www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Wednesday, 25th April 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS1. New figures show the _ is officially _ in recession. 2. There was a _ in growth of _% between January and _. 3. Recession is usually defined as two successive _ of negative growth. 4. The announcement was _ by the chief executive at the _ _ National Statistics. 5. Joe Grice said some areas of the economy had performed particularly _. 6. He said the _ of the production industries decreased by _%. 7. Output of the construction sector fell by _%. 8. Output of the services sector increased by _%.9. The culture secretary Jeremy _ has been talking about his role in the News Corporation bid to _ _ BSkyB. 10. Labour has _ on him to resign due to the _ links between his department and the Murdoch empire during the bidding process.11. Rupert Murdoch is due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry into _ standards shortly. 12. _ expected to be _ about his relationship with a succession of prime minister over _ decades.13. Pakistan says its successfully _-_ a medium-range missile. 14. It says the missile is capable of carrying a nuclear _. 15. The missile was fired into the _ early this _. 16. A _ ago _ tested a _-range missile.17. A new report suggests that diabetes will _ the _ nearly 17 billion, or _% of its current budget, by _. 18. The study suggests most of the money _ on diabetes goes on treating _. 19. Many of these are preventable through _ checks and _ education.20. The USA has confirmed its first case of _ _ disease _ 2006. 21. The US Department of Agriculture says no _ from the animal entered the human _ supply.www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Wednesday, 25th April 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: ANSWERS1. New figures show the UK is officially back in recession. 2. There was a fall in growth of 0.2% between January and March. 3. Recession is usually defined as two successive quarters of negative growth. 4. The announcement was made by the chief executive at the Office for National Statistics. 5. Joe Grice said some areas of the economy had performed particularly badly. 6. He said the output of the production industries decreased by 0.4%. 7. Output of the construction sector fell by 3.0%. 8. Output of the services sector increased by 0.1%.9. The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has been talking about his role in the News Corporation bid to take over BSkyB. 10. Labour has called on him to resign due to the close links between his department and the Murdoch empire during the bidding process.11. Rupert Murdoch is due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry into press standards shortly. 12. Hes expected to be asked about his relationship with a succession of prime minister over four decades.13. Pakistan says its successfully test-fired a medium-range missile. 14. It says the missile is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. 15. The missile was fired into the sea early this morning. 16. A week ago India tested a long-range missile.17. A new report suggests that diabetes will cost the NHS nearly 17 billion, or 17% of its current budget, by 2035. 18. The study suggests most of the money spent on diabetes goes on treating complications. 19. Many of these are preventable through health checks and better education.20. The USA has confirmed its first case of mad cow disease since 2006. 21. The US Department of Agriculture says no meat from the animal entered the human food supply.www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Wednesday, 25th April 2012 10.00am INTERMEDIATE: TRUE/FALSE1. New figures show the UK has gone into recession for the first time. 2. Growth fell by 0.2% between January and March. 3. The definition of a recession is two successive months of negative growth. 4. The announcement was made by Joe Crice. 5. He said some areas of the economy had performed particularly well. 6. He said Output of the production industries decreased by 0.4%. 7. Construction sector output fell by 3.0%. 8. Output of the services sector rose by 1%.9. The culture secretary Jeremy Unt has been talking about his handling of the bid by News Corporation to take over BSkyB. 10. Labour says the culture secretary should resign. 11. Close links have emerged between the culture secretarys office and the Murdoch empire during the bidding process.12. Rupert Murdoch is due to appear b