55 Test practice: Why should I vote? You are going to listen to a conversation about why people should vote. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–J). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 The first speaker feels somewhat insecure when she … E A behave very badly at times. 1 If people check the information they get from political parties, they … B deal with each other. 2 Many people are dismayed because party representatives in parliament … C will make a difference. 3 It can be argued that this bad behaviour is a result of the way in which party members usually … can forget their real worries. 4 It is criticised that politicians only … E thinks of taking part in the coming elections. 5 Many politicians can be forgiven for how they behave because they only … F needs to be made. 6 In spite of all this, many politicians seem to … G have the success of their party and of themselves in mind. 7 As there is still time before the next general election, no quick decision … H can find out more about their aims and objectives. I show that they are like everybody else, namely fairly average human beings. J have forgotten about ordinary people and their worries. Word search: Politics a) Before listening to an audio track, get ready by making yourself familiar with words and phrases you expect. In the grid below you can find 15 expressions related to politics. Find them in the grid. There are four expressions which consist of two words. Use different colours for the different directions (, ). The first one has been done for you. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718 A K C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G H B D E M O C R A T I C L L D G H T T U C J A X N P U B L I C O P I N I O N M D SANWFQEMPOWERMENTA E W H J DEMONSTRAT I O N H N F P B E Q U A L I TYLOVGFPSR G E J WEQBASSEMBLYQAWI H A S O L I D A R I T Y K E L D I C G I C J M E D I ACOVERAGEUUH J EYNPLATFORMKJ S Y A H T K A B O B A L L I A N C E A J U A H S L A J U S T I CENKREFORMTN b) Use a dictionary to find out the exact meaning of the words you don’t know. 3 + 54 ✔ D 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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