• ☐ ☐ ☐ feed [v] - give food to
• ☐ ☐ ☐ fragrant [adj] - having a nice smell
• ☐ ☐ ☐ aromatic [adj] - having a nice smell
• ☐ ☐ ☐ foreign aid workers [n] - humanitarian workers who manage projects in areas affected by war or disasters
• ☐ ☐ ☐ prompt [v] - cause, make happen
• ☐ ☐ ☐ widespread [adj] - seen or experienced by a large number of people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ condemnation [n] - strong disapproval
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an oil refinery [n] - a type of factory that turns oil into products like gasoline and other fuels
• ☐ ☐ ☐ polarization [n] - strongly divided into two opposite groups, beliefs, or opinions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ populist politics [n] - politics that appeal to ordinary people who feel ignored by the government or elite groups
• ☐ ☐ ☐ extremism [n] - holding extreme political or religious views

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

1. ______ aid workers were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
   Three
   Six
   Seven
   
   
2. The woman was serving ______.
   rice
   soup
   bread
   
   
3. She described the food's ______.
   smell
   taste
   cost
   size
   
   
4. ______ destroyed an oil refinery and a drone factory in ______.
   Russia, Ukraine
   Ukraine, Russia
   
   
5. Alex Garland has a new ______ called Civil War.
   TV series
   movie
   
   
6. Alex Garland is ______.
   British
   American
   
   
7. Alex Garland thinks that polarization is happening in ______.
   the US
   Britain
   both the US and Britain
   
   
8. The number of billionaires is ______.
   increasing
   decreasing
   
   

Directions: Choose the best word.

• They came to Gaza (to) help feed people.
• This is the beautiful, fragrant, aromatic rice (that) will (be) served today.
• (The) killing of seven foreign aid workers (by) Israeli forces prompts widespread condemnation.
• But (will) that change anything?
• Ukraine strikes deep inside Russia, targeting (an) oil refinery (and) a factory making drones.
• And British director Alex Garland talks (to) the BBC (about) his latest film, Civil War.
• This film (is) about journalists, and it's about polarization, populist politics and polarization, (which) leads to extremism and extremist thinking.
• That's happening (in) America, but it's happening in (this) country.
• Plus, why are (there) now a record-breaking number (of) billionaires?