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Autores: Eva Samaniego Fernndez, Mara Beatriz Prez Cabello de Alba e Ismael Ivn Teomiro Garca

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate choice.

The following sentences come from an article on politics in a relevant
newspaper.

1. Why would a working-class person ever vote for a ___________ candidate?

a. conservational b. conservating
c. conservative
d. conserving
2. Many commentators on the left have _________ some version of a different voting hypothesis.
a. hugged
b. embraced c. squeezed d. cuddled
3. Politics is more about a moral vision that unifies a nation and calls it to ______ than it is about
self-interest or specific policies.
a. greaty
b. vastity
c. enormourness
d. greatness
4. The Democrats, in contrast, have tried to _______ voters' hearts by promising to protect or
expand programmes for elderly people, young people, students, poor people and the middle class
a. earn
b. beat
c. win
d. attain
5. You can think of the moral mind as being like a tongue that is ______ to a variety of moral
flavours.
a. sensitive
b. sensible
c. sensing
d. sensitiving
6. Marriage rates plummet, and globalisation and rising diversity ________ the sense of common
heritage within each nation.
a. wear
b. erosionate
c. erode
d. erosion
7. When people _______ the collapse of their society, they want order and national greatness, not
a more nurturing government
a. afraid of
b. scare of
c. fright
d. fear
8. Americans and Britons all love liberty, _____ when liberty and care conflict, the left is more
likely to choose care.
a. in spite
b. in spite of
c. althought
d. yet
9. The derogatory term "_______ state" is rarely used against the right.
a. caretaker
b. nanny
c. babysitter
d. kangaroo
10. It is admirable and necessary that some political party ________ victims of injustice, racism
or bad luck.
a. stands up for
b. stands for
c. stands down for
d. stands for up

Esta obra est bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribucin-NoComercial-SinDerivar 4.0 Internacional.
Autores: Eva Samaniego Fernndez, Mara Beatriz Prez Cabello de Alba e Ismael Ivn Teomiro Garca

ANSWER KEY
1. Why would a working-class person ever vote for a ___________ candidate?
a. conservational b. conservating
c. conservative d. conserving
2. Many commentators on the left have _________ some version of a different voting hypothesis.
a. hugged
b. embraced
c. squeezed d. cuddled
3. Politics is more about a moral vision that unifies a nation and calls it to ______ than it is about
self-interest or specific policies.
a. greaty
b. vastity
c. enormourness
d. greatness
4. The Democrats, in contrast, have tried to _______ voters' hearts by promising to protect or
expand programmes for elderly people, young people, students, poor people and the middle class
a. earn
b. beat
c. win
d. attain
5. You can think of the moral mind as being like a tongue that is ______ to a variety of moral
flavours.
a. sensitive
b. sensible
c. sensing
d. sensitiving
6. Marriage rates plummet, and globalisation and rising diversity ________ the sense of common
heritage within each nation.
a. wear
b. erosionate
c. erode
d. erosion
7. When people _______ the collapse of their society, they want order and national greatness, not
a more nurturing government
a. afraid of
b. scare of
c. fright
d. fear
8. Americans and Britons all love liberty, _____ when liberty and care conflict, the left is more
likely to choose care.
a. in spite
b. in spite of
c. althought
d. yet
9. The derogatory term "_______ state" is rarely used against the right.
a. caretaker
b. nanny
c. babysitter
d. kangaroo
10. It is admirable and necessary that some political party ________ victims of injustice, racism
or bad luck.
a. stands up for
b. stands for
c. stands down for
d. stands for up