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LISTENING
OLD STORIES/NEW STORIES MOCK EXAM
WORLD WAR 1
WORLD HONOURS WW1 DEAD ON ARMISTICE DAY
FROM : EURONEWS, 11.11.2010
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Millions across the globe on Thursday ………………… (1 pay) their respects to those
__________ (2) ………………… (3 sacrifice) their lives __________ (4) the First World War.
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__________ (5) Paris, Fr__________ (6) President Nicolas Sarkozy and several
sen__________ (7) government and military officials ………………… (8 gather) to remember the
fallen.
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More than 1.3 million Fr__________ (6) troops ………………… (9 die) d__________ (10) the
conflict, the largest losses for an individual country with the Allied forces.
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__________ (11) central London, __________ (12 = while) Big Ben ………………… (13 strike)
11.00 am, crowds at the Cenotaph memorial ………………… (14 hush) __________ (15 = while)
they ………………… (16 begin) a two-minute silent tribute.
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The peace deal to end the four-year war ………………… (17 come) into effect __________ (18)
the same time __________ (19) November 11th, 1918.
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In Ypres, a town in Fl__________ (20), northern B__________ (21), locals also __________
(22 remember) the bloody clashes __________ (23) ………………… (24 take place) there.
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The Last Post ………………… (25 ring out) in memory of the soldiers __________ (26) never
…………………….. (27 return) from the battlefields.
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Today, there are some 100,000 war dead who still ………………… (28 lie) in Flanders’ fields.
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2. ENGLISH 4
LISTENING
OLD STORIES/NEW STORIES MOCK EXAM
WORLD WAR 1
WORLD HONOURS WW1 DEAD ON ARMISTICE DAY
FROM : EURONEWS, 11.11.2010
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Millions across the globe on Thursday paid (1 pay) their respects to those who (2) sacrificed
(3 sacrifice) their lives during (4) the First World War.
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In (5) Paris, French (6) President Nicolas Sarkozy and several senior (7) government and
military officials gathered (8 gather) to remember the fallen.
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More than 1.3 million French (6) troops who (9 die) during (10) the conflict, the largest losses
for an individual country with the Allied forces.
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In (11) central London, as (12 = while) Big Ben struck (13 strike) 11.00 am, crowds at the
Cenotaph memorial were hushed (14 hush) as (15 = while) they began (16 begin) a twominute silent tribute.
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The peace deal to end the four-year war came (17 come) into effect at (18) the same time on
(19) November 11th, 1918.
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In Ypres, a town in Flanders (20), northern Belgium (21), locals also remembered (22
remember) the bloody clashes that (23) took place (24 take place) there.
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The Last Post rang out (25 ring out) in memory of the soldiers who (26) never returned (27
return) from the battlefields.
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Today, there are some 100,000 war dead who still lie (28 lie) in Flanders’ fields.
PHOTO AND SCRIPT : http://www.euronews.net/2010/11/11/world-honours-wwi-dead-on-armistice-day
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