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The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Reading comprehension 7 for the textbook Step Up Gold Exam Trainer with authors Philippa Bowen e Denis Delaney from Oxford University Press

Question

Ascolta e leggi il brano. Scegli la risposta corretta (A-C) per le domande 1-4. Poi scrivi le risposte alle domande 5-10.

Answer

  1. B) Gaelic
  2. B) Writers
  3. C) Henry VIIII
  4. A) 1998
  5. Ireland is called the Emerald Isle because of its green landscape.
  6. The Easter Rising happened in Dublin.
  7. In 1922, the Republic of Ireland was given independence from Britain, and the island was divided into two different countries.
  8. The IRA attacked England in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s because they wanted to push for Irish independence and remove British presence from Ireland.
  9. Examples of other countries where there is violence between different ethnic or religious groups include Israel and Palestine, India and Pakistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, among others.
  10. Examples of other countries that were divided into two or more parts include Germany (during the Cold War), Korea, and Cyprus.