SESSION 10: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 10: 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. Britain will use missiles to prevent a land attack during the Olympics.

b. It will be the first Olympics to be defended by military missiles.
c. The Beijing and Athens Games prepared missiles ready for use.
d. The Olympics security coordinator denied missiles would be used.
e. Defences at London’s Olympics won’t be as good as at earlier Games.
f. The article mentions attacks at three different Olympics.
g. The USA is sending 1,000 of its agents to protect the London Olympics.
h. More than 5,000 British soldiers will dress up as security guards.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. set .................. a. probable
2. protect ............. b. ready
3. ensure .............. c. greeted
4. deployed ........... d. victims
5. reports ............. e. make certain
6. likely ............... f. keep safe
7. target .............. g. dressed up
8. welcomed ......... h. used
9. disguised ........... i. increase
10. boost .............. j. accounts

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. Britain is set ..................... a. of terrorists before
2. an attack ......................... b. to-air defences
3. All necessary ..................... c. agents
4. appropriate ground- ............ d. by air
5. London's Olympic security ..... e. boost security
6. They have been the target .... f. the security measures
7. The USA has welcomed ........ g. to use surface-to-air missiles
8. undercover ...................... h. coordinator
9. soldiers disguised ............... i. measures
10. 12,000 police will ............. j. as security guards

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

BEFORE - TAKEN - TIME - SET - SINCE - AIR - BY - NEAR

Britain is (1) ____________ to use surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to protect the London Olympics from an attack (2) ____________ air. U.K. Defence Minister Philip Hammond said on Monday: "All necessary measures to ensure the security and safety of the London Olympic Games will be (3) ____________ including, if the advice of the military is that it is required, appropriate ground-to-(4) ____________ defences." Such military weapons have been made available (5) ____________ to protect an international sporting event. China deployed them (6) ____________ its main venues for the Beijing games in 2008. Missiles were also on standby for the Athens Games in 2004. It is the first (7) ____________ missiles will be used in Britain (8) ____________ World War II. London's Olympic security coordinator Chris Allison said the reports of SAMs were not true.

INJURED - TARGET - BOOST - ATHLETES - DIPLOMATS - DEFENDED - DISGUISED - WELCOMED

The 2012 Games are likely to be the best-(9) ____________ Olympics ever. They have been the (10) ____________ of terrorists before. At the Munich Olympics in 1972, members of the Palestinian Black September group killed eleven Israeli (11) ____________ and coaches and a West German police officer. In an attack on the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, two people died and 111 were (12) ____________ in a bomb attack at the Olympic Park. The USA has (13) ____________ the security measures. They are sending up to 1,000 FBI and undercover agents to protect American athletes and (14) ____________. More than 6,000 British soldiers (15) ____________ as security guards plus 10,000 volunteer guards and 12,000 police will (16) ____________ security for the London Games.