0 With a high school diploma in the 1970s you could be sure … . to get a job ✔ 1 In the 1980s people would most probably get a job … . 2 With a degree from 1993 it was by no means certain that you would … . 3 In general, a college degree means that you have acquired … . 4 Nowadays the job market requires graduates to … . 5 The lucky ones among the college graduates of today have even … . 6 The future of college students is not as clear as … . Language in use: A speech by Lenny Henry Read part of a speech given by the British actor and writer Lenny Henry to the Royal Television Society. Some words are missing. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1–8). Put a cross ( ✘) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. “The British … 0 is now becoming used to seeing the … 1 black, brown or yellow face in mainstream drama. There’s a Black actor playing an assistant in Waking the dead, there’s a Black actor playing an assistant in Spooks and until … 2 there was a Black actress playing an assistant in Dr Who. Who knows, one day we might … 3 see a Black actor playing someone in charge. There is still … 4 to do. And while we’re at it – let’s cut the stereotyping right now: When you can cast a Somalian girl in your piece … 5 because she is the best actress for the … 6 , when you can cast a Jamaican man with dreadlocks and he’s not a drug dealer, then we will have … 7 something. When you can see past their foreignness – and just live with their talent and make a decision based on that, and that alone, then we’ll have made a … 8 and I can’t wait for that day.” 0 A audience B television C public ✘ D experience 1 A hardly B occasional C sometimes D rarely 2 A recently B the old days C tomorrow D nowadays 3 A hardly B never C obviously D actually 4 A task B working C work D job 5 A presently B simply C at present D rather 6 A work B working C job D workload 7 A advantaged B arranged C arrived D achieved 8 A change B changing C a-changing D exchange ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can recognise significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects. (B1) 4 113 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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