57 B2+ | 8. Klasse | Unit 01: Healthy and happy Read the text about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for some children. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–15). Put a cross ( ) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 3 A lost COVID generation? Has COVID-19 created a lost generation? In a highly regarded 2020 report, UNICEF (0) of significant consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for children. The document, entitled Averting a Lost COVID Generation, showed that (1) symptoms among infected children remain mild, the longer-term impact on the education, nutrition and (2) of an entire generation of children and young people can be life-altering. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it was often said that children are (3) affected by the disease. Nothing could be further from the truth – it’s a complete (4) ,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. “While children can get sick and can (5) the disease, this is just the (6) of the pandemic iceberg. Disruptions to key services and (7) poverty rates pose the biggest threat to children. The longer the crisis persists, the deeper its impact on children’s (8) . It’s no exaggeration to say that the future of an (9) generation is at risk.” The report also stressed that more (10) data on infection, deaths and testing is needed to better understand how the crisis impacts the most vulnerable children, and to guide the response. Research states that children can transmit the virus to (11) other and to older age groups, but there is strong (12) that, with basic safety measures in place, the net benefits of keeping schools open (13) the costs of an open-schools policy, the report notes. Schools are not a main driver of community transmission, and children are more (14) to get infected with the virus (15) of school settings. Thus, COVID-related disruptions to critical health and social services for children pose the most serious threat to them, the report says. 0 A warned B told C claimed D insisted 1 A as B while C since D when 2 A mindfulness B self-care C well-being D meditation 3 A truly B simply C easily D barely 4 A opposite B confusion C myth D fake 5 A spread B share C continue D obtain 6 A summit B top C crown D tip 7 A soaring B plunging C striving D plummeting 8 A lifelines B lives C liveliness D life’s 9 A entitled B extreme C entire D elderly 10 A reliable B resilient C readable D common 11 A many B one C each D the 12 A evidence B data C reason D information 13 A outsource B overwhelm C overcome D outweigh 14 A eager B likely C probable D easy 15 A remote B outside C away D removed Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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