Vydáno dne 23.01.2009
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The headmistress of a primary school in the English county of Devon has defended her decision to ban children ___________________________(1) wearing angel wings at the school's nativity play. As the play is being ___________________________(2) at a church, there are going to be candles and there is a risk that the synthetic or paper material that the wings are made from can easily catch ___________________________(3) .The decision was made shortly after last year's nativity play, during ___________________________(4) some of the children ___________________________(5) injured.
Though some say that this might ruin the children's and the audience's fun, the headmistress promised that she will make sure that the children will still look beautiful. She also pointed ___________________________(6) that there is no mention of angels having wings in the Bible.
A representative of an online fancy dress shop that specialises ___________________________(7) fairy and angel wings also had ___________________________(8) to say. He believes that this is a yet another example of political correctness in this country. His point is that candles are dangerous in any case. “It doesn't ___________________________(9) what the child is wearing, and the school should be asking: what is more dangerous, the candles or the wings?” He ___________________________(10) the ban ridiculous and says that it will spoil the children's fun.
Adapted from an article by Katherine McCurrie
Správné odpovědi: 1) from ; 2) held / played ; 3) fire ; 4) which ; 5) were / got ; 6) out ; 7) in ; 8) something / things ; 9) matter ; 10) considers / thinks