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Title: News English
Description: This is the VOA news with the target vocabulary list and exams. The exams contain matching and fill-in-the blank exercieses. it has 17 pages.

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Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, in an interview
Dallas Nurse Declared Ebola-free

on NBC's “Today” show, defended his state's Ebola policy on

Reuters
October 28, 2014 1:17 PM

Tuesday, saying it is not “draconian
...
This is common sense,” Christie
The second of two American nurses who became infected with

said
...


Ebola while treating a Liberian man who died of the disease in
Texas three weeks ago will be released from the hospital on
Tuesday having been declared free of the virus, officials said
...
Kaci Hickox, who tested negative

lack of preparedness in the United States public health system to

for Ebola and sharply criticized Christie while in quarantine, was

safely deal with Ebola, which has killed about 5,000 people in

driven to her home state of Maine on Monday
...


Dr
...
S
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15
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virus-free last Friday, left the Maryland hospital where she had
been treated and met with President Barack Obama
...


monitor themselves daily and have a health official check in on

Ohio state health officials are still monitoring 163 people in case

them, without being isolated
...


News Link : http://www
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com/content/reu-dallas-nursereleased-from-hospital-free-of-ebola/2499446
...
He was the first patient diagnosed with
Ebola in the United States
...


The lone patient now being treated for Ebola in the United States
is a New York doctor, Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed last
Thursday
...
Also in New York, health officials said
a 5-year-old boy from Guinea who was tested for Ebola turned
out to have a fever because of respiratory infection
...
Some lawmakers, particularly Republicans, have
criticized the response by Obama's administration as inept
...
are connected in a way that is not caused by chance
d correlate
4 (+STH) to make something necessary or suitable
e call for
5
f
6
a subject that people discuss or argue about, especially relating to
g
7 society, politics etc
h
8 official instructions or advice about how to do something
i
9
j
10
Answers / a:8 / b:7 / c:1 / d:3 / e:4
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infected
reveal

declared
monitor

underscores
in case

preparedness
diagnose

impoverished
lone

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She refused to
...

These questions help doctors
...

This is contrary to the Prime Minister's
...

a remote and
...

Police believe a
...

Keep away from anyone who may be
...
and review company policy
...
the importance of early diagnosis
...
of this kind of disease is not enough
...
it rains
...

An
...

A new accounting system will soon become
...

I was a hopelessly
...

rules and regulations
...

I'm sure it will all
...

The programme is
...

His state's Ebola policy on Tuesday, saying it is not
...

Animals can be kept in
...


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answers / turn out :6 / imposed :5 / mandatory :3 / quarantine :10 / epidemic :2 / adequately :7 / inept :4 /
draconian:8 / isolation:1 / infectious :9

guidelines

issues

prevent

correlate

calls for

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It's a website devoted to environmental
...
on the training of police officers are imposed
...
infection
...
significantly with age or gender
...
mature judgment on the part of our leaders
...


However, the three African countries most affected by the
outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - do not rank as
major trading partners with China in Africa
...


affected by Ebola to quarantine themselves at home for 21 days,
and to undergo twice daily temperature checks if they have had
contact with patients, state media said on Wednesday
...
voanews
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html

China has not reported any confirmed cases of the deadly virus,
though several suspected cases have ended up in hospital for
observation
...
The disease has an
incubation period of about three weeks, and only becomes
contagious when a victim shows symptoms
...
3 degrees
Celsius, the official Xinhua news agency reported
...


People who have had no contact with Ebola patients will be
recommended to quarantine themselves at home for 21 days,
the report said
...


"Beijing has experience with SARS and the H7N9 (bird flu) virus
...


State media have said the country's border entry points have
stepped up health checks, especially in the southern city of
Guangzhou which is home to a large African community and has
direct flights to the continent
...
(+tion - noun)

j

incubate

10

to be in a particular place or state after doing something or
because of doing it

Answers / a:8 / b:6 / c:4 / d:1 / e:5 / f:10 / g:3 / h:7 / i:2 / j:9
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Words
a

contagious

b

symptom

c

exceed

d
e
f

border
step up
in terms of

g

rank

h

vomit

i

diarrhoea

j

saliva

Meanings
the official line separating two countries or regions
someone's official position in the armed forces, police, fire service
2
etc
1- As measured or indicated by; in units of: distances etc
...
In
3
relation to; with reference to
4 to be greater than a number or amount
5 to increase something
6 a sign that someone has an illness
a XXXX disease spreads from one person to another through
7
touch or through the air
if you XXXX, food comes up from your stomach and out through
8 your mouth because you are ill
...

an illness in which you pass solid waste from your body too often
9
and in a liquid form
10 the liquid produced by glands in your mouth
1

Answers / a:7 / b:6 / c:4 / d:1 / e:5 / f:3 / g:2 / h:8 / i:9 / j:10
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Meanings
a
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b
2
c
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d
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e
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g
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h
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recommend
end up

capital
observation

underwent
outbreak

confirmed
vast

suspected
incubation

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Keep on doing that and you'll
...

Our dog eats a
...

Tallahassee is the state
...

He was brought to the casualty department with
...

The most vital factor of
...

