Задание

11.Прочитай текст и заполни пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 лишняя. Занеси цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в поле ответа.

The March on Washington on August 28, 1963, brought roughly 250,000 people — mostly African Americans — to the nation's capital. They were calling for equality, an end to racial segregation, and A______________, decent housing, and jobs that paid a living wage.

One of the speakers was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., B______________. "I have a dream," he cried, C______________. Though his speech was scheduled to be four minutes long, D______________, in what would become one of the most famous orations of the civil rights movement — and of human history.

The abolishment of slavery after the American Civil War of 1861–1865 led to formerly enslaved people seeking American citizenship. However, E______________, they were not equal with whites, and they endured discrimination, segregation, and violent racist attacks. In the 1950s, several African American groups fought back against discrimination with a policy of nonviolence. In the 1960s, civil rights marches in Birmingham, Alabama, F______________, were central to the campaign. Some extremists, especially in the South, reacted with acts of violence.

Thanks to the March on Washington, US Congress passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, outlawing discrimination, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. More than half a century later, however, many of the goals set on that day are still out of reach to black Americans.

1. while they were no longer enslaved

2. who was "the mother of the freedom movement"

3. who had been arrested that April during protests in Alabama

4. starting his famous speech

5. which were led by King

6. he ended up speaking for sixteen minutes

7. for all Americans to have access to a good education