO
33 JUMPING STYLES
34 KAYAKING
35 KICKBOXING
36 MOUNTAINEERING
37 PARACHUTE JUMPING
38 PENTATHLON
39 POLO
40 RAFTING
41 RIDING
42 SQUASH
43 RUGBY
44 RUSSIAN BILLIARD
45 SAILING
46 SHOOTING
47 SКAТING
48 SKIING
49 SNOWSURFING
50 SOCCER
51 SPORTS AEROBICS
52 STREETBALL
53 SUMO
54 SWIMMING
55 SYNCHRO SWIMMING
56 ТABLE TENNIS
57 TENNIS(LAWN)
58 THROWINGS
59 WATERPOLO
60 WINDSURFING
61 WRESTLING
62 VOLLEYBALL and ВЕАСН VOLLEYBALL
КАДНИКОВА
63 XTREME SPORTS
Vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it's amazing
how little we have developed in other respects We may speak contemptuously of the poor
old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas We
may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive
them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But
are our feelings of superiority really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do
boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Don't the spectators who
attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remain as bloodthirsty as ever
they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were
honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungry lions tearing people apart and
eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which
should have been banned long ago; sports which arc quite as barbarous as, say, public
hangings or bear-baiting
It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-
fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp
in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of
racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of ‘the
sporting spirit' is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high
rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A
world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of
people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel
disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing
prolonged torture and violence.
Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask.
The answer is simple: they are uncivilised. For centuries man has been trying to improve
himself spiritually and emotionally -admittedly with little success But at least we no longer
tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings or any of the countless
other barbaric practices which were common in the past Prisons are no longer the grim
forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of
the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come
about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because
positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument of social
change that we have and it may exert great civilising influence. If we banned dangerous and
violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind We would
recognise that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.
The argument: key words
1 Great technological progress; little in other respеcts
2 We may despise the Romans: orgies of slaughter, entertainment 2000 years ago.
3 Are we less bloodthirsty?
4 E.g boxing matches: spectators hope to see violence
5 The Romans: honest enjoyment, lions eating people alive
6 We have sophisticated arguments to defend barbaric sports.
7 We allow hunting, bull-fighting, boxing, car-racing.
8 Sporting spirit', sheer hypocrisy.
9 Participants take part for big rewards.
10 Spectators pay vast sums to see violence.
11 E. g boxing matches: front page news.
12 Two rounds, not fifteen: disappointment.
13 Spectators deprived of pleasure: prolonged torture and violence.
14 Must ban violent sports: uncivilised.
15 Man: trying for centuries to improve spiritually, emotionally.
16 Eg. do not tolerate madmen in cages, public floggings, other barbaric practices.
17 Improvements: prisons, social welfare, fair distribution of wealth.
18 Positive steps to change society through the law.
19 Law: instrument of social change, civilizing influence.
20 Ban sports: improve mankind; violence degrading.
The counter-argument: key words
1 Who is to decide which sports are violent and dangerous?
2 E.g. is football violent? What about unruly crowds?
3 Isn't deep-sea diving dangerous?
4 All the sports mentioned (boxing, etc.): thrilling to watch.
5 Sports like car-racing: not violent; explore limits of human skill and endurance.
6 Small element of violence does no harm: part of human nature.
7 Millions watch boxing matches: an emotional outlet.
8 Sports like this do good to community: help to get violence out of our systems.
9 Barbaric practices of the past (floggings, etc.): nothing to do with modem sports
10 Sports have rarely been enforced or banned by law.
11 Sports evolved slowly and are refined: e.g. boxing: bare fists and today.
12 Elements of real danger removed: e.g. boxing matches are stopped, crashes on
race tracks fairly rare.
13 There are elements of danger in all sports: that is their point.
14 Supreme tests of human skill: universal enjoyment.
Holidays and entertainment
Places to stay on holiday
Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
bed and breakfast chalet motel
boarding house guest house self-catering
campsite holiday camp spa
caravan hotel youth hostel
1 If you have a tent, you can always stay at a __________ .
2 A ______________ is a place with a spring of mineral water, where people go for their health —
usually to try to cure various diseases.
3 In Britain you can stay the night at a _____________place. This is usually a private home and is
fairly cheap. It is sometimes called a _______________.
4 The Ritz is a famous ______________ in London. So is the Dorchester.
5 A _____________ is a large private home, where you can pay to stay and have meals. These are
very common at seaside resorts.
6 Many people take a ____________ with them on holiday. In many ways, it is like taking your
home with you. And the big advantage, of course, is that you can stop and sleep almost anywhere.
7 А ___________________is a place where large numbers of people, especially families, stay. Here, all the
food, accommodation and entertainment is included in the price. You usually stay in a
wooden building called a ______________ .
8 A __________________ is specially built for motorists, with a space to park your car next to the rooms.
9 Many young people and those on walking or cycling holidays stay at a This is usually very
basic and cheap, and you often have to sleep in the same room as others.
10 Many people when they go abroad stay at a _____________________ cottage or flat. Here, they have to do
all the cooking themselves.
Booking a holiday
In the following extract from a dialogue at a travel agency the lines are mixed
up. Put them in the correct order. Some numbers have already been filled in.
