57 UNIT 07 | You be the judge Read the text about a campaigner for gun control in the US. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–L) for each gap (1–9). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 11 0123456789 H A aimed at E limited I ruled B ambitious reforms F passed J safety devices C competing truths G persuading K spreading D conveying H powerful L stopped Progress on gun safety is like her recovery: “inch by inch” A 2011 mass shooting left Gabrielle Giffords, then a Democratic congresswoman, partly paralyzed and unable to speak fluently. She has since built a (0) advocacy group. Twelve years after a bullet ripped through the left side of her brain, Gabrielle Giffords speaks mainly in stock phrases and short bursts, (1) meaning with her eyes or a boxer’s swing of her left arm, the one still fully mobile. Ms. Giffords, 52, is arguably America’s most famous gun violence survivor. Her recent visit to Washington underlined two (2) : The gun safety movement she helps lead is stronger than ever. But the nation’s gun violence epidemic is worsening. In part because of the efforts of Ms. Giffords, so-called red flag laws (3) keeping guns away from potentially dangerous people have now been enacted in 19 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, many states have adopted dozens of new gun safety laws. After nearly 30 years of standstill, Congress also (4) the constitutional right to own guns. Still, each day in the United States, upward of 200 people are wounded by guns, and more than 110 are killed. Ghost guns – untraceable firearms assembled from components bought online – are (5) . But a divided Congress means there is little hope for (6) in Washington. The Supreme Court, now with a six-justice conservative majority, (7) that Americans have a broad right to carry guns, making it harder for states to impose restrictions. Ms. Giffords is an optimist, but also a realist. She conceded that (8) Congress to pass sweeping laws, like banning assault weapons or requiring gun manufacturers to make weapons with (9) like fingerprint locks, “will be tough.” But she likened the effort to her own recovery – a fight back that will never get her where she once was. “Progress,” she said, “happens inch by inch.” Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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