I
...

She's been admitted to hospital for
...
emergency surgery for suspected appendicitis
...
cases of the disease
...
of food poisoning led to the deaths of five people
...
you have to be carefull what you eat
...
the pressure on the groups to come to an agreement
...
90 miles per hour
...
of inspector
...
include fever and vomiting
...
, but only some of them are subject to medical
They were talking
...

High fever and
...

The children produce more
...

The
...


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answers / contagious :6 / symptoms :5 / exceeded :3 / border :10 / stepped up :2 / in terms of :7 / rank :4 /
vomitting :8 / diarrhoea :1 / saliva :9
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The light border does not trace the former wall perfectly, said
8,000 Glowing Orbs Will Trace the Former Route of the
Berlin Wall
Matthew Hilburn
November 05, 2014 1:17 PM
BERLIN

Bauder, because new buildings made it impossible to exactly
recreate the route
...
On Sunday the
biodegradable balloons will be released and float away
...


Wall once sliced the city in two, effectively imprisoning half the
city’s population
...
Berlin, which is still
defining itself, is known as “poor, but sexy,” a phrase coined by

According to the Berlin Wall Memorial, 138 people were killed at

the city’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit
...


This weekend, when the city marks the 25th anniversary of the

News Link : http://www
...
com/content/lichtgrenze-orbs-

fall of the wall, two Berlin-based artists, Marc and Christopher

will-retrace-berlin-wall-25-years/2509554
...


“Now, it’s hard to follow where you are in relation to the former
wall,” said Christopher Bauder
...
We thought it would be a good
idea to mark the original, to bring it back for a moment for people
who’ve never experienced the wall
...


“It’s made of air and light,” said Bauder, who was 15 when the
wall fell
...


The Lichtgrenze will trace the former wall as accurately as
possible
...


The death strip was a wide area between the walls that was filled
with obstructions and manned by armed guards with orders to
shoot anyone trying to escape the former East Germany
...
a
...

a very tall machine used for lifting or moving heavy objects and
10
building tall buildings

Answers / a:8 / b:6 / c:4 / d:1 / e:5 / f:10 / g:3 / h:7 / i:2 / j:9

Words

Meanings

a

anniversary

1

b

resurrect

2

c

ephemeral

3

d

cleave

4

something that blocks a path, passage, door etc so that it is
difficult or impossible for someone or something to move along
or through it
1-to tie an animal or object to something so that it will stay in a
particular area 2-to use a mobile device as a modem to connect
to the Internet
lasting for only a short time

e

illuminate

5

to make a place bright with light, or to shine a light on something

f

tether

6

to make something exist again, or to start to use something again
after it has disappeared, been forgotten, or stopped being used

g

obstruction

7

h

manned

8

i

biodegradable

9

j

recreate

10 to make something exist again

to cut or break something into two parts with a lot of force

a date when you celebrate something that happened in a
previous year that is important to you
operated or controlled by people
...
driver have to pass an hard exam
...
cuts and bruises
...

Their leaders were arrested and
...
a term is finding new slogan
...
embers of the fire looks so romantic
...
in the oil price was believed as a result of on going wars
...
the missing woman
...
presidents who are still living
...
under his left eye
...
plastics as an environmentally-friendly solution for
Brilliant sunshine
...

The effect of the abstract information is
...

You will be charged with
...

Berry had one last chance to
...

There was a concert to mark the 10th
...

You have to
...

After fly with an
...

The hotel tries to
...

the wall brutally
...


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answers / anniversary :6 / resurrect :5 / ephemeral :3 / cleaved :10 / illuminated :2 / tether :7 / obstruction :4
/ manned :8 / biodegradable :1 / recreate :9

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experience just stuck with me my whole career: the potential of
[ENTERTAINTMENT] 'Interstellar' Pierces Through Space,
Stretches the Imagination

what movies can be, how that big screen can take you across
the universe
...
" Interstellar takes audiences through

Penelope Poulou
November 07, 2014 4:26 PM

wormholes and black holes at a dizzying speed
...

Throughout the movie, Nolan consulted with leading theoretical

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan takes audiences beyond

physicist Kip Thorne, whose work focuses on detecting

the Milky Way galaxy with his philosophical sci-fi drama,

gravitational waves, studying black holes and conceiving the

Interstellar
...


cinematography, razor-sharp editing, haunting music score and

Endless space, intimate portraits

profound story unlock the endless possibilities of space
exploration on an IMAX screen
...
In the lead

7, the visual story of cosmic proportions is grounded by an

role, actor Matthew McConaughey offers a layered interpretation

intimate tale of love between a father and a daughter
...


Cooper, a test pilot-turned-farmer, sees humanity’s dying spirit in

But he fears he may never see his kids again
...
Sometime in the near future, the climate change

"It’s about the dare of exploration, discovery and courage,"

on Earth has caused an agricultural crisis setting the beginning

McConaughey said
...
Cooper knows that corn, one of the last crops to

sometimes
...
We

survive the permanent drought on the planet, will start dwindling

have incredible capacity as a species and this film challenges

soon
...


us
...
He shares a special bond
with his young daughter, Murph, who also shares his love for
science
...

