Castro 4.

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3. Listen and fill in the blank spaces with the right words or expressions.

1.  Fidel Castro is a Cuban revolutionary leader ________________ of the highest ________________ the twentieth century.

2.  For most of his life he has fought the political and commercial ________________ United States in Cuba.

3.  He governed his country throughout decades of a US ________________.

4.  Castro was born on a sugar plantation in 1926. He had a very ________________.

5.  He was an extremely ________________ at school and decided to study law.

6.  He became ________________ and wanted to bring social justice to his country.

7.  He thought ________________ Cuba was wholly unnecessary.

8.  Castro graduated from law school in 1950 and began _____________ lawyer.

9.  He became ________________ despising American influence in Cuban affairs.

10.      He went to Mexico to plan ________________ of Cuba. There he met Che Guevara, who helped shape his political beliefs ________________.

11.      Castro’s ________________ started the revolution in December 1958.

12.      They quickly ________________ the whole of Cuba and sent President Batista fleeing.

13.      He went to the USA but ________________ with President Eisenhower.

14.      He then went to the Soviet Union and became ________________.