Level: Intermediate
Aim: To provide learners with a chance to fill in the gaps with appropriate words to complete the meaning of the sentence.
A. Complete the blanks with ONE WORD ONLY.
Agriculture in the West and South of the United States has traditionally been supported by migrant workers ___________ (1) migrate or move from area to area according to the crops that need harvesting. Many Chinese, Filipino and Mexican immigrants became migrant workers when they first arrived in the United States. Often they___________ (2) problems with the English language or no skills that they could immediately use in the new country.
A person looking objectively at the living conditions of these workers might say that their way of life ___________ (3) little better than slavery. They were housed in substandard conditions, received wages far below the minimum, and had no medical or insurance benefits. The migrant workers had no labor unions that could bargain for better wages, better hours, or improved working conditions. They had no money, and no power with which to bargain with their employers. The employers were ___________ (4) richest people around and they were making fortunes by the sweat of their workers’ brows. It took an idealistic, determined young man names Cesar Chavez to change the plight of the migrant worker forever. He organized the workers against the employers using non-violent tactics in order ___________ (5) achieve what they wanted and in the end, he and his fellow workers succeeded and founded the first workers’ union in the United States.