U.K. votes to leave European Union

   LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) Just over 52 per cent of Britons expressed their desire to exit the EU ______
 a. inner referendum
 b. in a referenda
 c. inner referenda
 d. in a referendum

2) Britain's decision to leave has caused ______
 a. political up heave all
 b. political up he vole
 c. political upheaval
 d. political up heavy awl

3) so politicians in both countries are now ______
 a. contemplating breaking in
 b. contemplating breaking
 c. contemplating break in
 d. contemplating breaks in

4) It is Great Britain's independence day. The people were asked, and ______
 a. they decided
 b. they decisive
 c. they deciding
 d. they decision

5) The European Union as a political ______
 a. unions has failed
 b. union have fails
 c. union has failed
 d. union has fails

6) This is the biggest shock to European politics since the fall ______
 a. of the Burning Wall
 b. of the Bergen Wall
 c. of the Berlin Wall
 d. of the Building Wall

7) The vote has already prompted Britain's leader David Cameron ______
 a. to re-sign
 b. to resign
 c. to design
 d. to resigns

8) He led the campaign to stay part of the EU and ______
 a. will step down
 b. will step up
 c. will step in
 d. will step on

9) Less certain is the plight of the 3.3 million non-______
 a. British EU citizenry
 b. British EU citizenship
 c. British EU citizens
 d. British EU citizen

10) Holland's Dutch Freedom Party and France's National Front Party said: "______."
 a. Now it is our tern
 b. Now it is our torn
 c. Now it is our turn
 d. Now it is our tarn

Listening Comprehension

1) What did the article say the UK's
decision to leave the EU was seen
as?
a) a referendum
b) a political earthquake
c) desire
d) the European Union

2) What percentage of Britons voted
to exit the UK?
a) just under 52%
b) exactly 52%
c) around 52%
d) just over 52%

3) When was the last time the UK
pound was as low against the dollar?
a) 2005
b) 1927
c) 1985
d) 1958

4) What are Scotland and Northern
Ireland thinking about doing?
a) leaving the UK
b) joining together as one country
c) applying to join the USA
d) having another referendum

5) What did a right-wing European
politician say had failed?
a) the UK
b) the EU
c) democracy
d) the left wing

6) Who is Bob Ford?
a) a professor
b) a campaign leader
c) head of the EU
d) a Manchester United footballer

7) What did Bob Ford liken the UK
exit to?
a) European politics
b) Manchester University
c) the fall of the Berlin Wall
d) failure

8) When will David Cameron step
down as Britain's leader?
a) October
b) tomorrow
c) next month
d) with immediate effect

9) How many non-British UK citizens
live in the UK?
a) 2.3 million
b) 1.3 million
c) 2.3 million
d) 3.3 million

10) How many UK citizens live
outside the UK in EU countries?
a) 1.2 million
b) 1.1 million
c) 1.3 million
d) 1.4 million