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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died from (1) ____ problems, aged 58. He had been seriously ill with cancer for over a year. There had been (2) ____ speculation over whether or not he would (3) ____ his health to resume his presidential duties. Venezuelan vice-president Nicolas Maduro (4) ____ the nation on Tuesday evening, telling Venezuelans that Mr Chavez had died, "after battling a tough illness for nearly two years." Maduro speculated that Chavez's cancer was started by (5) ____ play. He said: "We have no doubt that Commandant Chavez was attacked with this illness. We don't have a (6) ____ doubt. The established enemies of our land specifically tried to harm the health of our leader."
Hugo Chavez was a highly popular leader in his country who continually (7) ____ the causes and rights of the poor. He redirected significant (8) ____ from the country's considerable oil revenues into social welfare programmes. He became famous for his fiery speeches, especially those attacking the USA. He made several controversial attacks on (9) ____ president George W. Bush, whom he labelled a devil. Mr Maduro led a (10) ____ for Venezuelans to celebrate Chavez, saying: "We're going to grow, we're going to get past this. Have a lot of courage. Stay strong, be strong. Let his name (11) ____ up. Let's (12) ____ Hugo Chavez." He added: "Those who die for life, can't be called dead."
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | digestion | (b) | exhalation | (c) | perspiring | (d) | respiratory |
| 2. | (a) | many | (b) | lots | (c) | high | (d) | much |
| 3. | (a) | replete | (b) | regain | (c) | refill | (d) | reuse |
| 4. | (a) | confirmed | (b) | affirmed | (c) | informed | (d) | reformed |
| 5. | (a) | fall | (b) | fowl | (c) | foul | (d) | fail |
| 6. | (a) | single | (b) | one | (c) | unitary | (d) | whole |
| 7. | (a) | wins | (b) | championed | (c) | victors | (d) | crusaded |
| 8. | (a) | sums | (b) | coffers | (c) | totals | (d) | wholes |
| 9. | (a) | that | (b) | then | (c) | this | (d) | before |
| 10. | (a) | convene | (b) | summons | (c) | call | (d) | ring |
| 11. | (a) | arise | (b) | raise | (c) | rise | (d) | risen |
| 12. | (a) | prose | (b) | prize | (c) | prise | (d) | praise |
| a. | Hugo Chavez died from problems connected to his stomach. | |
| b. | There was very little talk about his future role as president. | |
| c. | Venezuela's vice-president believes Chavez's death wasn't so simple. | |
| d. | The VP said Venezuela's enemies contributed to Chavez's death. | |
| e. | Chavez used revenues from Venezuelan oil to help the poor. | |
| f. | He was continually attacked in fiery speeches from the USA. | |
| g. | Hugo Chavez said a former U.S. president was the devil. | |
| h. | The vice-president said it was time to forget Chavez and move on. |
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died from respiratory problems, aged 58. He had been seriously ill with cancer for over a year. There had been much speculation over whether or not he would regain his health to resume his presidential duties. Venezuelan vice-president Nicolas Maduro informed the nation on Tuesday evening, telling Venezuelans that Mr Chavez had died, "after battling a tough illness for nearly two years." Maduro speculated that Chavez's cancer was started by foul play. He said: "We have no doubt that Commandant Chavez was attacked with this illness. We don't have a single doubt. The established enemies of our land specifically tried to harm the health of our leader."
ReplyDeleteHugo Chavez was a highly popular leader in his country who continually championed the causes and rights of the poor. He redirected significant sums from the country's considerable oil revenues into social welfare programmes. He became famous for his fiery speeches, especially those attacking the USA. He made several controversial attacks on then president George W. Bush, whom he labelled a devil. Mr Maduro led a call for Venezuelans to celebrate Chavez, saying: "We're going to grow, we're going to get past this. Have a lot of courage. Stay strong, be strong. Let his name rise up. Let's praise Hugo Chavez." He added: "Those who die for life, can't be called dead."
a)F b) F c)T d)T e)T f)F g) T h) F