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Issue 58, Dated 17th January, 2008 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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Issue 58 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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1955 2008
1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION
1953 EVEREST EXPEDITION
1939 1953 1919 1939
EDMUND HILLARY
Sir Edmund Hillary dies(Page 1)
Instructions: Read the article Sir Edmund Hillary dies and fill in the spider diagram
below with the details.
Issue 58 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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Presidential election in Georgia(Page 12)
Instructions: Read the article Presidential election in Georgia.
Answer questions 1-15.
1. Who won the recent presidential election in Georgia?
2. Who came second?
3. What is a run off?
4. Of what did some people accuse the presidents supporters?
5. What evidence is there against this?
6. When did Georgia become part of the Soviet Union?
7. For how many years did J oseph Stalin rule the Soviet Union?
Issue 58 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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Presidential election in Georgia (Page 12) continued
8. When did Georgia become an independent country?
9. Which Soviet Union official became one of Georgias first leaders?
10. Why did Georgians protest in 2003?
11. Why was it called the Rose Revolution?
12. What changes have there been in Georgia in the last four years?
13. What is the name of the capital city of Georgia?
14. Describe the protests in November 2007.
15. Where did the president go to university and what did he study?
Issue 58 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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Price of oil (Page 13)
Instructions: Read the article Price of oil.
Tick either true or false for the following statements.
TRUE FALSE
1. Oil is priced in Euro.
2. A barrel represents 34 litres.
3. Oil trading companies set the price of oil.
4. The price of oil has recently gone down.
5. China and India do not need to import oil.
6.
Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest oil producers in the
world.
7. There may be oil fields under the Arctic Sea.
8. Oil is used to make plastic.
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Choosing the next American president (Page 6)
Instructions: Read the article Choosing the next American president.
Draw a line to connect the correct links. The first is done for you.
Number of American states Republicans and Democrats
Two main political parties in the USA Mr McCain, Mr Romney and Mr Giuliani
State that voted first Caucus or primary
Republican favourites Iowa
State vote for nomination Montana
Democrat favourites 50
One of the last states to hold a vote Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama
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President Bush visits Israel (Page 2)
Instructions: Read the article President Bush visits Israel.
The answers to the questions are given for 1-10. Write the questions.
1. Q.
A. J erusalem.
2. Q.
A. Ehud Olmert.
3. Q.
A. Mahmoud Abbas.
4. Q.
A. 1948.
5. Q.
A. For waiting so long before visiting J erusalem.
6. Q.
A. 25 bullet-proof cars, helicopters and communications equipment.
7. Q.
A. The King David Hotel.
8. Q.
A. Six other Middle Eastern countries.
9. Q.
A. Israel, the war in Iraq and the price of oil.
10. Q.
A. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
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China bans plastic bags (Page 10)
Instructions: Read the article China bans plastic bags.
Tick either true or false for the following statements.
TRUE FALSE
1.
From 1st J une 2008 all types of plastic bags will be banned
in China.
2. Cotton bags can be re-used.
3.
Discarded plastic bags could have an effect on climate
change.
4. Plastic bags quickly rot away.
5. Beijing is the capital of China.
6.
Some cities and towns in the USA and Canada have
banned plastic bags.
7.
Some places in South Africa and Taiwan charge for plastic
bags.
8. Australia plans to ban all plastic bags at the end of 2010.
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World Map (Page 11)
Instructions: Solve these anagrams. Each answer is a country that appears on the
World Map. Each anagram has one extra letter. Together the extra
letters form another anagram. The answer is a mystery country. One is
already done for you.
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Issue 58 Elimination
Instructions: Read issue 58. Now eliminate from the list 13 pairs of words or phrases
that go together. You will have one word or phrase left over. That is
the answer. One pair is already done for you.
Sir Edmund Hillary Georgia Saudi Arabia
Mikheil Saakashvili PNU Hillary Clinton
Bogot President Gayoom J oseph Stalin
Maldives Knut Michael Morpurgo
Venice J ames Castrission Barack Obama
Berlin Zoo Quentin Blake Las Vegas
J erusalem J ustin J ones Rose Revolution
Adriatic Sea ODM Norgay Tenzing
Oil CES King David Hotel
Issue 58 Newsademic.com British English edition Classroom Activities
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1. Tata is a large company. In which country
is it based?
a. China
b. Australia
c. India
d. USA
e. Brazil
2. On which date in 2008 will the American
presidential election be held?
a. 4th J uly
b. 28th August
c. 7th October
d. 4th November
e. 17th December
3. Of which country is Hosni Mubarak
president?
a. Sudan
b. Egypt
c. Ethiopia
d. Libya
e. Chad
4. Of what country is Kamchatka a part?
a. J apan
b. Russia
c. Turkmenistan
d. Uzbekistan
e. Mongolia
5. In which currency are barrels of oil
traditionally bought and sold?
a. J apanese yen
b. Canadian dollars
c. Singapore dollars
d. British pounds
e. US dollars
6. Where was the Rose Revolution?
a. Sweden
b. Ukraine
c. Austria
d. Georgia
e. Hungary
7. Who has just become the USAs first
Ambassador for Childrens Literature?
a. Brian J acques
b. Keith Moreau
c. Robert Lawson
d. Michael Morpurgo
e. J on Scieszka
8. Which Italian city is suffering from a
problem with uncollected rubbish?
a. Venice
b. Milan
c. Rome
d. Naples
e. Genoa
9. By what name was Sri Lanka formerly
known?
a. Ceylon
b. Formosa
c. Shangri-la
d. Xanadu
e. Dutch East Indies
10. In which year was Mount Everest first
climbed?
a. 1924
b. 1948
c. 1953
d. 1959
e. 1961
Issue 58 multiple choice quiz
Instructions: Read issue 58 and circle the correct answer for questions 1-10.