advocate discriminate civilization deep-seated childbearing involvement potential intellectual equality status
1. The project needs full ________from all members of the group.
2. The women are demanding true ________with the men in the company.
3. He claims he was racially ________against when he applied for the job.
4. Signing for a top club would enable him to fulfil his true________
5. Heart specialists strongly low ________cholesterol diets.
6. Doctors have traditionally enjoyed high social________.
7. ________is the process of being pregnant and giving birth to children.
8. Education stimulates the ________development of children.
9. Many people in the community have a ________distrust of the police.
10. Art and music are among the great products of human________.
III. Complete the passage with the correct form of the word in brackets.
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 advice about diseases and (5) ________(injure)and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women healers were considered (6) ________ (skill) and respected.
In Britain, for centuries male doctors were (7) ________ (suspect) of women who practiced medicine (8) ________;(profession) and in 1512 a law was passed making it (9) ________ (legal) for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only began to gain (10) ________ (equal) with male doctors in the 20th century.
IV. Match the responses in column A to the sentences in column B.
A
1. I don’t really want to, but I’ve
promised to help.
2. We’re going to Turkey on holiday.
3. I’m fed up with her rudeness.
4. We’ve no food in the house.
5. I suppose I eat too much fat.
6. I haven’t been getting enough sleep.
7. The real difficulty is it’s so expensive.
8. I never pay any income tax.
9. Robert’s studying law.
10. I’ve got a terrible problem.
B.
a. Couldn’t you cut down on it?
b. You can’t get out of it now.
c. I thought it would come down to cost in the end.
d. Everyone comes up against difficulties sooner or later.
e. You won’t get away with it in the long run.
f. You’re always running out of things.
g. I don’t know why you put up with it.
h. You must be looking forward to that.
i. I thought of going in for that when I left school.
j. Well, you can catch up on it at the weekend.
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of these phrasal verbs.
come up with face up to get through with keep away from look forward to
catch up with went back on drop in on look back on look up to
cut down on go up to make up for put up with look down on.
1. I saw Mike at the party, so I ________________him and said hello.
2. You’ll have to work very hard today to _________________the time you wasted yesterday.
3. I should ________________my problems and not try to avoid them.
4. ‘I haven’t seen the Grants for a long time. Let’s ________________them this evening.’
5. Be careful! That’s an electric fence. ________________it
6. I’m feeling happy. I’m really __________________seeing my family again.
7. I’m trying to coffee. I drink far too much of ________________it.
8. Children usually ________________his older brothers and sisters.
9. He __________________his promise to tell nobody about this.
10. ‘What time do you expect to ________________your homework?’ ‘In about an hour.’
11. Tom was a long way behind the other runners, but he managed to________________ them.
12. I left the job because I couldn’t ________________my boss a moment longer.
13. He had an unhappy childhood and he never ________________it with any pleasure.
14. Small boys often ________________little girls and refuse to play with them.
15. I think we should follow Tom’s suggestion. Nobody has ________________a better plan.
VI. Put in the correct prepositions or adverbs. Note that sometimes two words are required.
1. Burglars broke ________the house and stole some jewellery?
2. He wanted to talk to me but I kept ________working and refused to listen.
3. How can we get________ the problem?
4. I never eat sushi. I don’t care ________it at all.
5. The man walked so fast that the child couldn’t keep ________him.
6. , Children have a natural inclination to look ________their parents.
7. It was my first flight. I was nervous as the plane took________.
8. The authority should look ________the matter carefully.
9. Children, you must clear ________this mess before going to bed.
10. Environmental groups have called ________an end to the destruction of the rainforests.
11. ‘When did you get________ home?’ ‘A couple of days ago. I had planned to stay a little longer, but I ran money.
12. I don’t know how you put ________the noise; it would drive me mad.
13. She’s not a well-known singer. Not many people have heard________ her.
14. You must carry ________the instructions on the packet exactly.
15. Hellen was going away. We went tq the station with her to see her________.
VII.Put in a preposition and the pronoun. You have to decide what order they come in.
1. My new mobile doesn’t work. ~You should take________ ________to the shop.
2. Migraines can be very painful. ~I know. I used to suffer________ ________.
3. Where’s Paul? ~He should be here soon. We’re waiting________ ________.
4. Why don’t you buy that top? -I’ve got nothing that goes________ ________.
5. Have you handed in your form? -No, but I’ve filled________ ________.
6. Mark has borrowed our CDs. -Well, I hope he brings________ ________
7. Who’s got the photos? -Kate. She’s looking________ ________now.
8. The lecture was interesting. -Yes, I learned something________ ________
9. What happened to the TV? ~A man came and took ________ ________
10. Who’s Alan? ~An old friend. I ran________ ________ recently.
VIII.Replace the words or phrases in bold type by phrasal verbs.
1. They were having a violent quarrel but stopped suddenly when I came in.
2. If you refuse to perform my orders you’ll be dismissed.
3. I found a twenty-pound note by chance in the street.
4. The village is so small that we are always meeting our friends accidentally.
7. I took the children to the zoo today to compensate for the party they
missed yesterday.
6. There is a limit to what one person can tolerate.
7. I finished my homework before noon.
8. You mustn’t omit the difficult sentences; do them all.
9. She kept asking me all the difficult words instead of searching for them in a dictionary.
10. Will you take care of the garden while I am in hospital?
11. Schoolboys usually respect great athletes.
12. He despises me because I spend my holidays in Bournemouth instead of going abroad.
13. They rejected her application because they preferred a man for the job.
14. We began our journey at 8.30 and drove to Mr. Pitt’s house to collect his son Tom.
15. He said he would come to help me; but he disappointed me. He never arrived.
IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
1. Let’s look at the new plan alongside the old one.
Let’s compare____________________________________________________________
2. I like hip-hop better than reggae.
I prefer_________________________________________________________________
3. The teacher gave the class an explanation of the theory.
The teacher
explained______________________________________________________
4. You’re too young to stop working.
You’re too young to
give___________________________________________________
5. I haven’t got any money left.
I have run;
______________________________________________________________
6. You should just ignore anything Mike says.
You shouldn’t take any
notice_______________________________________________
7. The winners were given a trophy.
A trophy was
presented_____________________________________________________
8. Witnesses said the accident was the van driver’s fault.
Witnesses blamed_________________________________________________________
9. They’ve made luxury apartments out of the old hospital.
They’ve
turned___________________________________________________________
10. Two boys were begging money from tourists, (asked)
Two boys were
asking______________________________________________________
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