Matching Sentence Endings

The Pompidou Center

1. D

Para: 4

Keywords: escalators, lifts, inside

With all the services at one end of the building, escalators and lifts at the other

• at one end of the building = at one side of the building
• at the other = at the other side of the building

2. B

Para: 5

kw: 1970s, pictures

The image of the Pompidou pervaded popular culture in the 1970s, making appearances everywhere - on record-album covers and a table lamp …

• image = pictures
• table lamp = everyday object

3. F

Para: 7

Keywords: original plans, floors

… that not only had movable walls, but floors that could also be adjusted up or down. This second feature did not in the end survive when the competition drawings were turned into a real building.

• this second feature = floors
• did not in the end survive when the competition drawings were turned into a real building = changed during the construction process

4. A

Para: 7

Keywords: detailed structure, finished building

… a superbly detailed structure. It was this quality which, according to some critics, suggest that the Pompidou should be seen as closer to the 19th-century engineering tradition than the space age.

• the 19th-century engineering tradition = past building styles

Biological control of pests

1. D

Para: 9

CIBC is also perfecting the technique for breeding parasites that prey on ‘disapene scale’ insects – notorious defoliants of fruit trees in the US and India

• notorious: well known for being bad
• defoliant: these insects eat the leaves from plants, in particular the leaves of fruit trees
• prey on = feed on

2. H

Para: 10

Neodumetia sangawani, was found useful in controlling the  Rhodes grass-scale insect that was devouring forage grass in many parts of the US

• ate = was devouring

3. C

Para: 10

In  the  late  1960s,  when  Sri  Lanka‟s  flourishing  coconut  groves  were plagued  by  leaf-mining  hispides,  a  larval  parasite  imported  from  Singapore  brought  the pest under control.

• blight = plague
• flourishing: developing quickly and being very successful/productive
• grove: a small group of trees

4. E

Para: 9

Similarly the  Hyderabad  – based Regional  Laboratory (RRL), supported by CIBC, is now trying out an Argentina weevil  for the  eradication of water hyacinth.

• hyacinth: a plant with a mass of small blue, white or pink flowers with a sweet smell that grow closely together around a thick stem
• wiping out = eradication

5. B

Para: 10

By using Neochetina bruci, a beetle native to Brazil, scientists at Kerala Agricultural  University  freed  a  12-kilometer-long  canal  from  the  clutches  of  the  weed Salvinia molesta…About 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Kerala are infested by this weed [Salvinia molesta]

• plague = infest

The man who tried to destroy Paris

1. D

Para: 3

Keywords: Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye

the Villa Savoye … was one of the best, most functional houses ever built. Unfortunately, this turned out to be an exeggeration. The flat roof was a particular problem, … needed constant reparairs.

2. F

Para: 5

Keywords: concrete, Le Corbusier, later buildings

Le Corbusier loved the look and flexibility of concrete, and found it hard to hide it behid brick or paint, preferring to leave it on full view

• leave it on full view = left exposed

3. C

Para: 6

Keywords: Le Corbusier, style, architecture

while many admired and copied his new style of architecture, many more hated it

• admired and copied his new style of architecture = friends
• hated it = enemies

4. A

Para: 7

Keywords: Le Corbusier, large following

… attracted a large number of followers. As a result, many placed were subjected to his style

• were subjected to his style = copied his style

The Risks of Cigarette Smoke

1. E

Para: 5

Keywords: passive smoking,

A more recent study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that second-hand cigarette smoke does more harm to non-smokers than to smokers...

• second-hand cigarette smoke = passive smoking
• does more harm to non-smokers than to smokers = is more harmful to non-smokers than to smokers

2. G

Para: 5

Keywords: compared, non-smoker, a smoker,

... Leaving aside the philosophical question of whether anyone should have to breathe someone else's cigarette smoke, the report suggests that the smoke experienced by many people in their daily lives is enough to produce substantial adverse effects on a person's heart and lungs.

• the smoke experienced by many people = active smoking
• may cause substantial adverse effects on person's heart and lungs = contracting various cancers

3. H

Para: 6

Keywords: American Medical Association,

The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA), was based on the researchers' own earlier research but also includes a review of studies over the past few years.... The American Medical Association represents about half of all US doctors and is a strong opponent of smoking...

• a strong opponent of smoking = opposes smoking
• The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association = The American Medical Association publishes research on the subject