Exercise 1: A GARLIC A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY

You may know that Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean 1. TRADITION
cultures have (1)_______________________used garlic in their dishes.
What you may not know is that garlic was
also thought of as a (2)______________________medicine by many ancient 2. VALUE
civilisations.
Today, (3)_____________________in the field of nutrition have come 3. PROFESSION
up with new (4)___________________ which is indeed quite 4. INFORM
(5)___________________ . Apparently, not only is garlic good for you but 5. SURPRISE
it also helps you overcome various (6)_________________ 6. ILL
The main (7)____________________ of eating garlic is of course bad 7. ADVANTAGE
(8)__________________ . Cooking it, ne reduces the strong smell and 8. BREATHE
eating parsley, which is a (9)_________________ deodoriser, also helps 9. NATURE
minimise the smell. So, it's time we took the benefits of garlic
(10)_____________________Why not add it to some of your 10. SERIOUS
(11)___________________ dishes! 11. FAVOUR

Exercise 2: MISSING THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE

My father was a police (1)_________________ , my mother a 1. INSPECT

(2)___________________ . Their (3)_______________________to move to a small 2. TEACH
town when I was a child changed my life. It was a very 3. DECIDE
(4)________________________place and of course living there meant that I 4. PEACE
had much more (5)____________________________ to go wherever I 5. FREE
pleased. The people were (6)___________________________but I missed 6. FRIEND
my close friends, my school and the (7)___________________________ city I 7. NOISE
had lived in. As I grew up, I realised that there wasn't much for a
young person to do there, except rush into 8. MARRY
(8)____________________________. When I left, my parents were sad, but
they realised that staying there would only make me 9. MISERY
(9)_______________________ . The big city I live in now is not very far
away, so I can visit my parents (10)___________________________ and 10. FREQUENT
have the best of both worlds.