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Language in use: Médecins Sans Frontières wins Nobel Peace Prize You are going to read a text about the French aid organisation Doctors Without Borders. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–12) in the text. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. In 1999 Médecins Sans Frontières, the French aid group, … (0) the Nobel Peace Prize for its pioneering work in disaster … (Q1) around the world. The secretive, five-member Nobel Committee said that giving the … (Q2) to the group, known in English as DoctorsWithout Borders, … (Q3) its “pioneering humanitarian work on several continents”. It was the first Nobel Peace Prize given solely to an organisation since United Nations peacekeeping forces won in 1988. “Médecins Sans Frontières has followed the fundamental principle that all disaster … (Q4) have a right to professional assistance, given as quickly and as … (Q5) as possible,” committee chairman Francis Sejersted said in Oslo. Mr Sejersted praised the group as “fearless and self- sacrificing” and said they showed “each victim had a human face”. … (Q6) in 1971, Médecins Sans Frontières calls itself the world’s first non-military, non-governmental organisation to specialise in … (Q7) medical assistance. MSF says it is active in 80 countries worldwide. By … (Q8) so rapidly in disasters, the Nobel committee said, Médecins Sans Frontières calls public attention to humanitarian catastrophes. “By pointing to the causes of such catastrophes, the organisation helps to form bodies of public opinion opposed to violations and abuses of power,” the committee went on. “In … (Q9) situations, marked by violence and brutality, the humanitarian work of Médecins Sans Frontières enables the organisation to create openings for contacts between the … (Q10) parties. At the same time, each … (Q11) and self-sacrificing helper shows each victim a human face, stands for respect for that person’s dignity, and is a source of hope for peace and … (Q12) ,” the committee said. (Mark Tran, The Guardian , 15 October 1999; adapted and abridged) 0 A has won B wins C won D was winning Q1 A relieve B relief C relay D relies Q2 A price B remuneration C reward D award Q3 A recognised B realised C relied D has realised Q4 A victories B victims C casualties D sacrifices Q5 A efficiently B effortlessly C affectionately D essentially Q6 A Found B Grounded C Ground D Founded Q7 A emergence B emergency C emerging D emerged Q8 A intervention B intervene C interventional D intervening Q9 A critic B criticised C critical D critique Q10 A opportunity B opportunistic C opposing D opportune Q11 A fearless B fearful C horrific D terrible Q12 A recommendation B reduction C reconstruction D reconciliation 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 C 3 / ✔ 76 One world 15 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv