• ☐ ☐ ☐ The UN [n] - The United Nations
• ☐ ☐ ☐ impose [v] - force to be accepted
• ☐ ☐ ☐ unlawful [adj] - illegal
• ☐ ☐ ☐ restrictions [n] - limits, rules
• ☐ ☐ ☐ aid [n] - help (money, food, medicine)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ call on (it) [phv] - strongly ask (it), pressure (it), require (it)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ escalating [adj] - increasing
• ☐ ☐ ☐ criticize [v] - indicate the faults or problems of someone or something in a negative way
• ☐ ☐ ☐ shut down [phv] - end, close, stop
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hard-right [adj] - very right-wing, very conservative
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a bill [exp] - a law before it has been approved by the government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ banning [v] - prohibiting, not allowing (ban)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cleared its first major hurdle [exp] - overcome the first big obstacle, taken the first major step
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a hurdle [n] - something that people jump over in a race, an obstacle [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ given the chance [exp] - if it has the opportunity
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a black hole [n] - a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light [image]
• ☐ ☐ ☐ suck in [phv] - take in, absorb
• ☐ ☐ ☐ astronomers [exp] - scientists who study outer space and the stars
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mere [adj] - not a lot, not big
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a light year [n] - the distance light can travel in one year (9.461e+15m) `

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. The UN wants Israel to impose stronger restrictions in Gaza.
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2. The UN wants Israel to prevent violence from increasing in the West Bank.
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3. Belgium's Prime Minister is trying to shut down a meeting of European hard-right politicians.
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4. Because of a new law, it is now illegal for anyone under the age of 15 to buy cigarettes in Britain.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Astronomers have discovered a black hole located just 200 light years away from Earth.
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6. Currently, astronomers cannot see the black hole.
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   False
   
   
7. The black hole is not currently active.
   True
   False
   
   
8. The woman seems surprised that the black hole is so close to Earth.
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Directions: Choose the word that seems the most natural for each sentence.

• The UN says Israel is continuing to --- act make impose (impose) unlawful restrictions on --- aid assistance support (aid) to Gaza.
• The UN is also calling on Israel to --- act assist do (do) more to stop the --- escalating going up rocketing (escalating) violence in the West Bank.
• Belgium's Prime Minister has criticized the decision to --- close forbid shut down (shut down) a meeting in Brussels of --- hard-right major-right super-right (hard-right) politicians from --- across all of inside (across) Europe.
• A bill --- banning outlawing stopping (banning) anyone who is currently 15 or younger from ever buying cigarettes has --- cleared jumped overcome (cleared) its first major hurdle in the British Parliament.
• So --- given having taking (given) the chance, this black hole will certainly suck in any material that it can get.
• But at the minute, it's not doing that, so it isn't active. And that's why we can't --- look at see watch (see) this black hole directly.
• Astronomers have --- discovered done made (made) a surprising discovery.
• A black hole is not that far from planet Earth, just a --- little mere tiny (mere) 2000 light years away.