__ - Amsterdam.
__ - Did you say June 5th?
__ - Right. Now if I could just have some details from you...
1 Good morning. Can I help you?
__ - Two weeks, if possible.
__ - June 3rd. Yes, we have room. How many of you will there be?
3 In which month?
__ - No, the 3rd. It's July 5th.
__ - Yes, I'd like to book a coach holiday, please. To Holland.
__ - I see. Well, the one on June 3rd sounds all right. I'll take that.
__ - And where exactly in Holland?
__ - Two weeks? Right. We have trips to Amsterdam on June 3rd, June 18th, July 5th and July 20th.
__ - Just me.
__ - Amsterdam. I see. And for how long?
__ - June or July.
Things you can do on holiday
Match the verbs (1-14) on the left with a suitable word or words ( a n ) on the right. Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1 buy a a really good time
2 eat b postcards home
3 get с on the beach
4 go d museums and art galleries
5 go on e a suntan
6 have f speaking a foreign
language
7 hire g in the pool
8 lie h some souvenirs
9 meet i a car
10 practise J sightseeing
11 send к lots of photographs
12 swim 1 at local restaurants
13 take m new people
14 visit n an excursion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Extracts from holiday brochures
Write the missing words in the extracts below. Choose from the following list.
Use each word once only.
Asia
explore scuba diving
bays holiday-makers sightseeing beaches markets spectacular breathtaking Mediterranean sunshine capital mountains trip coast palm unspoilt villages cuisine picturesque destinations restaurants dishes scenery
The island of Majorca is still one of most popular holiday (1)_________ in the (2)__________. It offers a range
of (3) ________ from the chain of (4)__________ which run across the west coast to the beautiful sandy
(5)______ with a backdrop of spectacular cliffs.
Visit the (6) ______________ , Palma, with majestic Bellver Castle and an abundance of shops. In the
(7)____________, you'll see a combination of ancient and modern on a smaller scale with plenty of
opportunities for watersports or sunbathing. There are numerous, excellent (8) _________ serving a wide
variety of Spanish cuisine and traditional local (9) ____ . Majorca is also famous for its festivals, nightlife
and Mallorquin dancing.
Lanzarote, lying only 100 kilometres off the (10) ________________ of Africa, boasts an excellent
(11)__________ record and a(12)______________volcanic landscape and huge, equally dramatic stretches of
fine sandy beaches.
(13) ______________the green shuttered, white-washed villages that nestle amongst looming lunar rock
formations and waving
(14) ______________trees, and don't miss a (15) ______________ to Fire Mountain, the island's live volcano.
Fortunately for the many (16) _______________ that visit the island, Lanzarote has much more to offer than
just natural beauty. Watersport enthusiasts can enjoy windsurfing and (17) __________. You can
purchase many duty free goods in the shops and sample the local (18) ____ at one of the island's many
restaurants. A hire car is an easy way to explore Lanzarote's (19) _____ , sleepy villages.
Stretching from Europe to (20 ) _____________ and the Middle East, Turkey, with its mixture of Eastern and
European influences, is one of the most exotic and (21)_______places you can visit.
The scenery is (22) _______________ with mountains sweeping down to silver beaches, and hundreds of
little (23)__________ are dotted along the coast.
Turkey's (24) _______________ are a bargain hunter's dream with their cheap leather goods, brass items and
of course Turkish carpets. The local food is marvelous and cheap, with numerous restaurants for you to
sample. (25)__________ enthusiasts won't be disappointed either - historical monuments stand as superb
reminders of a bygone age, with Ephesus one of the country's ancient treasures.
Other useful holiday words
Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following: Balcony Foreign currency Phrase-book
Beauty spot Guidebook Resort
Brochures Holiday-makers Sunbathing
Cruise Itinerary View
Excursion Package tour Visa
1 A___________________ is a holiday which includes travel, hotels, meals, etc. It is usually planned and
people travel in fairly large groups.
2 I like to come back from my holidays with a good sun tan, so I usually spend most of the day
__________________________________________________ ____________on the beach.
3 Before deciding where to go on holiday, we always read lots of different __________which we get from
our local travel agency.
4 I'm just going to the bank to get some _______________ for my trip to France next week.
5 In the winter, her parents always spent two weeks at a ski ___________in Austria.
6 When they booked in at the hotel, they asked for a room with a _________of the beach and a
__________they could
sit out on in the evenings.
7 If you don't speak the language in the country you're visiting, it's a good idea to take
a____________with you.
8 In the summer, Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne are always full of___________ — both British
and foreign.
9 When she visited Florida, she stayed in Orlando and went on an __________to the Kennedy Space
Centre.
10 You still need to apply for a ____________________ to visit certain foreign countries.
11 A ______________is a place known for the beauty of its scenery.
12 An _________________ is a plan of a journey, which includes the route, places to visit, and so on.
13 Before we visit a new place, we usually buy a _________________ to get to know something about the
place and to be able to plan our trip better.
14 I'd love to go on a world_________________ . Unfortunately, I don't think I ever will because I get seasick
very easily.
At the seaside Look at the drawing opposite, and write the numbers 1-20 next to the following words. Beach Deck-chair Lifeguard Sea
Beach hut Harbor Lighthouse Sea wall
Beach-ball Horizon Pier Spade
Bucket Hotel Sand Swimmer
Cliff Kite Sandcastle Wave
Countries, nationalities and languages
Complete the following lists. Don't forget that in some countries they speak more
than one language!
