Column a Column B. A) become smaller; decrease

a) become smaller; decrease

b) add something to

c) take something's place, instead of it

d) discussion involving different opinions

e) important subject or question causing discussion

f) cause to happen or be created; produce in great numbers

g) publication, e.g. a book, published articles, etc

h) person with great knowledge, usually of a particular subject

i) belief or feeling that the future will be good

j) feeling of unhappiness or being without hope

k) way of thinking about something; part of something's nature

I) get faster; speed up or cause to speed up

m) relying on each other

n) similar happening or occurrence that existed previously

o) unfamiliar situations (idiom)

p) requiring effort and determination in order to succeed

EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.

1. The points put forward in the lecture " The Terror of Change"

A) have changed scholars from a sense of optimism to one of gloom

B) are, for the most part, accepted

C) had not been considered by scholars previously

D) caused much debate and disagreement

E) filled several volumes

2. According to the writer, having no equivalents in the past

A) analyses formulated by experts are open to discussion

B) books on the world's problems cause a great deal of debate

C) Third World megacities are not sufficiently aided

D) modern technological developments do not meet the needs of the people

E) today's problems require new solutions

3. The outlook for the world's future

A) arouses optimism in some experts, yet pessimism in others

B) is a repetition of events which occurred in the past

C) depends entirely on technological advances made today

D) is one of overpopulation, pollution, and reduced farm production

E) shows that the population will soon exceed the earth's capacity

EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.

1. If you _________when you cycle down this hill, you should build up enough

speed to get up the next hill without too much effort.

2. Although we've looked at this problem in almost every one of its ________________we

have yet to discuss the question of finance.

3. His second ________________of poetry will come out towards the end of the month.

4. There's no point in just giving them easy exercises all the time. They need something more____________ if they are to make any progress.

5. You could take vitamin tablets to _____________your diet, but increasing your intake

of fruit and vegetables would probably be better in the long run.