Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian leader faces war crimes tribunal again and tick the correct answer

C - Comprehension Test 1

Match positions with the names

In Class

A). Match these words

Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text.

Find information about the current situation in Liberia in the WWW.

At home

What is the message of the political cartoon above? Who might be the man? What might he be doing? Why?

Taylor is the first African head of the state…

But six years later, under international pressure…

Mr. Taylor now stands accused of…

Prosecutors allege that…

3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs:

civilize		orchestrate
prosper		vary
terrorise		suffer
conscript		accuse

3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1) The _________of ancient Greece flowered more than 2500 years ago but it influences the way we live today.

2) He denied the _________that he had lied to the police.

3) _________often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.

4) A ___________of inexpensive goods are sold here.

5) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of __________the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.

6) Louis XIV combined legal persecution with the policy of _____________recalcitrant Huguenots.

7) They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the ______________of patients.

8) ______________, compulsory military service for young men, has been a contentious issue throughout Australia's history.

1) plead not guilty	people
2) terrorize	militia
3) face	soldiers
4) conscript	to charges
5) hack off	to the orders
6) privy	charges
7) armed	limbs

4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1)Yesterday in Royal Court two men _______________ _____________to _______they created panic.

2) The Coles are _____ to a lot of history surrounding the outhouse and are determined to bring the place back to its golden era.

3) “We never __________ or intimidate the people," Lieutenant-Colonel told me.

4) We shall not need to __________our __________ any more, if our army becomes an army of professionals.

5) At 1:30 p.m., a bus stopped in front of the entrance gate and ____________of approximately 40 heavily armed gunmen got out, firing at the people in the encampment.

1. Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian Leader Faces The War Crimes Tribunal and do the exercises below.

Positions	Names
1) the chief prosecutor	a) Jabati Mambu
2) reports on the historic trial	b) Stephen Rapp
3) one of those victims	c) Stephanie Kennedy

3. Group these names into these two columns:

Freetown, the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, Sierra Leone, Liberia

The International Community	Hot Spot Properties

1. Charles Taylor is A the acting president of Liberia B the Lebanese President C the Former President of Liberia	2. Charles Taylor took the office as a result of A a fraud B a bloody civil law C a bloody civil war
3. According to the reporter Taylor will be further remembered A for flinging his country into economic ruin in the early 1990s B for plunging his country into economic rise in the early 1990s C for driving his country into economic plight	4. Taylor is the first African head of the state   A to deal with war tribunal criminals B to appear before an international war crimes tribunal C to appear at four the international war tribunals
5. He's facing charges of   A murder, rape and enslavement of child soldiers. B murder, robbery, enslavement and conscripting child soldiers. C murder, rape, enslavement and conscripting child soldiers.	6. The Liberian president was forced to resign   A five years later after national pressure B six years later, under international pressure C six years later, under national pressure
7. Mr Taylor is accused of terrorising the people of Sierra Leone A demonstrating atrocities committed by the neighbours B orchestrating cruelties committed by the rebels C illustrating atrocities committed by rebels	8. One of the victims says Taylor’s 12 year-old soldier brought an axe which they used   A to chop the victim’s right hand off. B to intimidate him C to threaten to chop his head off
9. In exchange for diamonds Charles Taylor   A funded and controlled Sierra Leone’s rebels B funded and gained a control over Sierra Leone’s rebels C armed, trained and controlled Sierra Leone’s rebels	10. The reporter says they are going to meet people who   A witnessed the actions in the battlefield B are quite close to Taylor C are aware of the orders he provided

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