UNIT 21
1 World leaders have called in action after the news of the attack.
2 Although the company hadn't made a formal
announcement, word soon got through
that the director had
resigned.
3 A ripple of excitement ran across the football fans as their hero came on to the pitch.
4 Eventually the army had to step out and offer assistance to the flood victims.
5
Minutes after the explosion, panic set around and people began to flee the building.
6 The headmaster decided it was time to call off the police to sort out the problem of theft in the school.
Exercise 7
Match news stories A -F with headlines 1-6.
1 SMITH CRITICISES GOVERNMENTTHINKING □
2 SCHOOL ACCUSES PUPIL OF LYING □
3 RETAIL SALES GETTING BETTER □
4 RESIDENTS REJECT BUILDING PLANS □
5 HIGH PRICES CAUSED BY IMPORTED FUEL □
6 TAX RISE WILL MAKE PEOPLE POORER □
A Teachers have accused the boy of making the story up to get attention.
B The increased fuel costs could result from the country's reliance on foreign fuel imports.
C Increasing taxes will only result in the poorest people becoming even less well-off.
D She said: 'This kind of thinking runs through
our entire government, and it could harm our economy.'
E Plans to build the new shopping mall have come under attack from local residents.
F The survey found that sales were in fact increasing in some sectors. This comes just one month after official
figures suggested a more gloomy forecast.
Exercise 8
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box.
meet with
call for
get
round
result from
result in
call in
turn
into call
off
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