Listening Comprehension
You will hear each recording twice. After each listening, you will have time to complete your answers.
Task 1: Influential Book
You will hear six statements about The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel by Margaret Atwood.
Choose from the list (A-G) which description best applies to which statement (1-6). For each description, there is only one correct answer. There is one more description than you need.
Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.
Now consider the text as a whole:
Tick the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.
While listening, tick the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.
| Descriptions | |
|---|---|
| A | Various reactions |
| B | Disintegrating society |
| C | History repeating itself |
| D | Increasingly true to life |
| E | Influence and adaptations |
| F | Incorporated into public discourse |
| G | Reflection of national subconsciousness |
| Statement | Description |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 |
6 BE
Task 2: The Guerilla Girls
You will listen to a radio program about a group of artists in New York in the 1980s.
While listening, answer the questions. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.
| 1. | What was the Guerilla Girls’ motivation for their protest? |
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| 2. | How did they express their protest? (Name two aspects.) |
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| 3. | How did they feel about the location of their protest? | |
| 4. | What was an advantage of this way of protesting? | |
| 5. | How did the Guerilla Girls enforce their message? | |
| 6. | How did they acquire the information they used? | |
| 7. | What were the benefits of their anonymity? (Name two aspects.) |
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| 8. | What were the Guerilla Girls asked to do by international institutions? | |
| 9. | What is the effect of the Guerilla Girls’ work on museumgoers? |
10.
The overall intention of the program is to
| a | inform. | |
| b | provoke. | |
| c | entertain. |
12 BE
Task 3: Goals
You will listen to “Curiosity Daily”, an educational podcast on science and technology. While listening, tick the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.
1.
People assume that to achieve your aims you must be
| a | disciplined. | |
| b | passionate. | |
| c | resourceful. |
2.
People assume that once you have reached your aims you will have
| a | become organized. | |
| b | developed personally. | |
| c | learned something about yourself. |
3.
Recent findings show that people’s happiness also depends on
| a | one’s use of time. | |
| b | brief moments of joy. | |
| c | fulfillment of basic needs. |
4.
At first sight, the five studies seemed to
| a | raise a lot of questions. | |
| b | produce obvious results. | |
| c | contradict earlier research. |
5.
The studies show that people’s happiness depends on their
| a | personality. | |
| b | current circumstances. | |
| c | choice of leisure activities. |
6.
The trick is to balance
| a | indulgence and self-control. | |
| b | mental and physical fitness. | |
| c | easy and challenging projects. |
7.
Enjoying free time is particularly hard if you work
| a | on a tight schedule. | |
| b | in untidy surroundings. | |
| c | from your private accommodation. |
7 BE
25 BE
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Task 1: Book Reviews
Distraktor: B
Task 2: The Guerilla Girls
Task 3: Goals
| Statement | Description |
| 1 | D |
| 2 | A |
| 3 | F |
| 4 | G |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | E |
| 1. | What was the Guerilla Girls’ motivation for their protest? | Tired of :
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| 2. | How did they express their protest? (Name two aspects.) | Two of the following:
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| 3. | How did they feel about the location of their protest? |
|
| 4. | What was an advantage of this way of protesting? |
|
| 5. | How did the Guerilla Girls enforce their message? |
|
| 6. | How did they acquire the information they used? |
|
| 7. | What were the benefits of their anonymity? (Name two aspects.) | Two of the following:
|
| 8. | What were the Guerilla Girls asked to do by international institutions? |
|
| 9. | What is the effect of the Guerilla Girls’ work on museumgoers? |
|
10.
The overall intention of the program is to
| a | inform. | |
| b | provoke. | |
| c | entertain. |
1.
People assume that to achieve your aims you must be
| a | disciplined. | |
| b | passionate. | |
| c | resourceful. |
2.
People assume that once you have reached your aims you will have
| a | become organized. | |
| b | developed personally. | |
| c | learned something about yourself. |
3.
Recent findings show that people’s happiness also depends on
| a | one’s use of time. | |
| b | brief moments of joy. | |
| c | fulfillment of basic needs. |
4.
At first sight, the five studies seemed to
| a | raise a lot of questions. | |
| b | produce obvious results. | |
| c | contradict earlier research. |
5.
The studies show that people’s happiness depends on their
| a | personality. | |
| b | current circumstances. | |
| c | choice of leisure activities. |
6.
The trick is to balance
| a | indulgence and self-control. | |
| b | mental and physical fitness. | |
| c | easy and challenging projects. |
7.
Enjoying free time is particularly hard if you work
| a | on a tight schedule. | |
| b | in untidy surroundings. | |
| c | from your private accommodation. |