He or she comes from … He or she is … He or she speaks …
Australia ________________ ________________
Austria ________________ ________________
Belgium ________________ ________________
Brazil ________________ ________________
Britain ________________ ________________
Canada ________________ ________________
China ________________ ________________
Denmark ________________ ________________
Finland ________________ ________________
France ________________ ________________
Germany ________________ ________________
Greece ________________ ________________
Hungary ________________ ________________
Italy ________________ ________________
Japan ________________ ________________
Norway ________________ ________________
Poland ________________ ________________
Portugal ________________ ________________
Russia ________________ ________________
Spain ________________ ________________
Switzerland ________________ ________________
Turkey ________________ ________________
Public holidays and special occasions On the left is a list of British public holidays and special occasions (1-8). Match them with a date or definition (a~h) on the right. Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1. bank holiday a. January 1st
2. birthday b. December 26th
3. Boxing Day c. A religious festival, usually during
April
4. Christmas Day d. December 31st
5. Easter e. An official non-religious public
holiday
6. New Year`s Day f. The day every year when a couple
remember and celebrate the day
they got married
7. New Year`s Eve g. December 25th
8. wedding anniversary h. The day every year when a person
remember and celebrates the day
he or she was born
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4 5. 5 6. 6 7. 7 8. 8
The world of music: Musical instruments
Look at the drawings of the musical instruments below and then write the numbers 1-25 next to the following words.
accordion cymbal kettledrum triangle
bagpipes double bass oboe trombone
banjo flute organ trumpet
bassoon French horn piano tuba
bongoes harmonica saxophone viola
cello harp tambourine violin
clarinet
The world of music: A pop group
Read the following text and study the drawing on the. next page. Wh en you have finished, write the word printed in hold type in the text next to the correct numbers 1-16.
A pop group can have many forms, but a traditional one has a single lead singer, and
sometimes a backing group. There is nearly always a drummer sitting behind his or her
drum kit and two or three guitarists playing electric guitars. The person playing lead
guitar is usually a very good guitarist and has all the solos. The person playing bass
guitar, which is the biggest of the electric guitars, provides a strong, often pounding bass
rhythm. Sometimes, especially for a slower, quieter ballad, one of them might play an
acoustic guitar. The difference is that electric guitars always have to be plugged into an
amplifier. The singer sings into a microphone and behind him or her are usually several
enormous loudspeakers. Nowadays there is nearly always a keyboard player. He or she
plays a range of synthesizers and possibly an electric piano. Finally, some groups have a
saxophone player and might even have one or two dancers.
Write words here.
1. _____________________ 9. _____________________
2. _____________________ 10. _____________________
3. _____________________ 11. _____________________
4. _____________________ 12. _____________________
5. _____________________ 13. _____________________
6. _____________________ 14. _____________________
7. _____________________ 15. _____________________
8. _____________________ 16. _____________________
The theatre
1 Who’s who in the theatre? Match the words (1-14) on the left with a suitable
definition (a-n) on the right. Write your answers in the boxes at the bottom of the
page.
1. actor, actress
a the person who writes reviews of new
plays, musicals, etc.
2. audience b all the people who act in a play or a
musical
3. cast с learns another actor's part in order to be
able to take his place if he or she is ill or
unable to perform
4. company d reminds the actors of their next line in a
speech if they forget it
5. choreographer e shows people coming to watch the play
or musical to their seats
6. critic f makes up or arranges the steps for the
dancers who perform on stage
7. director g designs the scenery, etc. on stage
8. playwright h a group of actors, singers or dancers
who work together, e.g. The Royal
Shakespeare _________
9. prompter i the people who come to watch a play or
a musical
10. set designer j helps behind the scenes during a
production, e.g. by moving scenery, etc.
11. stage hand k a person who writes plays
12. stage manager 1 is responsible for everything that
happens on stage during a performance
13. understudy m a person whose job is acting n decides
how a play is performed; tells the actors
what to do
14. usher, usherette
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
2 Write the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
Aisle Curtain Interval Rehearse (verb)
Applause Dress rehearsal Matinee Row
Auditorium Dressing-room (orchestra) pit Stage
Box office First night Performance Stalls
Circle
(or balcony)
Foyer Programme Wings
1 We picked up the tickets we had ordered at the theatre ____________.
2 The _____________ is the large area just inside the main doors of a theatre where people
meet and wait, while the _______is the part of a theatre where the audience sit.
3 He was given the Evening Standard Actor of the Year award for his___________in
Cyrano de Bergerac.
4 We walked down the ____________ behind an usher as he showed us to our seats
in_________F.
5 The _____________ was terrible. Several of the actors forgot their lines, one or two
dancers fell over and there was a problem with the lighting. Let's hope the play's a lot
better when it opens on Saturday.
6 When you buy tickets you can choose to sit downstairs in the__________or upstairs in
the_______.
7 If you can't get to see the play in the evening, you can always go to the___________
or afternoon performance.
8 The audience really loved the new musical, as they showed by their loud________at
the end.
9 The ____________ is the area where the actors stand and perform.
10 I never go to see a play on its ________ . I prefer to wait a few weeks. It's usually
better then.
11 In front of the stage is an area where the musicians sit. This is called the___________.
12 If you want to know more about the play or the actors in it, you can always buy
a__________before the performance.
13 The audience became silent as the ______went up and the play began.
14 Before going on stage, the actors often wait in the________, that is, the area to the side
of the stage, hidden from the audience.
15 There is usually a short __________ of about 15-20 minutes between the acts of a play.
16 They normally ____________for at least two months before they perform in public.
17 The actors put on their costumes and make-up in the ______________.
The cinema
1 Read the definitions below, then write the numbers 1-15 next to the following
types of film.
