73 B2+ | 8. Klasse | LISTENING | Politics and public institutions 6 in the recent election was up by 23% on the last election four years ago. a Voter turnout b Electoral district c Voting age 7 People from ethnic minority backgrounds are noticeably in the current cabinet. a discriminated b underrepresented c deprived 8 Having the right to practise means that individuals are allowed to openly express themselves without being censored or having consequences from the state. a private sector b representative democracy c free speech Identifying what is needed in the gap Imagine that you are going to listen to a woman giving a speech during an election campaign. Look at the sentences below, and think about which kind of information is needed in each gap. (Tip: Think about the type of words/structures that are needed, e.g. noun/noun phrase/plural noun/ verb/verb phrase etc.) 1 The speaker says that she and her team fought the election campaign so fiercely in order to . 2 The speaker blames her opponent for playing a number of . 3 The speaker’s opponent in the election campaign is a member of . 4 The speaker implies that she would like to have more power over the number of people . 5 The speaker feels that over the last four years, the American people have been failed . 6 The speaker concludes that the country will once again be on the right path if she . 4 Now listen to the speech and complete the sentences with a maximum of FOUR words. Listen to the speech again to decide if the answers are given in one sentence or across multiple sentences, and if the completed sentence gives details or a summary. Tick ( ) the correct box. answer in one sentence answer across multiple sentences sentence gives details sentence summarises information Sentence 1 Sentence 2 Sentence 3 Sentence 4 Sentence 5 Sentence 6 Check your answers before tackling the exam task. Did you get any answers wrong? Check again to see where you made a mistake. 5 74i7r8 19 6 7 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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