Column a Column B. A) suffering very badly from being poor (phrase)

a) suffering very badly from being poor (phrase)

b) divided because of war (phrase)

c) physical abnormality

d) expectation; hope

e) become established (phrase)

f) healed

g) succeed in

h) only; merely

i) put into operation (phrase)

j) connection

k) take part

I) greatly

m) without payment (phrase)

n) given out of kindness; free

o) connected system

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

1. " The Chain of Hope" is an organization

A) formed as a result of the appeals of surgeons from under-developed countries

B) which operates throughout the world with surgeons well-known in their fields

C) which deals with the health problems of poor children in France

D) in which every member of society can take part

E) which is trying to improve the quality of health services in poverty-stricken countries

2. The children

A) are cared for voluntarily by families after the operation until they are well enough to be sent back home

B) are operated on by the Chain of Hope, because they come from poor families not able to

afford such operations

C) are adopted by French families after the operation if they have no family in their own

countries to return to

D) are chosen especially from countries where there is a war going on

E) are brought to France by Air France or UTA on reduced fares

3. We can conclude from the passage that

A) the speaker Professor Alain Deloche complains about not receiving sufficient support from the community

B) the aim of the organization in the long term is to spread its works to other developed countries as well

C) the children operated on in France are those whose own countries lack the requirements for such operations

D) one has to possess some kind of expertise to become a link in the chain

E) the organization tries to build hospitals throughout France where the most skilled surgeons will perform their operations

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

1. The film " The Elephant Man" was a true story based on a man who suffered most of his life because of his physical ___________

2. A lot more money needs to be spent before the rail __________can be considered truly efficient.

3. The Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges are the road ___________between the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.

4. The entrance into mosques in Istanbul is _____________for tourists; however, donations towards the upkeep are often given.

5. Many highly educated people have no_______ of employment due to the current economic crisis.