Action/adventure film Fantasy film Musical
Cartoon Foreign film Science fiction book
Comedy Horror film Thriller
Drama Juvenile film War film
Disaster movie Love story Western
1 Film dealing with major disasters, such as earthquakes, large fires, plane crashes, etc.
2 In this film, love and romance are the key elements.
3 Film to do with some aspect of war.
4 Any non English-speaking film.
5 In this film, excitement is generated from action sequences.
6 Film aimed at children and young people.
7 Film which sets out to make the audience laugh.
8 Film about the American wild west, usually with cowboys, indians and gunfights.
9 Film set in the future, and often to do with space travel, robots, etc.
10 Film where the characters and/or situations could not exist in real life. Often deals
with magic and mystery, fantastic voyages, etc.
11 A very dramatic film where tension and suspense is deliberately maintained and is a
central feature of the plot.
12 In this film, the focus is on human relationships rather than action.
13 A film where the main aim is to terrify the audience.
14 Also called an animated film. Here the film is made by photographing drawings rather
than using live actors.
15 A film where the emphasis is on music. It usually contains lots of songs.
2 Read the film reviews below, then decide what type of film each one is. Choose
from the types of film above and write your answers under each title.
Danny, the Champion of the World (1989)
1 1 Type: __________________
Set in the 1950s, this tells the story of Danny, a 9-year-old living with his father. When their peaceful life in a caravan is threatened by a local developer who has bought all the surrounding land except their tiny plot, the boy finds a way to teach him a lesson. A nicely made and fun film for kids.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
9 Type: ___________________
Judy Garland gives a dazzling performance in this
much-loved movie. She is young Dorothy who is
knocked unconscious when a tornado rips through her
Kansas farmhouse and who wakes up in the
Technicolour world of Oz (the film starts in black and
white). A perfect MGM production with imaginative
sets, photography, costumes and make-up. The classic
Harold Arlen/ E Y Harburg songs include Follow the
Yellow Brick Road and the Oscar-winning Over the
Rainbow.
The Time Guardian (1987)
2 2 Type: __________________
Imaginative tale about a group of time-travellers from the future who arrive in a small Australian town to tell inhabitants that unstoppable killer cyborgs from the 40th century are on their way.
Big Business (1988)
10 Type: _________________
Two sets of identical twins, accidentally separated and switched at birth, meet up years later in New York when one set arrives for a showdown with the corporation that's going to erase their little home town, only to find that the other set of girts is in charge of the company Excellent performances from Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. The script is a bit contrived, but there are a lot of laughs.
Platoon (1986)
3 3 Type: __________________
A realistic look at the experiences of a front-line American soldier in Vietnam that says what has been said many times before: war is hell and meaningless.
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
11 Type: _________________
Two couples engage in a complex . session of all-night conversation that leads to much bitterness and recrimination. Ftichard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were never better together than in this totally absorbing but ultimately depressing film.
Earthquake (1974)
4 4 Type: __________________
An epic tale with a star-studded cast about the destruction of Los Angeles, as the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, affecting the lives of all who live there. Excellent special effects make up for the tedious and clichéd plot.
Ice Castles (1978)
12 Type: __________________
Tear-jerking romance about a young couple who meet on an ice rink and quickly fall in love. Both find fame and fortune on the ice -he as a professional hockey player, she as an Olympic champion dancer - but tragedy strikes when she becomes blind.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
5 Type: __________________
Steven Spielberg's all-action blockbuster with Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, who is sent to find the legendary biblical Ark of the Covenant before it can be stolen and used by the Nazis in their plan for world domination. A spectacular multi-million dollar version of the 1930s Saturday morning serials, and it works so well because of everybody's enthusiasm and sense of fun.
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
13 Type: ________________
When a famous scientist is shot, a highly experimental technique is used in order to save him. A medical team Is placed aboard a submarine, reduced to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream to remove a blood clot on his brain. An interesting film with excellent special effects.
Hour of the Gun (1967)
6 Type: __________________
Intriguing film starring James Gamer as Wyatt Earp, the lawman who took on the Clanton gang at the OK Corral. Following the infamous gunfight, which left only half of the bandits dead, Earp rides off to bring the remaining members to justice.
The Lady and the Tramp
(1955)
14 Type: _________________ ____
One of Disney's most delightful animated films, in which a pedigree dog runs away from home after the arrival of a baby makes her feel unwanted. She soon meets up with В stray who lives by his wits. The two dogs survive various hazards and win through in the end, when they prove their worth by rescuing the baby The first Disney film in
Cinemascope. Songs are by Peggy Lee and Sonny
Burke.
Long Live the Lady I (1987)
7 Type: __________________
It an director Ermanno Olmi's charming film about a gala dinner for a powerful old lady as seen through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy who is employed as a waiter for the evening. Warmly observed and amusing. English sub-titles.
Curse II: The Bite (1988)
1 15 Type: _____________
A nest of snakes are infected by radiation and turned into deadly squirming monsters. Anyone they bite is transformed into a terrible mutant beast which will kill you first chance it gets. Frivolous but entertaining monster film.
Lady In a Cage (1964)
8 Type: __________________
A tense tale of suspense starring Olivia de Havilland as a wealthy widow who finds herself trapped in her private elevator while a trio of criminals stalk her outside.
Other forms of entertainment Here are some other forms of entertainment. Put them in order 1-8, starting with your favourite.
Going to a disco Going to the zoo
Going to a nightclub Listening to a choir
Going to a party Listening to the radio
Going to a pop concert Playing bingo
Going to a restaurant Playing bridge
Going to the ballet Playing golf
Going to the circus Playing pool
Going to the funfair Playing squash
Going to the opera Watching football
Going to the races Watching television
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________
When you have finished, compare your choices with those of someone else in the class. Are there any other
forms of entertainment you like that are not in the list?
