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Task 1:

The North-South divide

Preparation time: 45 seconds

You will hear five statements by British students about the North-South divide. Choose from the list (A-G) which description best applies to which statement (1-5). For each statement there is only one correct answer. There are two more descriptions than you need.

Descriptions

A

Drawbacks

B

A place to start out

C

The need for investment

D

Social status and identity

E

Privilege versus sociability

F

Resentment and animosity

G

A centre for finance and learning

Statement

Description

1

2

3

4

5

Now listen to the recording again.

5 BE

Task 2:

Smithsonian Institute

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will hear an extract from an interview with Effie Kapsalis, senior digital program officer at the Smithsonian Institution.

While listening, answer the questions below. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.

1

What Effie Kapsalis likes about her job:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1

2

What Victoria Heath has learned from using Smithsonian Open Access:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
3

What Smithsonian Open Access set out to achieve:

(Name two aspects.)

  • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  • _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /2
4

What James Smithson believed:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
5

What people did in response to the Smithsonian’s letters:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
6

What Heath says about the role of the Smithsonian in the US:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
7

What the Smithsonian meant to Heath as a child:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
8

What Kapsalis contributed in 2015 to the start of Smithsonian Open Access:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
9

To what end Kapsalis focused on American women’s history later on:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1
10

What the reaction of the Smithsonian officials to Kapsalis’ idea was:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

... /1

1

What Effie Kapsalis likes about her job:

_______________________________

... /1

2

What Victoria Heath has learned from using Smithsonian Open Access:

_______________________________

... /1
3

What Smithsonian Open Access set out to achieve:

(Name two aspects.)

  • __________________________

  • __________________________

... /2
4

What James Smithson believed:

_______________________________

... /1
5

What people did in response to the Smithsonian’s letters:

_______________________________

... /1
6

What Heath says about the role of the Smithsonian in the US:

_______________________________

... /1
7

What the Smithsonian meant to Heath as a child:

_______________________________

... /1
8

What Kapsalis contributed in 2015 to the start of Smithsonian Open Access:

_______________________________

... /1
9

To what end Kapsalis focused on American women’s history later on:

_______________________________

... /1
10

What the reaction of the Smithsonian officials to Kapsalis’ idea was:

_______________________________

... /1

Now listen to the recording again.

11 BE

Task 3:

Culture trap

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will hear an extract from an interview with Derron Wallace, who is an assistant professor of sociology and education at Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts.

While listening, tick () the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.

1

Wallace studied at universities

a

in Jamaica and the United States.

b

in Jamaica and the United Kingdom.

c

in the United States and the United Kingdom.

... /1

2

When Miss Belle heard what Wallace was doing, she was

a

absolutely delighted.

b

sure he would succeed.

c

astonished and incredulous.

... /1

3

Miss Belle’s opinion was based on her

a

experiences as a student at Cambridge.

b

impression of her former student Wallace.

c

preconceptions regarding certain ethnic groups.

... /1

4

Many New Yorkers think that Black Caribbeans

a

focus too much on reaching their aims.

b

are willing to make a huge effort to be successful.

c

would like to succeed but are often discriminated against.

... /1

5

Wallace finds it strange that people in the UK and the US generally

a

have little knowledge of the Carribean way of life.

b

interpret the effect of the students’ Caribbean heritage differently.

c

assume that all Caribbean people share similar ideas and attitudes.

... /1

6

Wallace wanted to find out more about the lives of Caribbean students in the UK and the US because he had

a

met some of them.

b

seen pictures he could not forget.

c

come across a telling set of statistics.

... /1

7

According to Wallace, the academic performance of Caribbean immigrants also depends on

a

why they immigrated.

b

decisions taken by the authorities.

c

their families’ financial background.

... /1

8

Nowadays,

a

fewer Caribbean emigrants arrive in the UK than in the past.

b

the US authorities try to curb immigration from the Caribbean.

c

most Caribbean immigrants to the US settle in New York City.

... /1

Now think of the text as a whole.

9

Wallace's

a

research is highly controversial.

b

main area of research is Caribbean culture.

c

book is based on his own experiences and research.

... /1

9 BE

Now listen to the recording again.

25 BE

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