Throughout history, women have had 1 – responsible _______ for healing the sick.. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only began to gain 12 –
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Exercise 1
Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) _ for healing the sick However, it
is only in ( 2 – compare ) _ recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at (
3 – medicine ) _ schools in Britain Yet in that short time, they have made an enormous ( 4 – contribute ) to modern medicine
The first female doctors were priestesses who gave ( 5 – advise ) _ about diseases and ( 6 – injure ) _ and prepared medicines In ancient Rome, women ( 7 – heal ) _ were considered (
8 – skill ) _ and respected In Britain, for centuries male doctors were ( 9 – suspect ) _ of women who practised medicine ( 10 – profession ) and in 1512 a law was passed making it ( 11 – legal ) _ for them to do so Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only began to gain ( 12 – equal ) with male doctors in the 20th century Exercise 2
1 Monopoly is a ( 1 – fascinate ) game for some people
2 Children like to play ( 2 – guess ) _ games
3 The ( 3 – trap ) _ animal couldn’t escape
4 There were two kinds of electric current, direct and ( 4 – alternate )
5 Early colonists ( 5 – slave ) and oppressed the natives
6 The article gives us a few interesting ( 6 – side ) _ on life in Japan in general
7 ( 7 – Worry ) _, the plan contains few details on how spending will be cut
8 The ( 8 – loud ) _ of the music was makinh my ear hurt
9 Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals and plants so they spoil them ( 9 – conscious )
10 You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and ( 10 – prior ) _ them
Exercise 3
The Costwolds is an area of great ( 1 – beautiful ) in England It has a number of ( 2 – delight ) _ villages and small towns with lovely old buildings that have remained ( 3 –
change) _ since the area was a major ( 4 – commerce ) _ centre several centuries ago The countryside in the area is ( 5 – charm ) and most of the buildings there are made from
an ( 6 – attract ) type of light stone that is particular to the Costwolds
In the summer, the Costwolds can get rather ( 7 – crowd ) but it is always possible to find pretty places that do not have the ( 8 – famous ) _ of the more well – known villages and towns There is no ( 9 – short ) _ of ( 10 – please ) _ hotels and ( 11 – tradition ) _ inns for visitors to stay in and the Costwolds area is an excellent place for an ( 12 – enjoy ) _ weeken or longer trip
Exercise 4
1 The fireman’s daring rescue of those trapped in the burning building was a ( 1 – credit )
2 Your mood seemed very ( 2 – meditation ) this morning
3 He was accused of not showing strong ( 3 – leader ) _
4 The posse rode several days in ( 4 – pursue ) _ of the bandits
5 He has several ( 5 – motivate ) in killing his business partner
6 The weak and the poor are ( 6 – power ) and need people to represent them
7 Smoking is ( 7 – hazard ) to our health
8 One of the victims of the fire remains in a ( 8 – crisis ) _ condition
9 The man was ( 9 – exceed ) _ angered by his wife’s remark: he walked out of the house and slammed the door behind him
10 The moon travels on a ( 10 – vary ) course round the Earth
Exercise 5
The development of the road maps of Britain that exist today started over 200 years ago The Army was concerned about the ( 1 – possible ) of enemy ( 2 – invade ) _, but its plans for ( 2 – depend ) _ were ( 3 – hindrance ) by the lack of maps at the time Those that did exist were ( 4 – accurate ) _ and lacked detail
Work to produce ( 5 – rely ) maps was carried out by an organization called Ordnance Survey They were ( 6 – remark ) _ ( 7 – succeed ) _ Using fairly simple
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( 11 – Map ) _ today use totally different methods Today’s ( 12 – motor ) _ have a vast ( 13 – choose ) _ of road atlases produced by a wide range of ( 14 – publish ) They ( 15 – various ) enormously in style , colour and ( 16 – contain ) but they all derive from the maps produced by Ordnance Survey
Exercise 6
1 Dad’s made a (1_spice) _curry for dinner
2 The government want to ( 2 – military ) this region
3 You must be careful picking mushrooms as some varieties are ( 3 – poison )
4 We must make ( 4 – provide ) _ for our old age by saving money
5 She was so surprised that she was unable to speak She was ( 5 – speech ) _ with
surprise
6 He is ( 6 – doubt ) _ about whether he has the time to take on more work
7 There is a ( 7 – block ) in the pipes and I’ve had to call the plumber
8 Joan applied for ( 8 – member ) of the music club
9 My sister can be so ( 9 – irritate ) at times
10 It is an ( 10 – deny ) _ fact that drug – related crime is increasing
Exercise 7
For more than a century, despite attacks by a few ( 1 – oppose ) _ ( 2 – science ) , Charles Darwin’s theory of ( 3 – evolve ) _ by natural selection has stood firm Now,
however, some respected ( 4 – biology ) _ are beginning to question whether the theory accounts for major developments such as the shift from water to land ( 5 – habit ) Clearly, evolution has not proceeded ( 6 – steady ) _ but has progressed by radical advances Recent research in molecular biology, particularly in the study of DNA, provides us with a new possibility Not only ( 7 – environment ) changes but also ( 8 – gene ) _ codes in the
underlying structure of DNA could govern evolution
Exercise 8
1 There was ice on the pavement, which made it very difficult to walk as it was so ( 1 – slip )
2 Two young children were arguing over the ( 2 – own ) of the doll
3 He takes the responsibilities of ( 3 – father ) very seriously
4 The world is becoming increasingly ( 4 – dependent ) _
5 I’m sorry I knocked your cup over It wasn’t ( 5 – intention ) _
6 This has been a ( 6 – test ) time for us all
7 My grandmother is getting ( 7 – forget ) : now that she’s older
8 It will hurt a bit I can’t give you a ( 8 – pain ) _ injection
9 Do you think these children are ( 9 – nourish ) _ They look very thin
10 The government is accused of ( 10 – unite ) _ within our party
Exercise 9
A recent ( 1- investigate ) by scientists at the US Geological survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict future earthquake ( 2 – Investigate ) found that such (
3 –occur ) in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake Some birds screeched and flew about ( 4 – wild ) , dogs yelps and ran around ( 5 – control ) Scientists believe that animal can ( 6 – perception ) _ these environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap In 1976, after observing animal behaviour, the Chinese were able to predict a ( 7 - devastate ) quake Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the death toll at a ( 8 – low ) rate
Exercise 10
1 India is a ( 1 – linguistics ) country
2 The first year provides students with a sound ( 2 – theory ) basic or later study
3 Justice is often ( 3 – person ) _ as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales
4 Over two thousand students apply ( 4 – year ) _
5 The walls are a ( 5 – green ) _ shade of yellow
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7 Don’t be deluded by her crocodile tears : she’s ( 7 – sincere )
8 Mrs John kept wanting to eat apricots during her ( 8 – pregnant )
9 We can take 10 ( 9 – train ) on the course this September
10 The only fishing village is very ( 10 – picture )