Phrasal verbs
1 Match up the phrasal verbs (1-10) with their meanings (a-j). Write your answers
in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
1 break up a not punish, allow to go free
2 bring up b start a new hobby, pastime
3 cut off с stop doing something (e.g.
smoking)
4 give up d stop for the holidays (schools)
5 go off e increase (in weight)
6 let off f go bad (food)
7 look after g raise (children, animals)
8 put on h solve (a problem), calculate
9 take up i be disconnected (telephone)
10 work out j care for, take care of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 Now complete the following dialogues with a suitable phrasal verb. Choose from
the above list and make any necessary' changes.
1 A: Would you like a cigarette, John?
B: No, thanks. I've _________________ them ______________ .
2 A: These trousers don't fit!
B: I'm not surprised. You've ___________________ at least two kilos since you last wore them.
3 A: Is that Peter's mother over there?
B: No, it's his aunt. She __________________ him ______________ actually. His parents died when he was two.
4 A: What's the answer to question 25?
B: I'm not going to tell you the answer. ______________________ it _________yourself!
5 A: When does your school _________________ ?
B: July 24th, I think.
6 A: Did Mr Bryant punish you for not doing your homework?
B: No, he _______________me ______________ this time.
7 A: Did Dawn say when she was arriving?
B: No. We were ________________ before she had a chance to tell me.
8 A: I'd like to go to the party, but I can't find a baby-sitter for Jamie.
B: Don't worry, Pauline. I`ll _________________ him for you.
9 A: You're looking very fit these days, Harold.
B: Yes, I'm a new man, Peter, since I ________________ jogging. You should try it some time.
10 A: Don't eat that cheese!
B: Why not?
A: Because it has _______________ .
This is a check to see how many words you can remember .
1 She had the job before me. She's my ________ .
(a) colleague (b) successor (c) opponent (d) predecessor
2 How might a person feel if he or she looked down from a high building?
(a) relieved (b) lonely (c) giddy (d) restless
3 Which of the following people works with figures?
(a) a diver (b) an accountant (c) a barrister (d) a caretaker
4 Which of the following people would you probably know least well?
(a) your fiancee (b) your landlord (c) your twin (d) your partner
5 What's a warden in charge of?
(a) an old people's home (b) a school (c) a hospital (d) a museum
6 She's always on time. She's very _________ .
(a) affectionate (b) well-behaved (c) punctual (d) frank
7 Which of the following is found inside a car?
(a) a boot (b) a wing mirror (c) a windscreen wiper (d) a clutch
8 What's the area at the side of a motorway called, where you can stop if your car breaks down?
(a) the hard shoulder (b) the verge (c) a lay-by (d) a slip road
9 What does this sign mean? (a) Give way (c) One-way street
(b) No overtaking (d) Road works
10 Which of the following wouldn't you normally find on a road?
(a) a coach (b) a barge (c) a dustcart (d) a scooter
11 In each of the following groups of four words, one does not fit in. Underline the word and try to
say why it is different from the rest.
(a) boarding pass, Gate 15, buffet car, check in
(b) big-headed, bossy, cheerful, greedy
(c) chalet, youth hostel, guest house, package tour
(d) Australian, English, Spanish, Flemish
(e) flute, cello, oboe, trombone
12 There are fifteen words hidden in the following word square.
They are all forms of transport. See how many you can find. You
can read vertically (5 words), horizontally (6 words) or diagonally (4 words).
A T B O D C I M S E B R O W F J
H F A M B U L A N C A L V D B I
S D N K I A F K E E L T H A I M
C I G P C H B E S U L J R M N O
L N E R Y N I U G M T O D A P R
N G A Y C F A R S Q A R S C H U
C H C A L S K B I S X E N H K N
S Y N C E B J G A L I N E R D P
O R F H P G B A D E P L U H A M
C E L T C F I R E E N G I N E U
A G L O R R Y N T R I M E V E G
N I B A C K C R E T R Y O K L E
O M O T O R B I K E D I D P A L
E F K S B O I W E L H A R M E N
B A S H O V E R C R A F T B E D
I V O W S A L E S B T O O D T H
13 Read the following sentences and try to work out what themissing words
are. To help you, the first and last letters of thewords are given.
(a) He rents a room at our house. He is our l_______r.
(b) Both her parents have died. She's an о________ n.
(c) He never remembers anything. He's so f_______l.
(d) My neighbour has just bought a new car. I feel so e_______ __ s.
(e) She looks after our daughter. She's our с_______r.
(f) Are you tired, Dorothy? You keep у_______g!
(g) Babies always с_______I before they learn to walk.
(h) Don't throw your rubbish on the pavement. Use the l_______r b__n.
(i) A l___l с____g is where a road crosses a railway line.
(j) The car in front was going so slowly that he decided to o_______e it.
14 Match the words on the left with the ones on the right. Draw lines between the
correct pairs.
a bachelor will inherit
a celebrity dislikes foreigners
an employee is famous
an heir is disabled or ill
an invalid never eats meat
an optimist has left his or her country
a racist looks on the bright side of
life
a refugee no longer has a husband
a vegetarian is not married
a widow works for someone
15 Say whether the following sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)?
(a) She has never been married. She's a spinster.
(b) He was the only person who died in the crash. He was the only survivor.
(c) Someone who is skinny is very thin.
(d) She hates meeting people or going to parties. She's very self-confident.
