Poad\nq Exam

A Readthe ExamReminder.what woulo ldentifyingkeywordsin questions

in eachquestion?
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B Now complete the Exam lask.
scanningeachparagraphto find the important
in{ormaiionyou underlinedin the questions.

Runningfor their lives

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A but I love it.There are quit€ a lot
Suehasbeenrunning for as
long as shecan remember.
Shehas alwaysbeensporty,
but now shefinds that
runningis her main exercise.
'There'sno needto pay for a
gym,and the only equipment
you needis a goodpair of
running shoes.Thereareno
excuses youjust Put on your
tracksuit,warm up and off
you go.Youcan go runningwheneverit suitsyou, even
in the dark if you havesomereflectiveclothing.Thebad
weatherputs somepeopleoff,but norme.I can run m
snowwith specialspikeson my sho€s.'Su€is always
pusningnerse.fnaroerard nassrarr"dhil.running
recently.'It's reallydifficull at first,but running up hjlls
is excellen!training.lt makesyour legsvery strong.Even
goingdownhill is not as easyas it might seem;you hav€
to keepyour bodyupright and not go too fast orbraketoo
mu-h - ve .akenDa,Lrn hjl- runningracesand - m reallv
nlp,c.n u,iih mv nr nacc'
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lacktook up runnins two yearsago,but sufferedinjurjes
until he tn€d runningbarefoot.'lt'ssurprisinghow
easyit is to run barefootonceyou get usedto it.The
humanbodywasbuilt to run without shoes,and you
run in a differentway when you arebarefoot.Theball
ofyour foot,the paitjust behindyour big toe,hits the
groundfirst,whe.easif you haveshoeson, the heeioften
absorbsa lot ofthe shock.I
stadedrunningalonglhe
beachandvent on to tun
through fields and on soft
ground. Now I can even
run barefoot on concrete,
which is good because
I live in New York City.
You have to watch
whereyou arest€pping in th€ week b.:..E r.:ace. as rhis is
of coursebecauseyou
don't haveshoeslo rhis q.ll b. -i. r:: -i: sre has run
protect you.I get
som€ strange looks
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of barefoot runners here and
they have ev€n organised
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simon saysthat running
has chaneedhis life.He
can run a distanceof
400meuesfasterthan
most ofhis friendsa! the
runningtrack,although
he only took up the spo{ a
few yearsago.He is hoping
to improve his speed enough to
enter intemational competitions
and has ambitions to break records.
This wouldbe an achievementfor any youngperson,
but the amazingthing aboutsimon is that he has
neverhadlegs.'Iwear artificiallegswhich w€re
speciallydesignedfor running.Theyarelighter than
rne onesI wear for wdlkingand I -an run a' fast ds
many able-bodiedathletes.Runningis my life;it's such
a great feelingl'
D
clare hasjust returnedfrom a thirty
kjlometrerun. she'sbeentraining
forthe AthensMarathonfor about
five months.'Youhaveto build
up the distances siowly. My
trainer's advice is to increase
the distance by no more than
ten pe.cent each week. I slait€d
offrunningjusl a few kilom€tres a
week and now I'm running about
5 4 k i l o m e l r e sa w € € k . I h a d a l o t o f
difficulty at first \!ith sore ieet, and I
need to buy new runrirg shoes every
and wjll be ead.g a:.: ofcarbohydrates
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 Exam Task
':- aregoingto readar artlce abo{rtfourpeoplewho enjoy.unning.Forquestions
1-10,
-3cse from the parasraphs(A-D).The paragraphsmaybe chosenmorethanonce.
- whjch paragraph(s) do you read about
: : : r s o n w i ' t ha d i s a b i i t y ?
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-: m p o r t a n c eo i a t r a l n i n gp r o g r a m m e ?
: ' . r e n i t e c h n i q u e sn e e d e df o r r u n n l n g ?
;::.ia diet requirements?
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: - : c l e m s t h a t r u n n i n gc a n c a u s e ?
- : r c o n v e n i e n t a n di n e x p e n s i v reu n n i n gl s ? * 4'*" :, t
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YooaValary
A Complete the sentenceswith these words in the correct form.
a
examine forbid have lose presc.ibe recover treal lwist
Albert is very unheathy and needsto we ght.
h e r a n k l ew h l e s h e w a s p a y i n gt e n n i s . ,
an X-rayto seeifthe bone sbrolen.
Youcan somell resseswith naturalrenrediessuch

Maryis sti from her coldi evenaftertwo weeks.

The doctor declded to antibloticsfor my chestlnfection.
smokinganywhere in the hospltal.
b The n!rsewil me today, but I can't start the treatment

3 Completeeachsentencewith the words given.

talf n9 to hispatientlsurgeon, ward)
2 F r e s hf o o d i s h i g h i n andusuay contains no . (additives, vitamins)
3 Beforethe , wasgivenan (injection,operation)
checkedmy eyesandthen the g a v e m e a n e a t i n gp l a n .
dietician, optician)
i rliar rfo r.. .la^r T^1.\! A,.l > a r o u n dh i s h e a d a n d h a d t o w a k w i t h a
bandage, crutch)
helpsto re:x the mind,whie - isverygoodfor lmprovlng
fitness.

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gymnastics, meditation)
-he
I pharmacistcouldn't read the doctor's writing on the for my
medi€ation, prescription)
: ',4yhomemade flu wo 1,.s-l . bL. n i da ,s rer,ay, lJ or d havea
:. protectmyselfagainstflu in the Juture.(remedy,vaccination)
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words in bold are in the wrong sentences. Write eachword next to the corred sentence.
'iithegym, p r e f e r wkai n go n t h e t r a i n e r t rou n n i r g .
, a m i e i s s t a y l n ga t h o m e t o d a y b e c a u s eh e h a sa h i g h w o u n d .
i . d ' o p p e d t " e t a b l e t o r h . o o a d b o e r ' e 'b 9 L o e .
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b e s tt h i r g a b o u t m e a t i s t h a t i t i s h j g h i n p r e s e r v a t i v e s .
:3:tunately, the treadmill wasn't too big to swa low
/ : u s h o u l da v o l df o o d t h a t h a sa l o t o f w e i g h t s l n i t .
'./y temperature
advlsed me to drink nrore water.
^ e n u r s ed r e s s e dt h e p r o t e i n w i t h a b a n d a g e .

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