SECTION A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, when the United States was in (1) . Then the new president began to adopt a complex of (2) known as the New Deal. The New Deal brought to the individual citizen a sharp (3) of interest in government. Then a policy of (4) currency inflation was adopted in order to start an upward movement in commodity prices. In agriculture, far-reaching reforms were (5) . By 1940, nearly six million farmers were receiving (6) subsidies under this program. In the 1936 election, Roosevelt won an even more (7) victory over his republican opponent. The 1940 presidential election (8) another majority for Roosevelt. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation’s (9) and resources for global war. He was devoted much to the planning of a United Nations, where, he hoped, international difficulties could be (10) .