(e) He arranges funerals. He's an undertaker.
(f) The governor is the person in charge of a newspaper,
(g.) You close both eyes when you wink.
(h) All the meals and entertainment are included in the price at a holiday camp.
(i) An itinerary is a plan of a journey.
(j) At the theatre an usher tells actors their lines if they forget them
.
16 Complete the following dialogues with a suitable phrasal verb. The words in
brackets after each dialogue should help you.
(a) A: What time did Pete finally ______________ ? ( arrive) B: Just after 11.30.
(b) A: What`s French word for “happy”? B: I haven`t a clue. Why don`t you ______________ it ______________ in a
dictionary? ( try to find its meaning)
(c) A: Do you think I`ve __________ weight, Pam? ( gained) B: Well, maybe a little bit.
(d) A: You`re late! B: I`m sorry. The bus _____________ on the way here. (stopped working)
(e) A: Are you going to Mark`s party on Friday? B: Haven`t you heard? He`s ______________ it ______________. ( cancelled it)
(f) A: What are going to do when you retire? B: Oh, I will probably ______________ painting. (start painting as a hobby)
(g) A: What do you think of this tie? B: It`s all right. But it doesn`t ______________ your jacket. ( match)
(h) A: Aren`t you on holiday yet? B: No, our school doesn`t ______________ until next week. (close)
(i) A: I`d like to join the library, please. B: Certainly. Just ______________ this form. (complete)
(j) A: Cigarette, Mandy? B: No, thanks. I ______________ smoking two months ago. ( stopped)
17 Here are thirty words in alphabetical order. Place each words under the correct
heading (5 words under each).
Accordion Carriage Inter-city express Pillar box Airport Check-in desk Kerb Platform Baggage reclaim Cliff Lamp-post Restaurant car Beach Deck-chair Motorway Roundabout Boarding pass Departure lounge Outside lane Synthesizer Bongos Diversion Pavement Ticket collector Building site Harp Pier Tuba By-pass Wave
Musical instruments At the seaside In the town _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____
_____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ Travelling by road Travelling by plane Travelling by train _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____ _____________________
____
Money
1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each
sentence.
a. I haven't got enough money, I'm afraid. Could you borrow / lend me
some?
b. It`s a good school, but fares/fees are rather high.
c. This car is too expensive. We can't afford / pay it.
d. It was a very good meal. Can we have the account/bill please?
e. There's a small flat to hire / let in Bridge Street.
f. How much do you earn / gain in your new job?
g. She's a good dentist, but she doesn't charge / spend too much.
h. I bought this coat in the sales. It was decreased / reduced a lot. .
i. Jack made his fortune / treasure buying and selling property.
j. How much do you reckon / value that house would cost?
2. Replace each word or phrase underlined with a word or phrase
from the box has the opposite meaning.
cash generous profit save well off expensive
poverty purchase take out worthless
a) I was surprised by how mean Charles was. .. ...................
b) Janet says that she is very hard up at the moment ....................
c) Last year their business made a huge l055 .....................
d) I'd like to pay in £100 please ........................
e) That part of Spain always seems very cheap to me………………………..
f) Most people in the city live in great prosperity .......................
g) The manager insisted that I paid by cheque ........................
h) Some people manage to spend most of their
money……………………………..
i) Jean was able to make only one sale during the morning ........
j) The old painting I found in the loft turned out to be valuable…………………..
3. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word
once only.
coin guarantee pension rent tip
credit card loan receipt safe wealth
1 The old couple had only a small ....................... to live on.
2 My uncle Sam acquired his considerable ....................... selling cars.
3 David never carries cash with him and pays for everything by ...............
4 I wouldn't have been able to buy my boat without a bank .....................
5 The shop won't change any goods without the original ........................
6 Keith didn't like the waiter so he didn't leave a ........................
7 The house is not in very good condition so the ........................ is low.
8 The food mixer has a twelve month …………………………… .
9 We keep all our money and valuables in this ....................... in the floor.
10 The five pence …………………………. Is so small that everyone dislikes it.
4. Choose the most suitable response to each sentence a) to j)
from the sentences 1) to 10). Use each response once only.
a) Who do I make the cheque out to? ……………
b) We seem to be spending a lot of money lately. ...................
c) The house has burnt down! What are we going to do? ...................
d) How much do you want for this drawing? ..................
e) Did you inherit this house? ....................
f) Your dog must have cost a lot of money. ………………………
g) Do we still owe the bank any money? ...................
h) How much do you make a year? …………………………..
i) Can we change money at the hotel to pay the bill? ...................
j) Why are you putting so much money in the bank? ...................
1. Sorry, but it's not for sale.
2. I'm saving up to buy a new motorbike.
3. Perhaps we should try to economize a bit.
4. Yes, my Aunt Clara left it to me.
5. Well, we've nearly paid it all back.
6. To JB Woolbury PLC.
7. Actually I got if for nothing.
8. I think they accept travellers cheques anyway.
9. I have got quite a good salary, actually.
10. Don't worry, we're insured.
5. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) I bought these shoes in the sale. They were a real .... .................
A cheap В economy С bargain D purchase
b) If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ......................
A interest В profit С deposit D investment
c) John asked his parents if they would pay off his ......................
A rents В debts С accounts D credits
d) Adults have to pay £8 to get in, but children under fourteen get in .................
A free В nothing С penniless D open
e) I'm interested in this old car. Is it ……………………………?
A selling В a sale С to sell D for sale
f) I'm trying to save for my holidays so I'm ................... some money each week.
