• ☐ ☐ ☐ a priority [n] - the most important task or job
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hostages [n] - people taken prisoner and used to negotiate
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ground operations [n] - attacks by land (not by air or by sea)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ catastrophic [adj] - causing sudden disaster or extreme damage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ humanitarian [adj] - related to improving human welfare and reducing suffering
• ☐ ☐ ☐ consequences [n] - negative effects
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a coma [n] - being unconscious for a long time, often the result of a severe injury
• ☐ ☐ ☐ alleged [adj] - said to have happened but not yet proven
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a confrontation [n] - a hostile encounter or conflict
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the morality police [n] - Islamic religious police who enforce religious rules and sharia law
• ☐ ☐ ☐ tension [n] - excitement

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

1. Israel's top priority is freeing the hostages.
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2. The UN is chiefly worried about the economic effects of Israel's attacks on Gaza.
   True
   False
   
   
3. An Iranian girl fell into a coma after a confrontation with the morality police.
   True
   False
   
   
4. The girl has woken up from her coma.
   True
   False
   
   
5. The Rugby World Cup final was played in New Zealand.
   True
   False
   
   
6. New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup.
   True
   False
   
   
7. South Africa has won the Rugby World Cup the most times.
   True
   False
   
   

• The U.N. has warned that the Israeli ground operates operations (operations) in Gaza could have catastrophe catastrophic (catastrophic) humanistic humanitarian (humanitarian) consequences consequently (consequences) .
• Iranian media say a teenage teenager (teenage) girl who fell into a coma after an alleged allegedly (alleged) confrontation confrontational (confrontation) with the moral morality (morality) police has died.
• It was a wet night in Paris. A match full of drama dramatic (drama) and tense tension (tension) .
• South Africa have made history historical (history) at the Rugby World Cup.