56 Unit 08 Rules – make or break? Boost your vocabulary with ‘Keep smiling – it’s the law!’ The following sentences are from the article about strange laws (see coursebook, p. 108). Try to remember the missing words and fill them in. The first letter of the missing word is given. 1 Citizens are obliged to smile at a times. 2 No one r knows if this law is still carried out. 3 You’d better keep smiling – j to be on the safe side! 4 This law was made in 1313 but s exists. 5 You m wonder who on earth would come up with a law like this. 6 There is a tale b it. 7 There was a h flood which washed away the bathtub. 8 The law states that one o of every three songs must be a Canadian song. 9 If you keep on getting into trouble for chewing gum, you p should avoid going to Singapore. 10 Vandals were sticking their u gum on the train door. LANGUAGE 1 UNiT 08 | Rules – make or break? Read the article about strange laws again, then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 1–5. Put a cross ( ) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. READiNG 2 0 The author suggests many school rules are A painful. B very strange. C disliked by students. D the same around the world. 1 In Milan you have to smile all the time A or you get arrested. B if you are sick. C an old rule says. D when someone dies. 2 In London it’s forbidden to A wear metal on your body. B play any games on the street. C enter the Houses of Parliament. D play with snow or ice. 3 The author recommends A putting on casual clothes. B having fun. C taking a piece of wood with you. D visiting sights in London. 4 Having a donkey in your bathtub is OK if A the animal is sleeping. B it’s in the morning. C it’s in the evening. D there’s no water in it. 5 The CanCon law states that radios must play A pop music. B Grimes or Drake. C a song every five minutes. D Canadian music regularly. Weird laws from around the world Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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