EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage. 1. According to the passage, although the correct course of action for cramp is simple,

1. According to the passage, although the correct course of action for cramp is simple,

A) the pain caused by it takes a long time to disappear

B) it is clear that few people remember to follow it

C) it cannot be applied without the help of another person

D) barely anyone has ever survived an attack in water

E) it isn't easy to put into practice

2. According to the passage, the force of cramp is so great that

A) it is hopeless to try and save a victim

B) only previous victims can imagine it

C) rubbing the spot affected is useless

D) most people affected never go swimming again

E) it is impossible to move once affected

3. The author warns readers that

A) one should not attempt to help someone struck by cramp

B) rescuers should approach a victim head-on

C) suffering cramp while swimming is almost always fatal

D) rescuers can be dragged down with the victim

E) once struck with cramp while swimming, the person must stay still and wait for assistance

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

1. We have been _____________of sleep for the past two nights because our baby has been unwell.

2. It's not possible to_____________ the thrill of skiing without trying it for yourself.

3. Despite the pain from his broken ankle, the mountaineer had the______________ to light a fire so that he could be spotted by the rescue helicopter.

4. Sarah's joy at being offered a transfer to the Swiss branch of the bank was __________with sadness because she knew she would have to leave all her friends at the office.

5. After the two brothers returned home from school on that snowy night, their mother ________

their feet until the blood started to flow again and their frozen feet started to warm up.

ВАРИАНТ 9

READING 1 THE CHAIN OF HOPE

The children who are cared for by the Chain of Hope come from countries which are stricken by poverty or torn by conflict. They are children who have been injured by a mine or an exploding shell, who have been born with deformities, who have caught diseases or who suffer from the after-effects of injuries. A very simple operation can often save them. But there is usually no prospect of such surgery in their own countries, owing to the lack of specialized expertise and technical resources. " Faced with this terrible fact, " says Professor Alain Deloche, a heart surgeon, " a simple idea took root: to bring these children to France, to provide them with operations, and then send them home, cured, to their families." To achieve this, continues Professor Deloche, " one simply needs to bring into action a series of links in a chain of skills, asking people with all types of expertise to join in. This project has a powerful appeal. Everyone can participate and become a link in the chain." And so, well-known surgeons, the most highly skilled in their fields, operate free of

charge in their hospitals throughout France. Similarly, ambulances provide the children with free transport, and the airlines Air France and UTA offer complimentary tickets. At the end of the chain, one finds a network of families who take the children in free of charge during their recovery.

(From the United Nations' monthly magazine Refugees)

EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as: