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Extra Practice 1 - đề thi thử tacn
TASK 1. Listen to the news report and fill in the blank.
Fighting in Syria (1) _________________________ United Nations aid and food to reach the
towns of Madaya, Foua and Kefraya. (2) ________________________ between warring sides in
the civil war on Saturday. The deal permitted food delivery to all three towns, according to (3)
__________________ reports. No aid had reached Madaya since October. Doctors Without
Borders estimated that (4) __________________ have little or no access to food there. Enough
food is being sent to feed 40,000 people for a month. The town, about 40 kilometers from
Damascus and close to the border with Lebanon, will also receive (5) ____________________.
U.N. World Food Program, (6) ___________________________ and Syrian Arab Red Crescent
supplied the aid for the Madaya mission. A (7) ______________________ waited to enter
Madaya. The northern villages of Foua and Kefraya will also get assistance. Foua and Kefraya
(8) ____________________________ of President Bashar al-Assad. Those two towns are now
surrounded by (9) _________________. Between 12,000 and 20,000 people were cut off from
aid in Kefraya and Foua. There are numerous reports of (10)
_______________________________________ in the Madaya area. Since the beginning of
December, six children and 22 adults have died from starvation, according to the multiple media reports.
TASK 2. Listen to the news report and answer the following questions
1. How much is the aid package given to Romania worth?
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2. What is the aim of this package?
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3. How does the economic crisis affect Romania?
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4. Why might this bailout be an embarrassment to the Romanian government?
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5. How do trade unions react to the deal?
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TASK 3. Explain the following words and phrases, as they are used in the reports.
1. gaping budget deficit
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3. foreign capital inflow
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4. economic fate has turned
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