One character in the film, Professor Brand – the brains behind
the mission – informs Cooper that scientists are no longer meant
to save Earth but to leave it
...
He said the intention
is to show that, if necessary, humans have the spirit to move
beyond the confines of our galaxy
...
Brand offers Cooper the
dream of a lifetime: Go out there and explore the universe
...
He loves his children too much to leave, but also

Challenging roles for women
Anne Hathaway plays Amelia Brand, the professor's daughter
and a bioengineer looking for habitable planets
...
Hathaway said her role was a demanding one,
emotionally as well as physically
...
I’m the only girl for miles, and so
the boys, for them were like oh! This suit is kind of heavy and I
am just
...
Jessica Chastain plays Cooper’s
daughter, Murph, as she grows up
...
And while Murph’s father is working against time
to find a planet and see his children again, she, is working as a
scientist against time to save mankind on Earth
...
Nolan launches the

in our own world and the world around her and emotional,”

astronauts into the cold unknown
...
“Sometimes women can be intelligent and

against the backdrop of the awesome vastness of space
...

They are the trailblazers of a new era
...
Nolan, the director who gave
us Memento and Inception, does not follow shortcuts or clichés
...
This is a movie of Titanic proportions
...

Nolan saw it when he was 7, he said
...
"That

News Link : http://www
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com/content/interstellar-piercesthrough-space-stretches-the-imagination/2512597
...


Answers / a:8 / b:6 / c:4 / d:1 / e:5 / f:10 / g:3 / h:7 / i:2 / j:9

Words

Meanings
impossible to explain or understand
[COUNTABLE] a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone,
especially of their face only
making you feel confused or dizzy
[INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE] to pull something so that it
separates into pieces or gets a hole in it, or to become damaged
in this way
someone who is the first to do something or to discover
something

a

ailing

1

b
c

sustain
tear

2
3

d

unfathomable

4

e

trailblazer

5

f

dizzying

6

g

portrait

7

h

slouch

8

recall
gripping

to remember something / to make you feel or experience
9 something that you have felt or experienced in the past
10 very exciting and interesting

i
j

to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist
MAINLY JOURNALISM an ailing organization or economy is not
strong or successful/ LITERARY ill and weak
to sit, walk, or stand with your shoulders bent forwards and your
head low so that you look lazy

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Words
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c
d
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Meanings
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interstellar
profound

pierced
intimate

stretch
famine

acclaimed
dwindled

milky way
habitable

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Kafka's
...

Water supplies have
...

The knife entered his chest and
...

Scientists imagination have to beyond the horizon of the
...
in the near future
...
space travel is the zenith of this century
...
friends were invited to their wedding
...
the rules a little in this instance
...
production of West Side Story
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, and skirmish between radical groups
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that you said you would do that yesterday
...
and create new ideas
...
easily
...
of life under communism
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life
...
publishing division
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pace
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– stand up straight
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idea for everybody
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desire for buying clothes
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A Confederate sympathizer shot the
president at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865
...

They were free now
...
Once
again, the American people debated the best plan for moving the
country forward
...


Quiz - The Civil War Ends

General Robert E
...
Several other Confederate armies

1865

were still in the field
...


continue the fight
...

C) The armies were preparing for the final battle of the war
...
The soldiers

D) The troops were having a Union Army victory parade
...

2 - What was one of the issues the war decided?
Late in May, 150,000 Union soldiers, representing every one of
the Union armies, came to Washington
...


A) The westward expansion of the United States
...

C) The question of whether slavery was allowed
...


For two days, the soldiers marched past the White House
...
Sherman's western army was there from battles at

3 - What were the costs of the war to the United States?

Shiloh and Atlanta
...

B) Billions of dollars in destroyed property
...


Johnson, and other government leaders
...


Finally, the last group of soldiers passed the White House
...
The battle flags were put away, and the

A) They had been hired as workers by the government
...
The war was ended
...


could look about them and count the cost of the war
...

D) The slaves remained in a state of bondage
...
The
northern victory had decided that states could not leave the

Answers : 1 : D / 2 : C / 3 : D / 4: B

Union
...


But the costs were great
...
Hundreds of thousands more were
wounded
...


News Link http://learningenglish
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com/content/civil-war-endmaking-nation/2563047
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The war was almost
as costly to the Confederates
...
And most of the war damage was there
...
The damage outside the populated areas was almost
as great
...
Farm houses and buildings
had been burned; animals and crops seized or destroyed
...
, that are joined
together in some activity or effort
to walk with regular steps as a group to walk in the regular and
organized way of soldiers
often + with
a large group of soldiers organized to fight battles on land
if a fire or flame burns, it produces light and heat
to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc
...
public interest in the election
...
he meaning of the text for years
...
of Alexander the Great pass the dessert
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nto the field
...
wonderful with the family
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after three days of fighting
...
s useful to imitate the war result
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of native tribes can't decide to join war
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but how can I help?
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ven brighter
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he problems in order to focus on your job
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drummer is also the lead singer
Title: News English
Description: This is the VOA news with the target vocabulary list and exams. The exams contain matching and fill-in-the blank exercieses. it has 17 pages.