Listening Comprehension

You will hear each recording twice. After each listening, you will have time to complete your answers.

Task 1: The 4th of July

Preparation time: 30 seconds

You will hear six statements from immigrants about the 4th of July.
Choose from the list (A-G) which heading best applies to which statement (1-6). For each statement, there is only one correct answer. There is one more heading than you need.
Headings
A Reflecting on American values
B Historical relevance for migrants
C Chance to make one’s own choices
D Reminder of migrants’ positive input
E Crucial date for individual development
F Migrant version of the American dream
G Developing reservations about patriotism
Statement Heading
1
2
3
4
5
6
Now listen to the recording again.

6 BE

Task 2: Rose Heilbron

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes
You will hear a BBC Witness History podcast about a famous woman in the legal profession.
While listening, tick the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.
1.

Rose Heilbron worked

a for a UN tribunal.
b for law firms around the globe.
c in a key institution of the UK justice system.

2.

The media responded to Heilbron positively, because she

a had a media background.
b moved in high-society circles.
c succeeded in having a career and a family.

3.

Heilbron came from a

a poor working-class family.
b wealthy upper-class family.
c struggling middle-class family.

4.

Heilbron’s mother supported her by

a providing financial backing.
b taking care of her well-being.
c advising her on how to stand her ground.

5.

When becoming a barrister, Heilbron

a set a new record.
b turned into a role model.
c first struggled with the workload.

6.

Reviewing the discrimination against Heilbron, her daughter

a feels emotionally affected.
b takes her mother’s perspective.
c places it in the historical context.

7.

When Heilbron started as a pupil barrister, she felt

a excited about her new position.
b nervous about the courtroom procedures.
c overwhelmed by the splendour of the occasion.

8.

One of the factors enabling Heilbron’s breakthrough was

a her popularity in the media.
b the lack of male competitors at the time.
c postponing her plans to start her own family.
Now listen to the recording again.

8 BE

Task 3: Names

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will hear a radio report about naming issues in a Kansas City school district.
While listening, answer the questions below. You need not write complete sentences.
Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.
1. What made Christina Haswood feel uncomfortable about the mascot when playing basketball?
2. Why is Haswood pleased with young people?
3. Why does Carole Cadue-Blackwood want the district name changed?
(Name two aspects.)
4. Why does Chief Ben Barnes disagree with Cadue-Blackwood?
5. What was the purpose of the Shawnee Indian Mission?
6. What is the cultural significance of the district name today, according to Barnes?
7. What did a study from the National Congress of American Indians find out?
8. What issue does Haswood address in her role as representative?
9. What are Cadue-Blackwood’s expectations of the future?
(Name two aspects.)
Now listen to the recording again.

11 BE

25 BE

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