1. Mary: Wendy, Stephen, it's good to see you. My students and I are studying citizenship at the moment. And they've been asking me lots of questions about the UN. Do you know anything about it?

2. Wendy: I think it was formed just after the Second World War.

3. Mary: OK. Thanks, Wendy. So it was started after the Second World War. But why was it started?

4. Stephen: Well after the Second World War many [1] a) countries b) disasters c) nations came together. It was decided to create a forum, a space for [2] a) countries b) country c) discussion d) nations to try and promote [3] a) countries b) country c) helpful d) peace and security and prevent future wars.

5. Mary: OK. That's really [4] a) helpful b) mission c) improving d) peace Stephen. Thank you. But what kind of work does it actually do?

6. Stephen: Well Mary, the UN is really about [5] a) countries b) nations c) peace d) rights keeping. It tries through [6] a) countries b) declaration c) discussion d) peace and negotiation to [7] a) countries b) disasters c) establish [8] a) countries b) improving c) peace between [9] a) countries b) nations c) peace , but when [10] a) countries b) declaration c) disasters d) discussion do come to war it is still active in trying to negotiate [11] a) countries b) helpful c) peace between those [12] a) countries b) declaration c) nations .

7. Wendy: It also helps when there are [13] a) disasters b) establish c) disaster d) peace , like earthquakes and tsunami and all these natural [14] a) disasters b) helpful c) nations d) disaster that happen.

8. Stephen: Don't forget Wendy, though, that the UN has helped to eradicate small pox. It works to reduce AIDS, TB, malaria, and some people say that the UN saves over 3 million lives of children every year.

9. Wendy: Yes, and I believe it runs UNICEF, the United [15] a) disasters b) nations c) peace Children's fund and it distributes food aid wherever it's needed.

10. Mary: OK, so it does lots of different things. Does it have any central sort of [16] a) countries b) country c) mission or some clear definition of what it tries to do?

11. Stephen: Well, Mary, I think the UN's overall [17] a) disasters b) mission c) rights is to work towards world [18] a) countries b) disasters c) peace and [19] a) countries b) establish c) helpful d) peace good communication between [20] a) countries b) mission c) peace d) rights . You see we have what is called the Universal [21] a) declaration b) mission c) peace d) rights of Human [22] a) discussion b) nations c) peace d) rights .

12. Wendy: Well Stephen one of my students gave me this information about Human [23] a) countries b) countries c) nations d) rights . It was adopted in 1948 and it has been recognized in part by many [24] a) countries b) nations c) peace as a goal and as a basis for their legislation. And the [25] a) declaration b) peace c) rights says, for example, that everyone has the right to life, freedom from torture, the right to education, freedom of speech and religious freedoms, and the UN works with [26] a) countries b) discussion c) helpful d) nations to ensure free and fair elections as well.

13. Mary: OK, this is really [27] a) countries b) helpful c) peace and interesting. But how many [28] a) countries b) peace c) rights are involved in the United Nations?

14. Stephen: Well at the last count there was 191 [29] a) countries b) discussion in the United [30] a) declaration b) disasters c) nations d) peace .

15. Mary: Ok thank you. Wendy, my students asked me is there a United [31] a) countries b) country c) declaration d) nations Day?

16. Wendy: Yes it's on the 24th October. They celebrate their achievements.