A putting in В putting aside С putting behind D putting up
g) Just a minute. You have forgotten to …………………………………. your cheque.
A mark В make С place D sign
h) I like your typewriter. How much did it ……………………. exactly?
A pay В cost С afford D spend
i) The blackmailer asked for the money in used.......................
A notes В cheques С paper D cash
j) I gave the assistant ten euros and she gave me four euros .....................
A rest В money С coins D change
6. Use the word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line.
Money! Money! Money!
Helen had always dreamed of becoming a (1) .................................................. WEALTH
woman, and imagined living in a (2) ................................................. mansion, LUXURY
and how her friends would praise her (3) ................................................. GENEROUS
when she gave them expensive presents. In reality she
was usually hard up. She had some (4) ................................................. and a SAVE
small life (5) ................................................... , but her antique shop was not really INSURE
very (6) ...................................................... Every time she took money out of the bank, PROFIT
the (7) ................................................... checked her account, and told her how little CASH
there was in it! Helen had taken out a (8) ................................................... a month LEND
before. How could she repay it? Then one day she noticed
an old painting in her shop. She had thought it was (9) .................................................. WORTH
but as she brushed away the dust, she saw the (10) .................................................. SIGN
at the bottom. It said 'Renoir'! She was rich at last!
7. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase formed from pay. Each space
represents one word.
a) You can pay the full price now, or make six monthly …………………… .
b) If you lend me the money, I'll ............................................................... next' week.
c) I haven't got enough money to ......................................... the suit now.
d) We .......................................... a lot of money on decorating this house.
e) Whenever Alan loses a bet he refuses to …………… ………………….. .
f) Thank goodness it`s Friday today. It`s ……………… …………………… .
g) I must do something about all these .................... bills.
h) Please make the cheque .................... to R.D. Smith.
i) Take this money and ……………. ……………… ……………….. to the bank.
j) I like my job, and it's very.............................................
8. Match each person from the list with a suitable description. Use each name once
only.
accountant cashier heir manager pensioner
agent customer investor miser swindler
a. Someone who likes to keep money and not spend it. ……………………………
b. Someone who inherits money or property. ………………………………………
c. Someone who runs a bank……………………………………….
d. Someone who has retired………………………………………………….
e. Someone who keeps or checks financial records…………………………….
f. Someone who buys things in a shop…………………………………………
g. Someone who pays out money in a bank……………………………………
.
h. Someone who represents others in business……………………………………..
i. Someone who puts money into a business…………………………………………
j. Someone who cheats people out of money………....................
9. Decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each space.
Money matters
Are you always (1) …………………..up? Do you often have to (2)…………………….money from your parents
whenever you need a little extra (3)………………….? If you (4)………………….too much, and save too little, you
will (5) ………………more than friends. You know the solution, of course: just save a small (6)……………….every
month. Most banks will pay (7) ........................... on your savings, and you will soon be able to (8) all those
things which seemed to cost too much before. The trouble is, you're a university student, and many banks
treat you like a child. But not us. If you open a / an (9)………………………..with Smith Fulton Bank before
October 31st, we'll not only send you your own (10)……………………….book and credit
(11)………………………………, but you'll also receive a copy of our booklet Putting Money (12) for Your
Future'. Smith Fulton can pay your (13) .......... , help you with special student (14)………….., and your friendly
branch (15) .................................................................. ………………can give you advice for the future. We believe in
you. Why not believe in us and open an account?
1 A shut
В hard
С debt
D money
2 A borrow
Blend
С save
D pay
3 A cheque
В pension
С wealth
D cash
4 A sign
В spend
С cost
D cheat
5 A owe
В loans
С debts
D profits
6 A amount
В number
С note
D rest
7 A receipts
В credits
С rents
D interest
8 A lend
В economize
С afford
D spend
9 A cheque
В customer
С bill
D account
10 A loan
В cheque
С cash
D money
11 A plastic
В tip
С card
D cheque
12 A aside
В и р
С inside
D work
13 A sales
14 A coins
15 A miser
В bets
B loans
B swindler
С bargains
C fortunes
C manager
D bills
D pensions
D cashier
Word Formation 1
1 a) The children never do what I tell them to! They are very dis ..........................
Use your b) It won’t rain in August, surely! That seems extremely un ................................
dictionary to c) No, I told you not to sell the shares! You must have mis ..................................
complete the d) Jack gets very good marks, and is an out .............................. student.
word in each e) If you со ............................... with the police you will receive a light sentence.
sentence. f) Dave was in the first sub .................... that sailed under the North Pole.
g) Just heat up the rice, it’s been pre .............................
h) Mr Jones is incredibly rich. In fact he’s a multi ...............................
i) The ship hit a rock, but the lives of the passengers were not en ......................
j) I just can’t answer this question! It’s im .................................
2
dis- in- non- over- re- trans- un- vice-
a) I`m not satisfied with your work. I am ………… with it.
b) She doesn`t have the usual kind of haircut. It`s very ………… .
c) We haven`t decided where to go yet. We are ………… .
d) Mary is sailing across the Atlantic. She is on a …… voyage.
e) Dan is the president`s assistant. He is the ……….. .
f) Terry is no longer a smoker. Now he is a …………… .
g) Don`t wear a formal suit. The dinner is quite ………… .
h) I don`t think this rule is fair. It`s ………. To older students.
i) You haven`t written this clearly. It`ll have to be ………. .
j) This steak is cooked too much. It`s …………… .
