EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. Before the rise of our present technology, the of a ship relied largely
on the stars and the sun plus a few simple instruments.
2. Modern cultural studies courses generally several different subjects,
ranging from literature to music to pop culture.
3. His of how to set up and run a business are entirely different from
mine.
4. Their opinions on just about everything are so that it is amazing that
they don't argue all the time.
5. She currently a project which aims to educate young people about
the environment and how to protect it.
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THE GINSENG PLANT
A ginseng root, with its stocky middle and arm and leg-like appendages, is said
to resemble the human form. According to the lore of traditional Chinese medicine,
the greater the likeness, the more formidable its medicinal qualities. And for
thousands of years Chinese from all walks of life have coveted the fleshy root.
Emperors ruling from the confines of the Forbidden City made a point of supping the
bitter herb each day to improve their intellectual abilities. Peasants in the countryside
used it more judiciously, ingesting it to cure disease or give them a boost when
energy levels ebbed. Today, the list of ailments and diseases apparently cured by
ginseng reads like an index to a medical textbook. Few of the claims are supported
by scientific proof, though.
E X E R C I S E 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:
COLUMN A COLUMN B
a) short, strong and solid
b) something attached to something larger
c) knowledge or traditions, usually passed on
from former times, or shared by certain people
d) impressive because of its greatness
e) occupations; backgrounds (phrase)
f) strongly want for your own, especially when it
belongs to someone else
g) having a lot of the soft inner part, e.g. plant
fibre or fat
h) enclosed area
i) drink in small amounts
j) person who works on the land for very low
wages, or who earns his living from a very
small piece of land
k) sensibly; with good judgement
I) take in food
m) something that increases the amount or level of
something
n) become weak or less
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