March 26 - April 01, 2007
France fights HIV discrimination with Ôfree hugsÕ
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1. What does France want its people to do?
A. make babies
B. hug strangers
C. speak English
D. strangle foreigners

2. Why does France want its people to do that?
A. to support the war effort
B. to renew awareness of AIDS
C. to show the superiority of French culture
D. to demonstrate the close relationship with England

3. What other country has done anything like this?
A. India
B. Brazil
C. Japan
D. Morocco

4. Why did the French choose English as the language of this project?

A. to show their disapproval
B. It is their national language.
C. to make the English look bad
D. French people like to use English expressions.

5. How is this project being promoted?
A. on TV
B. contest
C. competition
D. world record attempt


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. aloofness
A. class
B. hatred
C. coldness
D. superiority

7. present
  A. feared
B. existing
C. condemned
D. unavoidable

8. take hold
A. excite
B. happen
C. dominate
D. experiment

9. seal
A. avoid
B. finalise
C. discuss
D. question

10. embrace
A. hug
B. snub
C. avoid
D. sneer at

 

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