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Read the article about teenagers learning the art of discussion and argument. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (1-7).

Teenagers can talk for hours on the phone to their friends, but if you try to get them to talk about politics or the latest developments in agriculture, for example, they are likely to fall silent. 1____ It is more to do with lack of confidence or experience in putting forward clear arguments in front of strangers.

In order to demonstrate the value of good communication skills, a boarding school in Bath, in the west of Finland, decided to organise an interesting and exciting way of teaching teenagers how to argue and debate in public. 2_____ The Model United Nations programme, which is a role-play exercise, was first, developed in the US where it forms part of the curriculum in hundreds of schools.

As many as 600 student representatives, ranging in age from 13 to 18, attend from schools all over England and Northern Ireland. 3______

The important roles within the UN, like the president of the general assembly, and the topics, are chosen by the teachers, and they decide which subjects students will discuss. 4_______

MUN starts on a Friday evening and lasts until Sunday evening. Before arriving all the students are given a country to represent and are expected to prepare for the discussion in advance. 5_____

It is then up to the students to discuss their views with the other members of their committee to win support for their argument, before they reach a decision by voting on a particular topic. 6______

For some of the students it will be the first time they have spoken in front of an audience and it can be very nerve-wracking. 7______ At the same time students become more aware of political affairs as well as gaining in self-confidence they learn about international issues.

A. The other roles are taken by the students who pretend to be diplomats and try to represent the views and opinions of different member states.

В. However, it gives them an opportunity to develop their skills at persuading other people and interacting with other students.

С. Who is then chosen to speak in the full assembly is up to the student who is the chairperson of that committee.

D. This is not so much to do with lack of knowledge or opinions about these matters.

E. Once they are all together they are devided into five committees.

F. They hold an annual Model United Nations (called MUN for short by teachers and students) based on the real United Nations General Assembly.

G. In some years a few students from other countries such as Italy and Poland will also attend.

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Read the article about a man who works in the kitchens of a fast food restaurant. Choose from the sentences A-I the one which fits each gap (1-8).

When I graduated from cookery school, I could have applied for jobs in ski chalets or on board ships sailing around the Caribbean. Instead, I applied to work in a fashionable fast-food restaurant and suddenly found myself working very long hours in hot, sweaty kitchens full of completely crazy characters.

I thought that starting at the bottom of the food chain, as opposed to the high life of skiing and sailing, would be good training. 1______

At 7,45 each morning I stagger into the kitchen with all the other cooks, exhausted from working a 10-hour shift the night before. 2______ Nothing is where it should be. Vegetables have been left on the floor and raw fish has been left uncovered in the fridge. A couple of dustbins have not been emptied and everything has to be cleaned before we can begin the day's work.

3______ I fill a sink with water, throw in several box loads of the stuff and wash each leaf separately. My hands are so cold I can hardly feel them.

Between 9 and 10, the line chefs start arriving. 4_____ They swan around the kitchens shouting orders at the poor cooks like me whose job it is to prepare all the ingredients

But if anything goes wrong once the customers' orders start coming in, you can guess who gets the blame. If they run out of sauce, then it's the cook's fault for not preparing enough in the first place. 5_____

The chefs are only under pressure at particular points in the day. The cooks are under pressure all the time.

6_____ This is when the waiters get told what the day's special menus are. Then, no sooner are we back in the kitchen to start the lunch service than three deliveries of food and drink arrive all at the same time. 7_____ I am faced with carrying boxes of frozen chips or bottles of fruit juice from the lorries down two flights of stairs to the store rooms.

By mid-afternoon, the lunchtime rush is dying down. 8_____ Then I am allowed to have my free staff 'lunch', by which time I'm too tired to eat.

A	This means I get sent to sort them out
B	These are the people who get all the glory.
С	Before we open at midday, all the staff meet in the restaurant
D	My first job of the day is shopping, and shredding leaves and lettuces for salads.
E	However, I don't get anything to eat until the end of my working day, at 6 that evening.
F	There's been a break of just about four hours and the kitchen has not been tidied from last night.
G	I couldn't have been more wrong.
H	If the chicken goes cold, then it's the cook's fault for not keeping it in the oven longer.