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Answer — Exercise 5

07 - Reading and speaking·Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

Question

Read the texts and comments again. Are the statements below probably true (T) or probably false (F)? Underline the words that tell you.

Answer

  1. T ('unthinkable')
  2. T ('The Jarrow marchers were cheered and given food ... when they reached parliament, nothing was done for them')
  3. F ('the organisers held a 'funeral' and burnt a coffin labelled 'Summer of Love")
  4. T (Under overwhelming pressure')
  5. F ('swept to victory')
  6. T (The town was murdered ... like a hangman dropping a noose')
  7. T (I remember my mother bursting into tears')
  8. T ("We just couldn't believe it ... it seemed impossible ... We were worried it might be closed again')
  9. T (the presidency was always closed to us')

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