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5 Cross the odd-one-out.
politics
a) policy b) party c) economy
1 politically
a) correct b) minded c) leader
2 hooligan
a) vandalism b) civic c) violence
3 human rights
a) solidarity b) minorities c) discrimination
4 workers
a) taxes b) unions c) unemployment
5 party
a) liberal b) social c) conservative
6 vote
a) poll b) abstain c) wing
7 issues
a) problems b) rights c) concerns
8 protest
a) complaint b) statement c) demonstration
6 Read the text about young voters and complete each gap with one
suitable word from the list. The first one is done for you. There are 3 extra
words.
web site voters vote targeted president polls ignoring elections
culpable candidates advertising apathetic politicians
YOUNG VOTERS
Presidential candidates and young voters are 1 ignoring
each other and
creating a growing generation of Americans who don’t care about 2_______, says
a report released Tuesday.
The report by The Third Millennium, a youth-run research group, says
candidates in recent presidential primaries looked past.
3____________ages 18-29 and drew fewer than one in ten to the
4_________in most states.
‘Put simply, candidates ignore young people because young people don’t
5____________and young people don’t vote because 6___________ignore
them,’ said Richard Thau, Third Millennium president. ‘Both sides are equally
7_________’.
In 1996, turnout in the presidential election among voters ages 18-24 hit a
low of 24%, down from 52% when 18-year-olds could first vote in 1972.
An equally dismal young voter turnout is expected in November and,
because voting habits are often passed on from parents to children, the next
generation of voters may be even more 8__________, the study said.
Generally, candidates avoided 9__________on television programmes that
had high ratings among viewers ages 18-34, the study found.
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