3
Complete each
sentence with a
word formed
from a word
given in the list,
ending as shown.
a) I don’t want to be a slave! I demand my…... dom.
Complete each
sentence with a word formed
from the word
underlined,
beginning as
shown. Begin the
word with a
prefix from the
list.
astonish fool great music thought
back free lead short trumpet
b) How kind of you to bring flowers! That was very……..ful.
c) Martin plays the guitar, but he isn’t a very good……..ian.
d) Our school has closed because there is a………age of teachers.
e) Brian is one of the world’s…………ing architects.
f) Imagine my…………ment when the cat started to speak!
g) Don’t be………….ish ! There is no such thing as a ghost!
h) I prefer to begin at the end and go………wards.
i) I always wanted to be a……..er in a jazz band.
j) A small country can still achieve………..ness.
4
Complete each
sentence with a
word formed
from a word
given in the list,
using one of the
prefixes or
suffixes given.
a) I travelled to Scotland on the………….train and slept all the way.
b) You’re always breaking things! Why are you so………….?
c) Jane knows a lot of French words, but she tends to………..them.
d) We all believe in………….between the people of different nations.
e) Bad weather caused the………….of nearly all the football programme.
f) George was very…………with the service at the hotel.
g) We live in a flat on the…………..of London.
h) Patsy thought the shop assistant had………….her.
i) David was tired of being a/an…………...so he started his own company.
j) The government is providing more money to help………people
5 Evening classes
Use the word in Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a
capitals at the week. During the day I work in a (1)……… agency SECRETARY
end of each line as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting (2)……. OCCUPY
to form a word and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home
that fits in the every evening, putting a (3)……… meal in the oven, FREEZE
space in the same and then watching TV. So I decided to take up (4)…… CARPENTER
line. as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an (5)……. For EXPLAIN
my choice.-Learning a skill is a good (6)........... to the SOLVE
problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a(7).... FAIL
because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example,
it always fell down! Now I am quite a (8)…….wood- SUCCESS
worker! I am working on the (9)…….of some CONSTRUCT
care employ home postpone satisfied
charged friend night pronounce skirts
dis- mis- out- over- -less -ment -ship -ее
furniture at the moment. And although there are only
two other girls in the class, I don’t feel any (10)….. . EMBARRASS
I’ve turned out to be the best student in the class!
6
Complete the
compound word
in each sentence,
using a word
given in the list. a) I could hear the sound of gun…………….coming from the main square.
b) We had to take shelter during a severe thunder………. .
c) Nobody can read the doctor’s hand………….. .
d) You look awful. Why don’t you have a hair…………?
e) I wanted to do some washing but I’ve run out of soap……….. .
f) If you ride a motorbike you have to wear a crash………… .
g) There isn’t room in here for another book……… .
h) After the shower, the sun came out and there was a rain…….. .
i) I could hear the sound of foot…….. .Someone was coming!
j) At one end of the room is a lovely old stone fire……… .
7
Choose the most a) Helen doesn’t look well. She is extremely slim/thin.
suitable word or b) It’s really hot today, but it’s nice and chillv/cool in here.
phrase c) Peter nodded/shook his head in agreement.
underlined in d) I can’t pay you anything for this old coin. It’s priceless/worthless.
each sentence. e) The house was surrounded by a high/tall fence.
f) The sun is shining, and it’s a/an attractive/lovelv day.
g) This chicken is good. It’s very tasteful/tasty.
h) Be careful of the next corner. It’s rather dangerous/harmful.
i) Graham left the film before the end because he was bored/lazy.
j) When I saw the child scratch my car I became very angry/nervous.
8
Complete each
sentence with a
word formed a) Those children next door are……………..a lot of noise.
the list. b) I don’t really………….. like going out this evening.
c) You don’t have to hurry. You can…………your time.
d) Armstrong was the first person to………... foot on the moon.
e) The director………..us permission to park our motorbikes here.
f) Can you………me a favour? I need some help with the garden.
g) I can’t talk now. I’m just………..lunch.
h ) When something goes wrong, people always……….the blame on me.
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i) Tom has just…………in love yet again!
j) I would like to…………your attention to these instructions.
9 Rewrite each a) The forest outside the town started burning last night. CAUGHT
sentence so that ………………………………………………………………
it has the same b) Suddenly Janet started crying. TEARS
meaning, and ……………………………………………………………….
contains the c) What’s your occupation? DO
wo'rd given in ……………………………………………………………….
capitals. Do not d) We’ll have to decide soon. DECISION
change the word ……………………………………………………………….
in any way. e) Can you look after my plants while I’m away? TAKE
…………………………………………………………..
f) You will write or phone, won’t you? TOUCH
…………………………………………………………..
g) Diane had a baby boy last week. GAVE
…………………………………………………………..
h) Peter always remains calm in an emergency. HEAD
…………………………………………………………
i) Stop holding the steering wheel! LET ………………………………………………………….
j) He can’t possibly win the race. STANDS
…………………………………………………………..
10 a) I’ve been searching high and ……….. for this book!
Complete each b) That man’s been walking up and………. the street all day.
sentence with c) I think we’ve been going round and ………. in circles!
one suitable d) He promised to stick by her through thick and ………. .
word. e) When we finish this, we’ll be home and ………….. .
f) Make sure you are here bright and ………….. in the morning.
g) It’s very important! It’s a matter of life and ……………
h) I’ve been going backwards and …………. to the shops all morning.
i) We cleaned the kitchen until it looked spick and ……… .
j) The police kept a watch on the house day and ………… .