Vocabulary

14256. electoral system

14257. general public

14258. general election

14259. support

14260. candidates

14261. vote

14262. right-wing

14263. environmental issues

14264. opinion

14265. mainstream

14688. paramilitary

14689. initiative

14690. unrest

14691. prisoners

14692. rights

15120. extremism

15121. nationalist

15122. racism

15123. Feminism

15124. ageist

USE OF ENGLISH

1. won‘t/opinion

2. politics/will

3. initiative/may

4. issue/will

5. parliament/should

LISTENING

Tapescript

Speaker A

Well, I work for Amnesty International, which is an international movement that campaigns for the respect and protection of human rights. I'm extremely passionate about my work as I think Amnesty is an internationally important organisation. You wouldn't believe what goes on in the world! We work on improving human rights mainly through campaigns, and our many members and supporters try to influence governments, politicians, companies, basically anyone who can help us stop human rights being abused. We also have a number of activists and campaigning groups who take up human rights issues through various communication and media channels. Any member of the general public can help simply by becoming a member of Amnesty International and regularly giving a small donation to support what we do.

Speaker B

For those who live in the west, healthcare is so easily accessible. And advanced, of course. Many of us take this for granted, but, you know, for the majority of the world’s population it's a different story. People in poor countries often live miles away from a doctor, a nurse or a healthcare facility, or perhaps they cannot afford to buy medicine. The Red Cross tries to tackle some of these most basic health and social care problems in vulnerable communities around the world. I've been personally involved in healthcare facilities improvement projects in over 30 countries! Of course anyone can help. You don't need to run a marathon or skydive. We organise many charity social events too, such as coffee mornings, cake sales or talks. All you need to do is turn up and enjoy yourself!

Speaker C

What do we stand for? I can easily summarise that: we stand for a beautiful world, a good life and a positive relationship with the environment. Basically, we are an environmental organisation and our focus is to look after the planet that we all live on and depend upon. We do a lot of campaigning on environmental and social issues, such as economic globalisation or sustainable fuel resources. I'm working on a project at the moment that is being carried out in mining communities in Argentina and we're trying to prevent some human rights violations. Of course, anyone can help Friends of the Earth. You can make a donation, that's the easiest thing to do, or if you want to do a little more than that, why not join a local volunteer group?

Speaker D

I'm the Liberal Democrat candidate for my local constituency. You might wonder why I've joined a party that never seems to win a general election, as Labour or the Tories do, but I truly believe in our policies. We have fresh views on how the country should be run, such as having an open political system that is designed to listen to people, rather than a system where politicians just do what they please. The core values of the Liberal Democrats, such as fairness, freedom, liberty, and equality, are extremely important to me on a personal level. I'm happy to represent a party that rejects any form of discrimination, such as racism, ageism or homophobia. Of course we also put strong emphasis on environmental issues, like promoting green transport, green energy, waste reduction or fair deals for British farmers. I have to think of my grandchildren, you know. And so should everyone else, by voting for us!

15984. A and C

15985. D

15986. B

15987. A

READING

4480. C

4481. B

4482. F

4483. A

4484. D

UNIT 5 PROGRESS TEST B

GRAMMAR

6640. won't usually be told

6641. can’t be mended

6642. couldn't be pulled

6643. have now been arrested

6644. were being shown

6645. might have been started

6646. am often told

6647. to be spoken

6648. were carefully searched / searched carefully

6649. I'm always being stopped

7216. were easily defeated by the Roman army

7217. won't be asked to take the test again

7218. will be presented with gifts made by local children

7219. will be visited by a group of old-age pensioners

7220. must be given a clear signal

7221. (that) they were being watched.

7222. will be beaten (by their opponents)

7223. who should be punished

7224. being told not to use the beach

7225. 10 (that) she was being lied to