Column a Column b

a) investigation or study of people's behaviour, opinions, etc.

b) of the nose

c) feeling of discomfort or pain

d) having lines or splits on its surface because it is damaged

e) sign of illness, indicated by changes in the body's condition

f) a skin condition or disease

g) becoming covered in hard, dry patches; coming off in small, dry patches

h) becoming greater in size or rounder than normal

i) unpleasant feeling on the skin which makes the person want to scratch it

j) to be expected; probably the case

k) lessening or removal of pain, discomfort, etc.

I) change from one thing to another

m) harmful; damaging

n) relating to or belonging to only one; being separate or different from others

of the same kind

o) not causing an allergic reaction; containing fewer substances

known to cause allergic reactions

p) compared with others; comparatively

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

1. The writer advises those with allergic reactions to

A) stop using soap

B) take anti-allergenic drugs

C) change their brand of cosmetics

D) avoid all cosmetics

E) complain to the manufacturer

2. It's likely that the aim of the survey was

A) to test how well a particular brand of soap was selling

B) to aid the drug manufacturers in their development of remedies

C) to get evidence to support a legal claim for damages against a cosmetics company

D) to collect the information needed to force cosmetics companies to withdraw certain products

E) to get an idea of how women react physically to cosmetics

3. Certain products cause allergies because

A) they are very low quality

B) the women are taking drugs which react adversely to the cosmetics

C) the women overuse them by as much as 25 percent

D) certain people are sensitive to their ingredients

E) the manufacturers use harmful ingredients because they are cheaper

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

1. He's having his old garage ___________ into a photographic studio.

2. I'm _______________ tall, but even I can't reach that top shelf.

3. One or two of the mugs are ______________, but most of them are in perfect condition.

4. There's a/an ____ programme I'd like to watch this evening if no one has any objections.

5. I think that the cause of my eye _________________ is the smoke from your cigarettes.

READING 2

THE "JAZZ AGE"

Some of America's finest novelists began to write in the 1920s, or the "Jazz Age", as this decade is sometimes termed. Older authors such as Theodore Dreiserand Ellen Glasgow were still writing, but new authors wrote with new attitudes and styles. Most of the serious novelists critically analyzed American society and ways of life and tried to depict Americans as they really were. F. Scott Fitzgerald caught the restless spirit of the 1920s in his The Great Gatsby. Ernest Hemingway depicted war and disillusionment in his The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. With his direct, unadorned style and forceful dialogue, Hemingway set a pattern for much future American literature. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, satirized the American businessman and small town in his Main Street and Babbitt. His style was mediocre, but his work vividly dissected a large section of American life.

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

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