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Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences: 
1. Ariana has a very bad image because … 
2. Ariana is different from many other ‘disaster’ airlines because … 
3. Ariana is going to employ completely new people because … 
4. Things got worse for Ariana after the US invasion because … 
5. Ariana is nicknamed ‘Scaryana’ because … 
6. There are reasons for optimism because … 
a. … many of the current employees are corrupt and lazy. 
b. … the number of flights has increased and the airline made a modest profit 
last year. 
c. … many people are too scared to fly in its planes. 
d. … it has a very poor safety record. 
e. … the Americans destroyed 75% of its planes. 
f. … it has a plan to turn its fortunes round. 
Match the verbs with the nouns they collocate with: 
1. to impose
a. control 
2. to make 
b. a bribe 
3. to run 
c. a ban 
4. to pay 
d. engine failure 
5. to gain 
e. a profit 
6. to take 
f. progress 
7. to make 
g. a reputation 
8. to suffer 
h. a business 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2006 
Taken from the Magazine
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Look in the text and find the words that mean: 
 
1. excessive bureaucracy 
2. to take control illegally of a plane by means of force 
3. to choose one thing from a group for special attention 
4. to leave a country, political party or organisation and go to another one 
5. to cut hair so that it looks tidy 
6. a piece of equipment used to train people to operate an aircraft 
7. a group of planes owned by one organisation 
8. a weapon designed to attack aircraft 
Use these words to make phrasal verbs from the text: 
out 
around 
down 
off 
out 
down 
1. shut _______ 
2. shoot _______ 
3. single _______ 
4. turn _______ 
5. take _______ 
6. break _______