- Underline the correct word or phrase.
a) New research shows some young people can’t help eating food which contains large amounts of sugar, salt, and animal fat.
b) Many young people also avoid taking any exercise.
c) They don’t even enjoy walking to school or playing active games with their friends.
d) For too many young people, enjoyment involves sitting in front of the television, or in front of a computer playing games.
e) Of course, if they keep doing this, they are very likely to have health problems at an early age.
f) Health experts suggest taking hard exercise at least three times a week.
g) This means running, cycling, or swimming.
h) So even if you don’t feel like taking exercise, it’s important to organize regular exercise activities.
i) You could go swimming or jogging, for example.
j) You may also consider changing your diet and eating more fruit and fresh vegetables. - Complete each sentence a to h with an ending from 1 to 8.
a) For a Roman soldier, joining the Roman army meant 6 remaining in service from 20 to 30 years.
b) He received wages but had to spend money too, since being in the army involved 2 buying his own food, uniform, and weapons.
c) In the early days of Rome, everyone became a soldier, and young men couldn’t avoid 8 serving in the army if there was a war, as it was compulsory.
d) However, as time went on, fewer Romans served as soldiers. The army stopped 4 taking all the young Roman men, and service became voluntary.
e) When the army was at the height of its power, an enemy who considered 3 attacking it faced very serious problems.
f) Unless the enemy had very large numbers of soldiers or attacked by surprise, they risked 1 being completely destroyed by the ancient world’s best fighting force.
g) Foreign armies were often disorganized and ran away, but the Romans always kept 5 fighting until the end if necessary, and rarely surrendered.
h) The Romans were more successful because their soldiers spent more time 7 training to use their weapons and fighting in organized groups. - Complete the text with the -ing or to-infinitive form of the verbs in brackets.
People who remember to do everything they have planned are usually people who organize their tasks in some way and avoid getting into a muddle. A shopping list is a good example of this technique, provided you remember to take the list with you when you go shopping.
It’s sometimes possible to remember a fact, for example, if first of all you stop to think for a few moments. When you try to remember something, this will be easier if you have learnt it in an organized way. If you are not sure how to do this, try writing brief notes about the text you are reading. Many people find this an effective way of learning. After all, it’s easy to read something and not understand or remember it, usually because you have stopped paying attention.
4. Complete the text with a word from the list. You will have to use some words more than once.
As well as being a scientist, Galileo was interested IN painting and music. He started his studies BY attending medical school in Padua. Unlike most scientists at that time, who usually relied ON discussing the facts, not trying to prove them,he recognized the importance OF doing experiments to prove the facts. He is famous FOR dropping different
weights from the Tower of Pisa to prove that all bodies fall at the same rate, though this is probably not a true story. Through practice, he also became good AT observing the stars,and identified craters on the Moon, sunspots, and the moons of Jupiter. As a result OF studying the planet Venus, he succeeded IN proving that Copernieus was correct, and that the Earth moved around the Sun. Unfortunately, the Church authorities accused him OF publishing unacceptable ideas. In the end he was forced to choose between being punished by the Church, or denying his own ideas. He spent most of the last nine years of his life imprisoned in his own house.
5. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals.
a. Are you INTERESTED in fossil-collecting?
b. Does walking long distances INVOLVE in your daily routine?
c. I often KEEP finding rocks that aren’t really fossils.
d. When you look for fossils on a cliff, there is a RISK of falling.
e. I really think this is the wrong place to look for fossils, it won’t HELP you much.
f. Going on the club trip MEANS getting up early.
g. I REMEMBER leaving my hammer at home.
h. I FEEL like sitting down and having a rest!
i. I have the knowledge and skill to find fossils, I know how to do it.
j. Don’t take up a hobby unless it’s WORTH it and you’re serious about it.
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