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 ________________.
