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

Task 1: Street Trees

You will hear a podcast on trees in Detroit.

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

1	What are the advantages of street trees according to the presenter? (Name two.)	make streets look nicer
2	What did a study say about the effect of planting eleven more trees per block?
3	What was the paradoxical situation in Detroit between 2011 and 2014?
4	What was the aim of Christine Carmichael’s campaign?
5	According to Christine Carmichael, what were some people in disadvantaged neighborhoods worried about?
6	What would change these people’s attitude towards street trees?

7 BE

Task 2: Border

You will hear a radio report about life on the Mexican-American border with the cities of El Paso on the American side, and Juarez on the Mexican side. While listening, tick () the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.

1. According to the female presenter, how do young locals see the border?

a		as a sad reality
b		as separating families
c		as having little importance
d		as separating different cultures

2. How does Antonio Villasenor-Baca perceive the border?

a		as a protective measure
b		as a necessary measure
c		as an annoying measure
d		as a threatening measure

3. Why are some children from Juarez able to attend an American school?

a		The school is run privately.
b		The American school is in Mexico.
c		They take part in a special program.
d		They have an American and a Mexican passport.

4. What is said about the connection of the two border cities?

a		They are twin cities.
b		They are interdependent.
c		Their police forces cooperate closely.
d		El Paso dominates Juarez financially.

5. Why can Kenia Guerrero cross the border faster?

a		She holds a Green Card.
b		She uses the commercial lane.
c		She only has a small backpack.
d		She has bought a special document.

6. What has made crossing the border more difficult for Kenia?

a		a change in politics
b		rising drug trafficking
c		increased illegal migration
d		the introduction of body scans

6 BE

Task 3: Ship

You will hear an interview with Sam King, one of the passengers of the Empire Windrush, a ship that took about 500 people from Jamaica to Great Britain in 1948. While listening, fill in the missing information. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.

1.	Why the economic situation in Jamaica was so serious in 1948
2.	What Sam King’s father wanted his son to do
3.	Why Sam King had spent time away from Jamaica
4.	What Sam King realized when back in Jamaica
5.	What Sam King says about the fare for the passage (Name *one* aspect.)
6.	What the journey of the Windrush led to
7.	Why some middle-aged passengers found it hard to leave Jamaica
8.	What some travellers did when learning a woman was on board illegally
9.	Why Sam considered the food on board bad (Name *one* reason.)
10.	How people spent their time on board (Name *two* activities.)	________ ________
11.	What some younger passengers worried about

1.	Why the economic situation in Jamaica was so serious in 1948
2.	What Sam King’s father wanted his son to do
3.	Why Sam King had spent time away from Jamaica
4.	What Sam King realized when back in Jamaica
5.	What Sam King says about the fare for the passage (Name *one* aspect.)
6.	What the journey of the Windrush led to
7.	Why some middle-aged passengers found it hard to leave Jamaica
8.	What some travellers did when learning a woman was on board illegally
9.	Why Sam considered the food on board bad (Name *one* reason.)
10.	How people spent their time on board (Name *two* activities.)	________________________________________ ________________________________________
11.	What some younger passengers worried about

12 BE