A second chance - Module 2

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Advanced Expert Coursebook, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

Sir Richard Branson, (0) ___ of the UK's most high-profile businessmen, has contacted managers in his various businesses he owns to suggest they should employ ex-prisoners. '(1) ___ deserves a second chance,' he says. 'After all, (2) ___ of us is perfect.' He was in trouble himself when he was younger: on one occasion for tax reasons, on the other for protesting (3) ___ American policy during the Vietnam War. On (4) ___ occasion was he innocent and he could have ended up in prison. Being a prisoner affects your whole life. Very (5) ___ even manage to get a job interview after they're released. Branson is also working with a charity called Working Chance, which has successfully placed nearly 200 female ex-prisoners (6) ___ work. He was impressed by the fact that many of those helped by the charity do not return to a life of crime. Re-offending tends to be the norm amongst adults released from prison, most of (7) ___ are reconvicted within two years of (8) ___ released.

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