EX 1 You are going to read an article about the Olympic Games for the disabled. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-H) the one which fits each gap (1-6). There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use. Olympics for the disabled The International Olympic Committee supports two important organisations that work with the disabled. Special Olympics is for people with a mental handicap and Paralympics is for people with some kind of physical disability. Some fifty years ago neither of them existed. (1) _____. These events have proved that sport belongs to everyone! Skill, courage, sharing and joy - that’s what Special Olympics is about. It is an international organisation which offers trainings and organises competitions all year round for mentally handicapped children. (2) _____. Special Olympics were started by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a member of America’s famous Kennedy family. In 1963 she held a summer camp for one hundred mentally handicapped children at her home in Maryland. The camp was an enormous success and set an example to others too. (3) _____. One thousand sportsmen from twenty-six American states and Canada competed in athletics and swimming events. But Special Olympics doesn’t just focus on big international events, such as the Olympic Games. (4) _____. In fact, since 1968 over three million children and adults from more than 150 countries have taken part in various Special Olympics events. The organisation is supported by politicians, sportsmen, movie actors and rock stars all over the world. (5) _____. The Paralympics, which consists of sports events for athletes with physical disabilities, are held immediately after the summer and winter Olympic Games. They were first held in Rome in 1960 and, at that time, only people with spinal injuries took part. (6) _____. As well as athletics, Paralympic competitions include basketball, tennis, judo, volleyball, table tennis and many more. The sports may be played with special rules. For example, goal-ball is a sport for visually impaired people and is played with a ball which contains a bell. A. Then, in July 1968, the first International Special Olympics took place in Chicago. B. Today, they are both hugely successful and have proved something very important to the world. C. It runs training sessions and competitions for mentally disabled adults as well. D. Now, though, athletes with other physical disabilities also compete. E. Its work continues in the period between Olympic Games as well. F. And this remains the only kind of sport played by special rules. G. Their involvement helps Special Olympics to remain a well-known sports organisation. H. This competition has so far not attracted any participants. EX 2 Read the text below. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits the space. One example is given. New ways to make paper It is common (0) ___ that paper is made from KNOW knowledge wood, but there are other, rather unusual, 1. __ that can be PRODUCE ______________ used to manufacture paper. Using wood is not environmentally (2) ___. FRIEND ______________ To bring about a (3) ___in the number of trees cut down, old REDUCE ______________ paper can be recycled and new paper can be used less (4)___ . WASTE ______________ A third way is to make paper from beans, wheat and other foodstuffs, even old tea leaves, which are easily (5) ___. RENEW ______________ The problem is that this paper does not have the (6) ___ SMOOTH ______________ necessary for printing, but it is good enough for wrapping. Unfortunately, such paper is expensive but as consumer (7)___ AWARE ______________ increases, it is clear that the price, as well as the worldwide (8) ___ of wood paper, should come down. CONSUME ______________ Ex 3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning. Example: You must do exactly what the manager tells you. carry You must carry out the manager’s instructions exactly. 1) Terry was fatter. DIDN'T Terry _____________________________________________________________ to be so thin. 2) I started my stamp collection when I was ten. BEEN I _____________________________________________________________ I was ten. 3) Nobody expected John to come to the wedding. TURN Nobody thought John _____________________________________________________________ the wedding. 4) This meal cost less than I had thought. WOULD I thought _____________________________________________________________ than it did. 5) I did not buy the local paper, so I did not know about the concert. THERE If I had bought the local paper I _____________________________________________________________ a concert. 6) This is a 'no smoking' office. ALLOWED You _____________________________________________________________ in this office. 7) Maria didn't listen carefully to the news broadcast. ATTENTION Maria didn't _____________________________________________________________ the news broadcast. 8) I regret not going to university. HAD I _____________________________________________________________ to university. 9) I imagine you were extremely happy to be chosen team leader. MUST You _____________________________________________________________ extremely happy to be chosen team leader. 10) Why didn't you tell Rod what time we were meeting? SHOULD You _____________________________________________________________ Rod what time we were meeting. Gossip is good for you! Gossip has a bad name. Many people say it is (0) ___ and others claim that it is often KIND _______________________ (1) ___ and therefore a waste of time. ACCURATE _______________________ Talking about someone behind their back can cause (2) ___ RELATE _______________________ to break down and create great (3) ___ But can it have a HAPPY _______________________ positive function as well? The most popular television programmes are soap operas which often have rather (4) ___ DEPRESS _______________________ storylines in which strange characters indulge in creating and circulating (5) ___ and vicious rumours that in the real world PLEASE _______________________ would be (6) ___ and yet we all take great delight in discussing the ACCEPT _______________________ ups and downs of their lives. Why is this? Could it be that they give us an alternative family which we can gossip about without (7) ___ ACTUAL _______________________ creating trouble? Taking an interest in other people is considered to be a (8) ___ activity in some circles - it gives the feeling of being HEALTH _______________________ informed about what's happening in the wider world. And in your own life it can tell you things you ought to know - which tradesmen are (9) ___ and so on. But there is one golden rule for anyone TRUST _______________________ judging whether gossip or a rumour is (10) ___ or should be BELIEVE _______________________ discounted – if the person begins their story with 'They say', then it may well be false! EX 5: You are going to read an article about a newspaper article about musicians raising money for charity. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A - H the one which fits each gap (1 - 7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Musician Bob Geldof wanted to make a difference and not just in the world of pop music. Stuart Maconie tells us how he did it. The day after seeing a TV report about a famine in Ethiopia, pop singer Bob Geldof noticed that his wife had stuck a note on the fridge door. It read, 'Ethiopia: everyone who visits this house from today onwards will be asked to contribute £5 for famine relief.' 1____The problem was that he didn't think his own band would be able to raise enough money if they recorded a song on their own. He asked another musician friend, Midge Ure, to help him write the music and lyrics and they then recruited forty-five of the most popular Irish and British musicians of the early eighties. Each musician in the group, which came to be known as Band Aid, sang a line of the song 'Do they know it's Christmas?' 2____ The success of the song probably had more to do with the status of the performers than the quality of the music but its release had an immediate effect on the British public. The BBC played it once an hour. All the TV programmes on before Top of the Pops finished early so the Band Aid video could be shown. The singer who was number one at the time told people to buy the Band Aid single instead of his own record. Geldof and Ure had hoped to make £70,000.3____ Even then not everyone was convinced that it had been such a good idea. 4____The journalist who had filed the report which had inspired Geldol's wife was very suspicious of the performers' motives. But when he returned to Ethiopia and saw eight huge planes with the Band Aid logo at the airport, he was impressed. 5____The food and supplies were held up because the local trucking companies would not move the goods or allow anyone else to move them. Geldof realised he had to do something to protest about this so he set about organising the Live Aid concert. Geldof not only managed to get the truck drivers to cooperate, he also started a new trend that continued over the next three decades. 6____There had been 'benefit concerts' before. The difference was that pop stars were now expressing opinions about world events. Doubts are often raised about the contribution these concerts make. Some even argue that they have a negative impact. 7____These include fame and celebrity but surely, it can never be a bad thing to try and raise money for those in need.