ENGLISH 4 LISTENING OLD STORIES/MOCK EXAM

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WORLD WAR 1 WORLD HONOURS WW1 DEAD ON ARMISTICE DAY

FROM : EURONEWS, 11.11.2010

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Millions across the globe on Thursday ………………… (1 pay) their respects to those __________ (2) ………………… (3 sacrifice) their lives __________ (4) the First World War. __________ (5) Paris, Fr__________ (6) President Nicolas Sarkozy and several sen__________ (7) government and military officials ………………… (8 gather) to remember the fallen. More than 1.3 million Fr__________ (6) troops ………………… (9 die) d__________ (10) the conflict, the largest losses for an individual country with the Allied forces. __________ (11) central London, __________ (12 = while) Big Ben ………………… (13 strike) 11.00 am, crowds at the Cenotaph memorial ………………… (14 hush) __________ (15 = while) they ………………… (16 begin) a two-minute silent tribute. The peace deal to end the four-year war ………………… (17 come) into effect __________ (18) the same time __________ (19) November 11th, 1918. In Ypres, a town in Fl__________ (20), northern B__________ (21), locals also __________ (22 remember) the bloody clashes __________ (23) ………………… (24 take place) there. The Last Post ………………… (25 ring out) in memory of the soldiers who never …………………….. (26 return) from the battlefields. Today, there are some 100,000 war dead who still ………………… (27 lie) in Flanders’ fields.

PHOTO AND SCRIPT : http://www.euronews.net/2010/11/11/world-honours-wwi-dead-on-armistice-day

ENGLISH 4 LISTENING OLD STORIES/MOCK EXAM

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WORLD WAR 1 WORLD HONOURS WW1 DEAD ON ARMISTICE DAY

FROM : EURONEWS, 11.11.2010

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Millions across the globe on Thursday paid (1 pay) their respects to those who (2) sacrificed (3 sacrifice) their lives during (4) the First World War. In (5) Paris, French (6) President Nicolas Sarkozy and several senior (7) government and military officials gathered (8 gather) to remember the fallen. More than 1.3 million French (6) troops who (9 die) during (10) the conflict, the largest losses for an individual country with the Allied forces. In (11) central London, as (12 = while) Big Ben struck (13 strike) 11.00 am, crowds at the Cenotaph memorial were hushed (14 hush) as (15 = while) they began (16 begin) a two-minute silent tribute. The peace deal to end the four-year war came (17 come) into effect at (18) the same time on (19) November 11th, 1918. In Ypres, a town in Flanders (20), northern Belgium (21), locals also remembered (22 remember) the bloody clashes that (23) took place (24 take place) there. The Last Post rang out (25 ring out) in memory of the soldiers who never returned (26 return) from the battlefields. Today, there are some 100,000 war dead who still lie (27 lie) in Flanders’ fields.

PHOTO AND SCRIPT : http://www.euronews.net/2010/11/11/world-honours-wwi-dead-on-armistice-day