Exercise 35 WOMEN DOCTORS
Throughout history, women have had
(0).........................for healing the sick. However, it is RESPONSIBLE
only in (1).........................recent times that they have COMPARE
been allowed to train as doctors at (2)..................... MEDICINE
schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have made
an enormous (3)...............to modern medicine CONTRIBUTE
The first female doctors were priestesses
who gave (4)....................about diseases and ADVISE
(5)..............................and prepared medicines. In INJURE
ancient Rome, women healers were considered
(6)..........................and respected. SKILL
In Britain, for centuries male doctors were
(7)............... of women who practised medicine SUSPECT
(8)....................and in 1512 a law was passed making PROFESSION
it (9).........................for them to do so. Women LEGAL
couldn't study medicine at universities until
the 19th century and they only began to gain
(10)...........................with male doctors in the 20th century EQUAL
Exercise 36 THE COTSWORDS
The Cotswolds is an area of great(0).................. BEAUTIFUL
in England. It has a number of (1)................ DELIGHT
villages and small towns with lovely old buildings
that have remained (2).............................since the CHANGE
area was a major (3)..........................centre several COMMERCE
centuries ago. The countryside in the area is
(4).......................and most of the buildings there are CHARM
made from an (5)..........................type of light stone that ATTRACT
is particular to the Cotswolds.
In the summer, the Cotswords can get rather
(6)...........................but it is always possible to find CROWD
pretty places that do not have the (7)............. FAMOUS
of the more well-known villages and towns.
There is no(8)......................of pleasant hotels SHORT
and (9).........................inns for visitors to stay in TRADITION
and the Cotswods area is an excellent place
for an (10)............................weekend or longer trip ENJOY
Exercise 37 CAMERON PARK
At first light, there is nothing.......................(0) about USUAL
the town of Cameron Park in California but, as
the day begins and the town comes to ........................(1), LIVE
you can't help ............................(2) that, among the cars, NOTICE
there are light aeroplanes moving along the roads
towards the airport.
When the town was .......................(3) built, a small ORIGIN
airport was included for the (4)....................of people CONVENIENT
flying in to look at the properties which were for
....................(5), but it soon became clear to the developers SELL
that this was an attraction it self. The
streets were .............................(6) so that planes could use WIDE
them, the mailboxes near the road were made
...................................(7) to avoid passing wings, and all the SHORT
electricity cables were burried........................(8), GROUND
Now, there is every.....................(9) that the LIKELY
residents will have a private plane in their garage
and use it with the same .................(10) other FREE
people enjoy with their cars.