• ☐ ☐ ☐ a coalition government [n] - a government formed through a union of two or more political parties
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pull out [phv] - leave, quit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a cabinet [n] - a committee of government members who are responsible for making government policies
• ☐ ☐ ☐ postwar [adj] - after the war
• ☐ ☐ ☐ veto [v] - reject a decision
• ☐ ☐ ☐ controversial [adj] - something that makes people disagree
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stifle [v] - limit, prevent, reduce
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be overruled by [v] - be rejected by (a higher person or position)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Parliament [n] - part of the government
• ☐ ☐ ☐ jailed [adj] - be in prison
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Ecologists [n] - scientists who study animals, plants, and the environment
• ☐ ☐ ☐ eco [adj] - not harming the environment
• ☐ ☐ ☐ acoustic [adj] - related to sound

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

1. Israel has a ______ government.
   majority
   coalition
   
   
2. A member of the government has a plan _______.
   to win the war
   for after the war
   
   
3. He has given the government ______ to accept his plan.
   a week
   three weeks
   
   
4. Georgia's President ______ a new law.
   has passed
   has vetoed
   
   
5. The law could limit _______.
   freedom of expression
   freedom of religion
   
   
6. Narges Mohammadi ______ jail.
   is in
   has been released from
   
   
7. She has accused security forces in Iran of ______.
   sexual assault
   accepting bribes
   
   
8. Ecologists in Costa Rica _______ of the forest.
   have photographed images
   have recorded sounds
   
   

Directions: Choose the word that seems the most natural for each sentence.

• I'm Andrew Peach, --- ∅ if and but after unless because (and) in the early hours of Sunday, the 19th of May, --- ∅ if and but after unless because (∅) these are our main stories.
• A senior member of Israel's coalition government has threatened to pull out --- ∅ if and but after unless because (unless) the cabinet agrees to his postwar plan for Gaza within three weeks.
• Georgia's President has vetoed a controversial law that critics say stifles free speech, --- ∅ if and but after unless because (but) she can still be overruled by Parliament.
• The jailed Iranian Nobel peace prize Narges Mohammadi is facing new charges --- ∅ if and but after unless because (after) accusing the security forces of sexually assaulting women prisoners.
• Ecologists in Costa Rica have completed one of the largest ever eco-acoustic surveys, --- ∅ if and but after unless because (∅) recording the sounds of the forest.