Alejandro+Rodríguez

MY WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS



Activity (23/01/2012)



4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions.

By the year 2020 we will have work in the perfect job In ten years' time we will be very famous By this time next week I will have class in the informatic classroom and my friend will do the same This time tomorrow I will be in the english classroom and my friends Claudia and Lourdes also

5. Activity

Scientists have discovered that addictions may be **hereditary**. A team from Britain’s University of Cambridge found that siblings of drug addicts **share** the same brain abnormalities as their drug-using brothers and sisters. The research team said these abnormal brain structures are linked **to** poor self-control and drug dependence. The researchers suggest that addiction is **in** some ways a “disorder of the brain”. This may provide important new ways into helping people with problems of self-control when it **comes** to addictions. The study sought to find out if drugs changed the “wiring” of the brain or whether the brains of drug addicts were wired **differently** from birth. Lead researcher Dr Karen Ersche told the BBC: “It has **long** been known that not everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted.” She continued: “It shows that drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we **need** to recognise this. These brothers and sisters who don't have addiction problems, what they can tell us is how they **overcome** these problems, how they manage self-control in their **daily** life.” Dr Ersche and her colleagues studied 50 pairs of siblings — one with a history of drug addiction and one with no experience **of** taking drugs. She compared these with 50 healthy people. She concluded: “We need to find out how these non-addicted siblings were able to resist **using** drugs.”
 * Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.**
 * 1. || (a) || **hereditary** || (b) || herald || (c) || herded || (d) || heresy ||
 * 2. || (a) || compare || (b) || **share** || (c) || repair || (d) || fare ||
 * 3. || (a) || as || (b) || at || (c) || **to** || (d) || up ||
 * 4. || (a) || to || (b) || of || (c) || by || (d) || **in** ||
 * 5. || (a) || arrives || (b) || leaves || (c) || goes || (d) || **comes** ||
 * 6. || (a) || difference || (b) || differs || (c) || **differently** || (d) || different ||
 * 7. || (a) || **long** || (b) || deep || (c) || wide || (d) || tall ||
 * 8. || (a) || must || (b) || **need** || (c) || should || (d) || necessary ||
 * 9. || (a) || overjoy || (b) || overkill || (c) || **overcome** || (d) || overplay ||
 * 10. || (a) || **daily** || (b) || nightly || (c) || afternoon || (d) || morning ||
 * 11. || (a) || as || (b) || for || (c) || to || (d) || **of** ||
 * 12. || (a) || users || (b) || **using** || (c) || use of || (d) || uses ||

__**TASK 2. TRUE / FALSE**__


 * a. || Scientists say that many addictions may be hereditary. || **T** / F ||
 * b. || Drug addicts can have the same brain abnormalities as their siblings. || **T** / F ||
 * c. || Abnormal brain structures usually results in better self-control. || T / **F** ||
 * d. || The study may be able to help people control themselves better. || **T** / F ||
 * e. || Everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted in some way. || T / **F** ||
 * f. || A researcher said addiction is a brain disorder and not a choice. || **T** / F ||
 * g. || The researcher said one in fifty of us are drug addicts. || T / **F** ||
 * h. || The doctor knows why some siblings of drug addicts are not addicts. || T / **F** ||

__**TASK 3. SYNONYM MATCH.**__ Match the following synonyms from the article.

1-g 2- 10-
 * 1. || discovered || a. || get over ||
 * 2 || siblings || b. || give ||
 * 3. || linked || c. || tried ||
 * 4. || provide || d. || decision ||
 * 5. || sought || e. || brothers and sisters ||
 * 6. || lead || f. || stay away from ||
 * 7. || choice || g. || found out ||
 * 8. || overcome || h. || head ||
 * 9. || colleagues || i. || connected ||
 * 10. || resist || j. || co-workers ||