1 6 The British today Prepositions: Scottish independence Complete the following text with suitable prepositions. Around a third of 1 Scotland’s four million voters believe that Scotland should leave the UK and become independent, ending the 305-year-old political union 2 England. They believe Scotland would flourish if it had much greater autonomy. A majority of Scots disagree. They believe Scotland is more secure 3 the UK, but many want the Scottish parliament to have greater financial and legal powers. The complex and often turbulent relationship 4 the two neighbours goes back 5 Roman times, when the Roman emperor Hadrian built a wall 6 the northern end of Britain to keep 7 the marauding Scottish tribes. Yet, it turned out that the Scots more often had to fight off attempts 8 their larger neighbour attacking Scotland, rather than the other way round. In 1613, King James VI 9 Scotland also became king of England, but the parliamentary union wasn’t actually secured 10 ninety-four years later. Scottish acceptance of the 1707 Act of Union was the result 11 a combination of factors, including an economic crisis which had ruined the country financially. The Scottish Parliament was abolished 12 return 13 forty-five seats in the House of Commons 14 Westminster. The Scots began to pay English taxes, but retained their own legal and education systems as well as their churches. Resentment simmered, but the two serious challenges to the Union in 1715 and 1745 both failed. In the nineteenth century, the Scots played a significant role 15 the emergence of imperial Britain as soldiers, colonisers and traders. But Scottish nationalism was always present, just 16 the surface of daily life, as the Scots continued to campaign 17 some form of “home rule”. In 1998, Edinburgh got a regional government 18 wide-ranging powers over education, justice and health policies, but with the UK government in charge 19 most taxation, social welfare and the economy, plus defence and foreign policy issues. (Roland Flamini, World Affairs Journal; adapted and abridged) Pronouns: Royal children in the limelight Read the following text and put the correct pronoun into each of the gaps. Leave the gap empty if no pronoun is required. To an extent unseen before, royal children and their parents have been exposed to the public gaze, especially in the case of the Prince of Wales and his family. That may be the reason why the Princess of Wales takes private pictures of her family herself 1 and uses them for the social media activities of the royal family. As royal children cannot decide for 2 if they want to fulfil a public function, even royal babies are in the limelight from the start. 4 5 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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