TEST 30

Part 85. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

One of the main reasons why an increasing number of teachers in Western

countries leave their job is the 1)___overwhelming focus__________ on
standardized testing

Pisa is an international assessment of reading, mathematics and 2)__science

literacy ___________

This year’s ranking saw East Asian countries surpass 3)_____________ to

dominate the list

In these countries, succeeding in school is 4)__culturally stressed___________

as a priority

Singapore is exemplified as one of the countries offering

5)____bonuses_________ and _____competitive salaries________ to teachers

At the other end of the scale, 6)____Ghana_________ had the lowest PISA
scores

It is believed that uneducated population equates to 7)___lost economic output

__________

Some point to an emphasis on 8)__repetitive rote learning___________, rather

than actual education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9P8uHEtUg

Part 86. NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS

Trump pulled the U.S. out of a 1)__joint communique___________ at the last

minute

What we saw at the G-7 was actually stronger than that. That was, you know,
kind of a 2)___ willful desire__________ to undermine relationships and tell
these people that he does not really respect them as people

That was just kind of a throwaway line that was meant to

3)_____antagonize________ and show that you're not going to be able to
manage me

Some analysts have said this is 4)____reconfiguring_________ the world order

or ending the 20th century global power structure
And he's doing it by undermining the alliances that should really be close,
especially in the context of a world order that is much more dangerous, much
more 5)___absent leadership__________

And so a new president can rebuild the 6)___traditional relations__________

with American allies. But what you can't do is rebuild the global order

As founder and president of the Eurasia Group, you are what Trump supporters
would 7)_____dismissively________ call a globalist

But the fact is that in the developed world, in the United States and the U.K.,
continental Europe, even Canada, you see that a majority of the population does
not feel like they benefited. That's why you saw 8)___Brexit__________

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=618975612

Part 87. NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised the pair today as

1)___defenders of human dignity__________

This year's winners are Dr. Denis Mukwege, who is renowned for his treatment
of 2)____gang rape victims_________ in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
and Nadia Murad, a former ISIS sex slave from the Yazidi religious minority in
Iraq who campaigns for survivors like herself

We want to send out a message of awareness that women, who constitute half of
the population in most communities, actually are used as a weapon of war, and
that they need protection, and that the 3)__perpetrators___________ have to be
prosecuted and held responsible for their actions. We believe that this is a
4)____fundamental prerequisite_________ for lasting peace to also include the
rights and the awareness of women

Mukwege has treated thousands of survivors of 5)___wartime sexual violence

__________

Most of the time, they're rejected by their families. They're rejected by the
community. Of course they're 6)___stigmatized__________

Two years ago, at the age of 23, she was named the U.N.'s first 7)__goodwell
embassador ___________ for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking

You've got a very 8)____emotive combination_________ here of a woman who

has survived the most appalling atrocity and of a man who works to help women
survive most appalling atrocities
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=654941336

Part 88. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

Jim Allison says he's always had a personal interest in cancer. His mother died
of 1)____lymphoma_________ when he was 10, and an uncle died of lung
cancer

T cells are a 2)___vital component__________ of the human immune system

In the 1990s, Allison was working at UC Berkeley when he discovered a vital

element of T cells. They had what's essentially a 3)___breakpanel__________ to
keep them from going too crazy

Meanwhile at Kyoto University in Japan, Dr. Tasuku Honjo was independently

at work on the same 4)___biological puzzle__________

From this science has emerged a 5)___multibillion - dollar effort__________ to

develop market and improve checkpoint inhibitors.

Former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with advanced melanoma which
had spread to his brain, but a checkpoint inhibitor 6)__vanguished___________
his cancer. Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, president of the American Society for
Clinical Oncology, says checkpoint inhibitors have generated 7)____tremendous
excitement _________ because of remarkable stories like this

Jim Allison, now at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, says now that
they understand the basic rules, they can set to 8)__work on improvements
___________

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=653251667

Part 89. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

Trade war is a bad situation which occurs when a country becomes more
1)_____protectionist________, imposing tariffs on the other country. The other
country 2)____retaliates_________ instead of backing down

While Trump believes trade wars are good and easy to win, recent history
3)___backs to differ__________

The Hawley – Smoot Act in 1930 resulted in the 4)____Great Depression

_________
The World Trade Organization used The Hawley – Smoot Act as a
5)___cautionary tail__________

Geogre Bush imposed tariffs on steel in an attempt to revive the industry, but it
6)___backfired__________

Some of the biggest victims of a trade war are 7)____local manufacturers

_________, factory workers and farmers

As a result of protectionism, domestic companies can raise prices without fear of

8)___ceding market shares__________ to foreign competitors. How do you win,
it all matters to which country has the most 9)___grit__________

Perhaps the worst side effect of a trade war is that it 10)___tears apart relations
__________ between allied countries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2OhfgeAWb4&t=196s

Part 90. NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

Two industries that Trump slapped tariffs on as a form of protectionism:

1)_____________

This may result in a 2)_____________. US trade protectionism affects other

countries, which in turns leads to the retaliation of these countries, products
being stuck in an endless 3)_____________

The last time a trade war took place in the US was during the 4)_____________
in the 1930s, with the Smoot – Haley 5)_____________ being introduced to
protect the US agriculture. The drop in American 6)_____________ to Canada
is given as an example of the effect of the policy

The Trump administration asserts thay are not protectionist, they only desire for
a 7)_____________

Harley-Davidson has responded to the 8)_____________ to impose tariffs on

motorcycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekCKgUloBU