Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

Fill the gaps using either the –ing form or the infinitive of the verb in brackets. 
Pro-hunt supporters promised ____________ against the ban. [PROTEST] 
The government tried ____________ the decision. [DELAY] 
The House of Lords voted ____________ the ban. [REJECT] 
Riders may not be prosecuted for ____________ foxes. [KILL] 
Some groups may plan to continue ____________ despite the ban. [HUNT] 
Police will need more time ____________ information about protestors. 
[GATHER] 
Should hunting with dogs be made illegal? 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004
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Fill the gaps using these key words from the text: 
override 
invoke 
scupper 
compromise 
barbaric 
disobedience 
entrenched 
hound 
fitting 
brace oneself 
If someone has ____________ opinions, these opinions have existed for a very long 
time and it is difficult to change them. 
____________ means extremely violent and cruel. 
A ____________ is a hunting dog. 
If you ____________ a rule or a law, you use it in order to achieve something. 
____________ means not obeying orders or rules. 
If you ____________, you get ready for something unpleasant. 
If you ____________ someone’s plans, you spoil those plans. 
A ____________ is a way of solving an argument in which both sides accept they 
cannot have everything they want. 
If you ____________ someone, you use official authority to ignore or change a 
decision they have made. 
____________ is another word for ‘appropriate’. 
Choose the best answer in each case. 
1. For how long has fox-hunting with dogs existed in England and Wales? 
70 years 
370 years 
700 years 
2. How many jobs depend on fox-hunting? 
800 
8,000 
80,000 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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3. What, in UK politics, is the Parliament Act? 
A law that allows Parliament to make laws. 
A law that allows the House of Commons to ignore votes in the House of 
Lords. 
A law that requires the House of Commons to respect votes in the House of 
Lords. 
4. Which English writer wrote the lines ‘Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war’? 
William Shakespeare 
Charles Dickens 
Lord Byron 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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