Prime Time 7/8, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Language in use: Why Britain should stay in the EU You are going to read a text about Great Britain’s relationship to the European Union. Some words are missing from the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–10) in the text. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Should Britain … (0) the European Union? Or should it stay?What, indeed, would quitting mean? A current book comes to the … (Q1) that Britain’s existing EUmembership is valuable, there is a great chance to make it better, and all the … (Q2) are worse. It would be a historic error to pull out, author Hugo Dixon states in his new book The In/Out Question . Britain’s economy would … (Q3) if it quit and its global influence would also be diminished. The UK now accounts for less than one per cent of the world’s population and less than three per cent of global income (GDP). Britain will find it increasingly hard to get its voice heard on topics that … (Q4) its prosperity and well-being if it leaves the EU. Dixon openly compares the problems of the EU with its chances and opportunities. On the one hand, he criticises that the EU often … (Q5) with things that are best left to nation states; that the European Parliament seems like a travelling circus, shuttling back and forth between Brussels and Strasbourg; and that EU… (Q6) are sometimes difficult for the member states to deal with. On the other hand, he points out what is good within the EU. Most importantly, the single market gives British business … (Q7) to the entire EU with its 500 million consumers. Furthermore, when British companies negotiate with America, China or Japan, they are doing so as part of the world’s largest trade bloc, which … (Q8) for nearly 20 per cent of the world’s GDP. If Britain were on its own, the balance of power would be quite different. The single market is based on what are known as the “four freedoms”: the free movement of goods, services, capital and people. In Britain, the free movement of people is the … (Q9) of heated debate. Indeed, a desire to keep foreigners out of Britain is the main reason why the electorate may want to quit the EU entirely. Immigration is undoubtedly an emotive topic. But allowing free movement of people within the EU has been good for Britain’s economy, Dixon argues. It has also … (Q10) their culture and given their own citizens more opportunities to work, study and retire across the Channel. If Britain left the EU, it is not at all clear what would happen to these citizens. (Hugo Dixon, The Independent , 25 March 2014; adapted and abridged) 0 A end B get off C quit D live Q1 A idea B conclusion C information D result Q2 A elections B compromises C alternatives D substitutes Q3 A grieve B hurt C suffer D ache Q4 A affect B effect C react D change Q5 A influences B meddles C inflates D mixes Q6 A assignments B authorities C controls D regulations Q7 A access B excess C acceptance D balance Q8 A accounts B counts C is responsible D includes Q9 A episode B incident C task D subject Q10 A sacrificed B educated C enriched D reduced 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 C 7 / ✔ 8 The British today 1 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv