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Answers - December 2008

The answers are given below to the exercise questions in the December lesson.

Before reading

After the second world war Germany was divided into four occupations zones and Berlin was surrounded by the Soviet zone. In June 1948 the Soviets blockaded all road/rail links to the city and 2 million people were in danger of starving. The western powers organised an air lift that lasted for 11 months. This marked the beginning of the cold war.

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. 2

While reading

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. Sad. Because he feels that the airport saved his life.
  2. They thought it was just a place for getting from A to B.
  3. It's a large cavernous bulding made of stone.
  4. 15.
  5. They would have starved.
  6. He holds up a "danke America" sign.

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. an airstrip in 1927.
  2. the world's largest airport.
  3. forced labourers.
  4. it became the gateway to the stranded city.
  5. the building of the Berlin Wall.
  6. Angela Merkel and Bild.
  7. densely populated.
  8. it was losing $13m a year.

After reading

The answers to each crossword clue are -

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