A – Comprehension Test 3

Speak about Iceland’s volcano eruption as:

1. a stranded passenger

2. an airlines representative

3. a publican

4. a truck –driver who was to deliver some foodstuff

Use as much of this news report’s language as possible.

blanket ban on flights, volcanic cloud, volcanic ash, catastrophic engine failure,

bank-up of passengers, frustrated, stranded passengers/commuters, uneasy scene,

yell and jeer at police, immigration delays, civil unrest, publicans, air lockdown, to reassess the blanket ban,

set up a hub, reasonable lift capacity, lifting people, effect pharmaceutical supplies, bone-marrow donation deliveries

Text 15.

Korean tension at dangerous levels

At home

1. Discuss the following:

a) What kind of relationships is observed between two South and North Korea?

Why is North Korea referred to as a rogue state in the international political discourse?

What have been the latest mentioning of both countries in mass media?

b) Who are these men? Why is one o them say he thinks it might be a nuclear test?

2. Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text.

So worried are world powers about the potential for confrontation…

The residents here are getting more nervous, because…When North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island last month…

If the South conducts this shelling…

But with a population starved of information…

3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs

retaliate		revenge
confront		warn
bomb		response
threaten		exercise

3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1. Following an initial _________ phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.

2. President Bush, in a sharp __________ with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.

3. Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent _______ on Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.

4. The combination of_______ , backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.

5. ______ (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.

6. With daybreak the heavy _________________ recommenced from all the batteries.

7. Physical ___________ is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

8. The nuclear ___________ present during the Cold War has diminished.

4 A). Match the words

a live- fire	warning
grave threats of	military exercise
hold	back
teeter on	retaliation
fire-and- brimstone	a shelling exercise
to be sick and	threats
7) bow before	the island
8) shell	tired
9) strike	the brink of war