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Vocabulary: Word-Building
Verb
Noun
1.
announce
____________
2.
develop
____________
3.
create
____________
4.
connect
____________
5.
generate
____________
Noun
Adjective
6.
wind
____________
7.
tide
____________
8.
sun
__________ __________
9.
rain
____________
10.
ice
____________
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Vocabulary: Puzzle
Rearrange the letters to make words from the text:
1.
leriyeticct
____________________________
2.
tevogremnn
____________________________
3.
rownewpid (two words)
____________________________
4.
greeny
____________________________
5.
greentea
____________________________
Complete the tables. Use your dictionary to help you.
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200,000 troops 10,000 killed
1 (old) bottle of botulinum
Match the words or phrases with the definitions:
1. weapons of mass destruction
2. cosmetic surgery
3. wrinkles
4. poison
5. banned
6. evidence
7. justify
8. UN resolution
a. not allowed; forbidden
b. a decision made by the United Nations
c. something that will kill you or make you very ill if you eat or drink it
d. something that makes you believe that something has happened
e. weapons that can kill thousands of people
f. to give a good reason for doing something
g. lines that appear on your face as you get older
h. medical operations to make people look younger or more beautiful
1. What does ISG mean?
2. What did the ISG search find?
3. Where did they find the bottle?
4. How long will a complete search take?
5.
How much will it cost?
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$300m search
for WMD finds
nothing
The Iraq Survey Group (ISG)
has been looking for weapons
of mass destruction in Iraq for
the last three months. Last
week the leader of the ISG,
David Kay, presented a
progress report to the US
Congress. In his report he said
that the ISG had not found any
weapons of mass destruction
in Iraq. In fact, he said, the only
thing they had found was a
small glass bottle containing a
poison that is often used in
cosmetic surgery. Mr Kay also
said that Saddam Hussein had
not tried to restart his nuclear
weapons programme since
1998 and had stopped his
chemical weapons programme
more than 10 years ago. He
said that a complete search
would take another six to nine
months.
The glass bottle contained a
poison called botulinum. They
found the bottle in the home of
an Iraqi scientist, among some
other biological samples. It was
known that the Iraqi regime
experimented with botulinum
as a weapon. However, the
botulinum found was not very
strong. It was probably used
to vaccinate farm animals. In
the form of Botox, it could also
be used in cosmetic surgery to
remove wrinkles.
"We don't know if this scientist
wanted to remove Saddam's
wrinkles or kill people," said
Joseph Cirincione, a weapons
expert. Later the ISG learned
that the bottle had been in the
Iraqi scientist's refrigerator at
home for 10 years. The report
is very different from the UK
government's report on Iraq's
banned weapons programme
which was published last
September. The UK report
said that Iraq had chemical
and biological weapons “ready
to use". The ISG found no
evidence of that.
But the British Foreign
Secretary, Jack Straw, said
that the report justified the
war, He said that it contained
"evidence" that Saddam was
breaking UN resolutions. The
British Prime Minister, Tony
Blair, said before the report
was published that the ISG
had only been looking for
weapons for three months and
they would need more time.
In the USA the report
disappointed both Democrats
and Republicans. However, the
US Congress could not agree on
whether to spend another $600m
to continue the ISG’s work for
another six to nine months.
The leading Democrat on the
Senate intelligence committee,
Jay Rockefeller, said: "We are
now asking for another six to
nine months. I think we need to
think seriously about our policies
in Iraq. We also need to think
seriously about why we decided
to go to war”.
No one is sure whether Iraq’s
weapons of mass destruction
exist or not.
Julian Borger, Ewen MacAskill
and Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian Weekly
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Are these statements true or false?
1. After three months the ISG found absolutely nothing.
2. The ISG said Saddam Hussein stopped his chemical weapons programme in 1998.
3. Botulinum can be used to treat farm animals.
4. The ISG report said that Iraq had biological weapons “ready to use”.
5. Tony Blair believes the ISG needs more time.
6. The US Congress agreed to spend another $600m to continue the ISG’s work.
Fill the gaps using prepositions
1. The ISG has been looking ______ weapons of mass destruction.
2. The ISG presented a report ______ the US Congress.
3. A complete search will take six ______ nine months.
4. The Iraqi regime experimented ______ botulinum.
5. The report is different ______ the UK government’s report.
6. The US Congress could not agree ______ whether to spend more money.
7. They are now asking ______ another six to nine months.
8. They need to think seriously ______ their policies.
Find words in the text that go together with these words:
1. __________ weapons
2. __________ weapons
3. __________ weapons
4. __________ surgery
5. __________ report
6. __________ animals
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Rearrange these letters to form words from the text:
1. pedidastipon
2. torifgerrear
3. pleams
4. denviece
5. illnetcigeen
6. metmetioc
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