Recycling (3) RECYCLING ADVANCED ENGLISH UNIT 10

RECYCLING ADVANCED ENGLISH

UNIT 10

Recycling (3)

C Complete the passage by putting one word in each space. A central feature of 1)________ 12th and 13th centuries in Europe was the concern of the great aristocratic families to ensure that their landed estates 2) ____________ handed down intact to future generations. In 3) ______ to prevent their inheritance from 4)_________divided, it 5) _____ traditional to insist that their younger sons 6)_________ remain unmarried. It was usual for the eldest son 7)________ have his bride chosen for him, probably from another related noble family, and if the wife 8)________ not 9)_________in producing the male heir needed to carry on the line, she 10)___________ be discarded, and another bride would be chosen, 11)________ potentially anarchic situation subsequently arose, 12) _______ loveless marriages on 13)__________ side, and rebellious bachelor knights on the other. 14)________ social problem was brilliantly 15)_________ by the invention of courtly love, in which an unmarried knight 16) ________ _ swear eternal love, respect and obedience to a married lady. The energies of younger sons 17)________ thus cleverly channelled into adventurous exploits and chivalrous deeds, all 18)________ the sake of their noble lady. 19)_________in all, courtly love went a long way 20)________ palliating the internal contradictions of mediaeval aristocratic society. D In most lines of this text there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically wrong or does not make sense in the text. Write the unnecessary words next to the numbers on the right. Tick any lines that are correct. Sergeant Bob Mann was one among the survivors of an ill-fated army expedition to the wilds of Borneo. He has still a fascinating tale to tell of alternative medical treatment in a remote jungle village. Despite of his precautions, he seriously injured his right hand while cutting a path through the jungle, and the wound became so badly infected that he was feared the onset of the gangrene. Several days later, when he and his companions reached to a hamlet, he was treated by a local witch doctor, who plunged his hand into a jar of snake flesh and herbs. ‘It was very amazing,’ said Sergeant Mann. ‘My own wound looked completely clean when I took my hand out. The people in here know so much about natural remedies. Without them, I might have had to have my hand quite amputated.’ Bob Mann’s hand has recently been operated on in a Hong Kong hospital, where the authorities have confirmed that the wound is being recovering well, and that the witch doctor’s treatment was so beneficial. But snake flesh, venom and saliva are traditionally considered to have healing properties for all kinds of wounds and infections. 1 _____________ 2 _____________ 3 _____________ 4 _____________ 5 _____________ 6 _____________ 7 _____________ 8 _____________ 9 _____________ 10 _____________ 11 _____________ 12 _____________ 13 _____________ 14 _____________ 15 _____________ 16 _____________

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