SESSION 14: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 14: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. Hillary Clinton won an award for the ninth consecutive year.

b. Barack Obama won a similar award for the fifth straight year.

c. Ms Clinton hasn’t been out of the top ten for a decade and a half.

d. The British Queen came fourth in the poll of most admired women.

e. The survey was on people residing in the USA only.

f. Barack Obama got more votes this year than in previous years.

g. The top three most admired men are current or former US presidents.

h. The current pope was listed in the top ten.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. admired ............... a. consecutively
2. annual ................. b. popularity
3. in a row ............... c. ex-
4. appeared ............. d. poll
5. former ................ e. respected
6. survey ................ f. controlled
7. dominated ........... g. dropped
8. approval ............. h. alter
9. slipped ............... i. yearly
10. change .............. j. showed up

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

1. according to the annual ...................... a. over the world
2. for the ninth year ............................ b. made the top ten
3. been in the most admired woman top .... c. leader
4. only three non-American women .......... d. in a row
5. pro-democracy ............................... e. to previous years
6. It is always dominated ...................... f. American males in the poll
7. his slump in his ............................... g. USA Today-Gallup poll
8. His lead has slipped compared ............. h. ten 15 times
9. The only non- ................................. i. by Americans
10. citizens from all ............................ j. approval ratings

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

PLACE - RECENT - ROW - CAME - ACCORDING - FORMER - SCOOPED - APPEARED

The most admired woman in the world is Hillary Rodham Clinton, ____________ to the annual USA Today-Gallup poll. America’s Secretary of State ____________ the award for the ninth year in a ____________. US President Barack Obama was the most admired man for the third straight year. Sarah Palin came in second ____________ and Oprah Winfrey in third. Ms Clinton has been in the most admired woman top ten 15 times since 1992. She first ____________ after husband Bill Clinton became president. President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle ____________ fourth in the ____________ poll. Unsurprisingly, only three non-American women made the top ten. These were Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and ____________ prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

LIST - RATINGS - ANYWHERE - CHANGE - SLIPPED - YEARLY - MALES - SURPRISING

The ____________ survey asked people what man and woman, living ____________ in the world, they most admired. It is always dominated by Americans. It is ____________ that President Obama still came top, considering his slump in his approval ____________ and the poor state of the US economy. His lead has ____________ compared to previous years. In 2008 he led the ____________ with 32 per cent, in 2009 30 per cent and this year 22 per cent. The other top three places for men were taken by former US presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The only non-American ____________ in the poll were former South African president Nelson Mandela and Pope Benedict XVI. It would be interesting to see how the poll might ____________ if it was given to citizens from all over the world.