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10 You will hear a political speech, fill in the missing words. You will hear
the recording twice.
Ladies and er .. Gentlemen, I would like to talk to you for a moment about the (1)
____. Never before has this country faced such a (2) ______ and what is needed
is courage and honesty. Should we (3) ___ with the situation firmly, the
consequences could be er … absolutely disastrous for us all. It is at moments
such as this that the (4) ___ of a nation shines through, but I seriously believe that
the (5) ____ taken now will resolve the problems that have (6) ___ so menacingly.
(Applause) What we must all realize is that the way ahead is hard, and (7) _____
must be made, but on no account and in no circumstances must our resolve be
shaken. It is quite obvious that those who do not firmly believe, as I do, that this is
so, are mistaken. Were we to act as they suggest, we would face a situation from
which we might (8) ______ and this must not be allowed to happen. (Applause) I
sincerely hope that you (9) ______ with me in saying ‘Yes’ to what I am
proposing, because saying ‘No’ would mean not only that I was (10) ______, but
also that I was wrong. Thank you.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
11 Match the words in the box with correct descriptions.
1) This person is the head of the government.
2) This person is the head of state.
3) These people are elected to represent their areas (known as constituencies).
They are also known as MPs.
4) This place is where the Parliament meets.
5) This is the name of the main right-wing party.
6) This is the name of the main left-wing party.
The Queen / The Conservative Party / The Prime Minister /
Members of Parliament / The Houses of Parliament / The Labour Party
12 For questions 1-15, read the text below and look carefully at each line.
Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be
there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). If a line has a word which should not
be there, write the word.
__√_
0 The Prime Minister was asked today how he plans to deal with growing
_if
__ 00 crime amongst teenagers. He believes that if it is important to create
____ 1 more jobs and to provide more opportunities for them to get work. At the
____ 2 same time he thinks that young criminals should be sent in to prison for
____ 3 longer. “The Labour Government is tough on crime”, is his party’s slogan
____ 4 Parents must continue to play a vital role in their helping the Government
____ 5 make our streets more safer. The Government is also considering to
____ 6 introduce a curfew in some city centres to stop young people being out
____ 7 on the streets after 11 o’clock, when most serious crimes are happen.
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