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3 Comprehension 
check 
1. F; 2. F; 3. T; 4. T; 5. F; 6. T 
 
 4 
Vocabulary 1 
 
Noun + Noun Collocations 
1. c; 2. e; 3. f; 4. a; 5. b; 6. d 
5 Vocabulary 
2 Comparatives and Superlatives 
1. worse; the worst 
2. good; the best 
3. enthusiastic; more enthusiastic 
4. more dangerous; the most dangerous 
5. older, the oldest 
6. easier; the easiest 

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6 Vocabulary 
3 Puzzle 
1. failure 
2. pilot 
3. airline 
4. enthusiastic 
5. safety 

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Fill the gaps using these key words from the text: 
bureaucracy 
hijack 
disastrous 
nickname 
incompetent 
corrupt rescue 
plan 
bribe 
sanctions 
émigré 
1. A ____________ is a plan designed to save a company and change its 
fortunes. 
2. An ____________ is a person who leaves their country in order to live 
somewhere else. 
3. A ____________ is money offered to an official to help you by doing 
something illegal or dishonest.
4. If you ____________ a plane, you take control of it using force. 
5. ____________ are official orders to stop trade with a country that has 
broken international law. 
6. ____________ is a complicated system of rules and processes. 
7. If something is ____________ , it causes a lot of damage or harm. 
8. An ____________ person does not have the ability to do a job correctly. 
9. A ____________ person does dishonest or illegal things to earn money. 
10. A ____________ is an informal name that is not a real name.