Listen to the Webcast Concerns about volcano overreaction again and tick the correct answer.

14.B – Comprehension Test 2

Listen to the Webcast Concerns about volcano overreaction , answer the questions and fill in the gaps

Part 1

1. What was the reason for the blanket ban of flights?

2. What organizations were considering whether the blanket ban on flights was an overreaction to

Iceland’s volcanic cloud or not?

3. How long had the paralysing restrictions lasted by the day of the news report?

4. How according to those who imposed the restriction the volcanic ash might have affected the aircraft?

5. How were the officials responding the growing crowds of passengers in the terminals?

Part 2

Rachael Brown reports from London.

RACHAEL BROWN: It's an___________________ at Portsmouth Harbour; hundreds of people____________________into the ferry terminal who have already been waiting for days ______________and jeer at police when told there'll be further immigration______________.

WOMAN: So what are they queuing up for? There's going to be_____________________.

RACHAEL BROWN: It's a scene that epitomises this air crisis __________________________abandoning one_________________, onlyto find themselves at the back of another.

Part 3

As the air_________________enters a fifth day, already 63,000 flights have been cancelled. Airlines say they're_______________________$1.7 million an hour.And with test flights from France, Germany and Holland returning seemingly____________________, they're wondering whether it's even worth it.

Two bodies representing Europe's airlines and airports say volcanoes have erupted in other parts of the world, and have never warranted the level of restrictions being enforced in Europe. They are calling on the regulator to reassess the________________.

Part 4

The European Transport Secretary Siim Kallas was asked if this was another______________, just a lot of hot air.

SIIM KALLAS: You know this is Europe - is very much based on the rules and rules have been accepted and adopted after 2004, the International Civil ___________________Organization’s recommendations.

RACHAEL BROWN:He'll be going__________________. But whether the airlines are, is confusing. EU airlines are supposed to ensure_____________________and food but_______________commuters like surgeon Christine McCandy are hearing a different story.

CHRISTINE MCCANDY: We get the just repetitive answer, no there's no________________because of_______________weather, or it's __________________and so we have no duty of care.

RACHAEL BROWN: The UK Government is considering setting up a______________ in the south of Spain, to help stranded commuters reach the channel.

Part 5

The UK's Security Minister, Lord West.
LORD WEST: We clearly have a reasonable_______________________________within the royal______________for lifting people. That's being looked at the moment to see what's available - particularly in the amphibious force itself which can lift a whole ______________if necessary.

But also we have an ability to take up ships______________. All of this is being looked at the moment.

RACHAEL BROWN: So as airlines ___________________their reopening time every few hours, volcanologists are more pragmatic; saying when Iceland's volcano stops________________, the existing plume will take daysto ___________________.
Those who are enjoying the rare peace are__________________ in Hatton, beside Heathrow airport. But over the airport fence, columns of_________________ready for import start to_____________,and conveyor belts usually heaving_________________________________are empty.
The crisis is starting to effect___________________supplies, and even bone-marrow___________________________deliveries.
This is Rachael Brown in London reporting for AM

14.A – Comprehension Test 3

Speak about Iceland’s volcano eruption as:

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