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Exercises

Draw lines from the left-hand column to the right-hand column joining each sentence'with a
suitable label, as in the example.
1 The earth is in orbit around the sun. problem
2 World poverty and overpopulation. ;zuation
3 God exists and loves everybody.
4 I've run out of cash. belief
5 It has proved to be most efficient. view
6 They should get married, to my mind. issue

Fill the gaps with an appropriate word to refer to the underlined parts of the sentences.
1 So you were talking about animal rights? That's quite a big ................................. in
Britain nowadays.
2 We are running short of funds. How do you propose we should deal with
the ................................. ?
3 Is there life on other planets? This is a ................................. nobody has yet been able to
answer.
4 (Teacher to the class) You can write your essay on 'My best holiday ever'. If you don't
like that ................................. , 1'11 give you another one.
5 She thinks we should all fly around in tiny little helicopters. This ................................. to
the traffic problem in cities is rather new and unusual. I wonder if it is viable?

These newspaper headlines have got separated from their texts. Put each one with a suitable
text.
NEW APPROACH TO NEW ARGUMENT OVER SCIENTIST REJECTS CLAIMS
CANCER TREATMENT ECONOMIC RECESSION OVER FAST FOOD

PRIME MINISTER SETS OUT SOLUTION TO AGE-OLD SITUATION IN SAHEL
VIEWS ON EUROPEAN UNION MYSTERY IN KENYA WORSENING DAILY

tests were being
carried out to see if the
new drug really did

Answer these questions with regard to yourself.
1 What's your approach to learning vocabulary?
2 What aspect of your worklstudies do you find most interesting?
3 Which topics in this book are most useful?

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