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Work in pairs. What do you know about former US president
I untiI he arrived at the East Room
Abraham Lincoln? Share your ideas with the class.
J which awoke him from his dream
Do the Reading exam tasl<. K who were grieving as if their hearts woutd breal<

3 Oo the Use ofEnglish exam task.
Read the text. Complete the text with the phrase (A-K)
that best fits each gap. There is one phrase you do not
need.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same
A famous dream as the first. Use two to five words including the word
given in bracl<ets. Do not change the form of word given.
Although Abraham Lincoln is
today one of America's best-
1 'l didn't steaI the money!' said Wittiam . (denied)
loved presidents, that was not
Witliam the money.
always so. During rhe American
CivilWar he was hated by 2 'Don't forget to write thanl<-you letters foryour
Southerners for abolishing presents,' said Mandy to her daughter. (reminded)
slavery, and 1- that he Mandy thank-you Ietters
fully expected to be murdered for her presents.
by his political opponents, and
3 'l'tI pay for the meal,' said Jal<e. (i nsisted)
had resigned himself to his fate.
According to a close friend of Jal<e for the mea[.
'l'tI sen d you to your room if you speal< to me like that
his, three days prior to his assassination, Lincoln recounted
a dream hed had to his wife and a few acquaincances, aga i n,' said George to his son. (threatened)
2-.
In the dream, he was lying in bed in theWhite G eo rge to his room if he
House in Washington, and there seemed to be a death-lil<e spoke to him tike that again.
stillness around him.Then he began to hear quiet sobbing, 5 'You broke my MP3 player!' said Sally to Tom. (accused)
3-
. He got out of bed and wandered downstairs.
Sa lty her MP3 player.
There the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing,
6 'l won't tell anyone what you've told me,' said Fred.
but he couldn't see who was mal<ing the noise. He went
4_ (p rom ised)
from room to room but they were all deserted,
.
It was light in all the rooms and every object was familiar to Fred what I'd told him.
him; but where, Lincoln wondered, were all the people 'Thank you so much for everything you've done,' said
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| He was both puzzled and alarmed.What could be Martha. (gratitude)
the meaning of all this? Determined to find the cause, he lcept Maftha
6-, everything l'd
on wall<ing which he entered.There he met with a done.
sicl<ening surprise. Before him was a platform,T_
.
8 'l'm definitely going to apply for the job,' said Ben.
Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as
(intention)
guards; and there was a crowd of people, some gazing
Ben confirmed
mournfully upon the coffin, others crying bitterly.'Who has for
died in theWhite Housel'Lincoln demanded of one of the the job.
soldiers.'The Presldent,' came the answer.
'He was killed by an assassin.'Then there was a loud
exclamation of grief from the crowd,8_ . 4 Do the speaking exam task.
Some people have ascribed a powerful meaning to his
dream, claiming that e_ . Others point out that, given
the fact that he fully expected that someone would try to
assassinate him, 10_ . Compare and contrast the photos of two 'dream'
homes. What might the owners of these homes be til<e
A although the same mournful sounds of distress met
and which photo more closely matches your idea of a
him as he wall<ed along 'dream'home?
B as if a number of peopte were crying
C in which he foresaw his own death
D it is hardty surprising that he dreamt of his own death
E Lincoln knew that he was about to die
F on which rested a coffin
G such was their antipathy towards him
H he had had the dream before

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