Saeed 196 BE News eyents Read the text and decide which answer (A,B, C or D) best ts each space. Reports that the government ss sbout to (1): the go ahead to plans for the bnulding of anew sunway at London's Gatwick airport have sagered local (2)...0.-and raised fears of sncreased noise and exhaust pollution. The yun. plans also inelude permission for additional night fhghts and wall @.ssonsde compulsory purchase of fermland, (5),,.....the demolition of a ‘number of private homes. According to sources lose tothe Ministry of “Transport, the government is known to be concerned by the increasing (..-.9f aff at London Heatarov, where there are ao plans for further runways inthe foreseeable (7)... Gatwick is widely @) ..... as a better oO. for expansion than London's third airport, Stansted, which still (20)... from poor transport links. A spokesperson for the Keep Gatwick ‘Quiet association, (11), _up of local people, accused the goverument of (22)... Dac on promises made before the General Election, ‘We were told ‘thea that the airport authority had no (13)... ef building another runway, and we believe thatthe govemment has a duty to (4)... its pledges. ‘Prominent figures in the goverment are also believed to be concemed at the ‘news, although the Prime Minister, interviewed last night, is (15) as sayimg that reports were ‘misleading’ However, he Would not gave an assurance ‘that plans for building a sunway had definitely been rejected 1) Asign Banke C give D approve 2) Aimhabitants Bdwellers.—Coccupants residents 3) Acontroversial debatable C notorious —_—D dowhiful 4) Aimvolve Beoncem — Cassume Daneed 5) A further to Baswellas — Cmoreover what's more © Asam Baws C volume D length 7) Ayears B period © time D future 8) A regarded Bbelieved Celt Dheld 9) A potential Boutlock Cprospect. ©—-Diikelihood 10) A affects Bundergoes experiences suffers 4) Amade Beet brought Diakea 12) A getting Bialking C gong D turing 13) A desire Bintention —C wish D objective 14) A bear out Beounton —_C pull off D stand by 15) A quoted Bknown thought Deritten2 Both options make sense. Underline the one which forms a common collocation. 4) The two men, disguised transformed as security guards, overpowered stafT at ‘the bank and escaped with £150,000 'b) The pilot was the one‘sole survivor of the erash «) The fire extensivelyAvidely damaged the 500-year-old building. 4) Mr Johnson was taken to Maidstone General Hospital where his condition was described as ‘ritical/peilous' ©) The government spokesperson declined to speak abouticonmment on the matter. 1 A.woman and aman were later desained/arrested for questioning 2) The findings/resuls of the committee are de for publication this week. 1) The government agreed that the problem must he removed/tackled at once 4) We must be very careful with sensitive/diffcultissues such as this, to avoid siving offence, ) A police spokesperson admitted that detectives were buffedigser by Mr Day's disappearance, but were hoping to come up with an explanation 3 Complete each sentence with one of the words from the box. a) With Stnith out injured, there is litle prospeet....0f Ciy reaching the next round, ) After heavy rain, during the race were hazardous. ©) Tis common, that Douglas intends to retite at the end of the season, 4) Two French and two Enghsh forwards were savolved in an ugly just before half-time. ©) Miss Schmit easily secured her sn the next round wath @ confident display of power tennis. 1) The final day begins with the Australian team on the. of victory 8) Whether Alberto was offside is a matter of, in my view. by) Thave every hat Jack Wood is the man to lead our team to vietory 1) There is no concrete {hat anyone in the team has taken drags j)) The club has disclaimed, for the damage, blaming it on supporters fromLonéoa, 197198 ‘Compete the collocation or fixed phrase in sentences (ad) using endings (1-10), 4) The union is drawing ups ») The managing director said that recent events had put ) No ona holds out, 4) He went on to say that the company prided ¢@) Both sides have agreed to meet on a regular 4) The union has since challenged, 2) Others believe that both sides would jump at the 1) Itis unlikely that the union will moderate 1) The management stated that the problem had been exaggerated out of 3) The minister said that he put himself atthe ‘basis from now on. he added. all proportion, and that an agreement was close. 4 strain upon everyone employed by the company. its demand for a shorter working week the figuras given to the prose by the financial director new proposals to put to the employers. disposal of both sides in the dispute. itself om its good relations with all its employees. chance to resume negotiations without delay. ‘much hope for the success of the discussions Replace the words underlined in each sentence with one of the collocations or fixed phrases from the box. 8) Tam not thinking of resigning at the moment. have. Ma. indention, +) Everybody is aware that Smith has a criminal secord ©) We all know what caused the closure of the factory. 6) The report has made people afiaid that others may be a risk from the disease ©) We shall try hard, although there is not much chance of winning. 2) A hospital spokesperson refused to confirm thatthe injured man bad been shot. @) Some conservationists advocate an immediate ban on hunting 1b) Commenting on the weekend travel chaos, the rail company attributed this to a combination of snow and high winds,In each headline, replace the word of words underlined with one of the ‘headline’ words from the box. 4) Miners’ union promises to fight over local pay deals. 1.8, >) Change to school funding aims to increase teacher numbers. ©) Newspapers and union going to clash over pay claim. 4d) Man found innocent in bank robbery ease, 2) British aitempt to aid refugees turned down, 1) Woman artested by police alter pub shooting. 48) Number of people killed rises to six hh) Rail strike approaches. ') Ministersin disagreementoverpay rises Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the words in capitals. Press (1) «.speculation...... continues over whether the Prime SPECULATE Minister is on the point of calling a General Election. An Q. js expected shortly from government ANNOUNCE headquarters. Political () lieve that the ANALYSE timing of an election is erucial to the (). of SURVIVE the government, Michael Lee of the ‘Independent’ commented: ‘We've had repeated (5), from the Prime ASSURE Minister that no election would be called this year, but present citeumstances may just cause him to change his mind.’ Sic ‘months ago this would have been (6), THINK ‘An election would have been (7). ‘suicide, and POLITICS ‘would certainly have led to the (8) ‘ofthe DOWN government. The government was coming in for severe O. because of ts education policy. It was also CRITICISE, widely attacked for its (10) involvement. DISASTER in the arms export scandal, and for its (I). FAIL to address the problem of (12) But EMPLOY ‘according (0 recent opinion polls, the electorate i impressed at the way the PM has restored party (13), and UNITE ‘overcome the internal (14), which were DIVIDE threatening to rip the party apart. Michael Lee comments: There would be some (15). in calling an JUSTIFY ‘leetion pretty soon. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it happens within the next day or two. 199