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English Test Oral Assessment (Listening)

9th form, level 5
December 2014

Name: ___________________________________________________ Class: ________ No.: _______

Mark: _______________________________ Teacher: ____________________ Parent: ___________

Activity A You will hear a news article about the importance of mobile phones to teenagers. Choose
the correct option.

1. Phillipa wonders how people 4. According to that study, have a

a. are so addicted to mobile phones. mobile phone.
b. used to communicate before mobile a. half of the teenage population.
phones. b. two thirds of the teenage
c. use their mobile phones so often. population.
c. three quarters of the teenage
2. Cameron Kirk... population.
a. spends more than an hour a day on
Facebook. 5. Teenagers favourite channel of
b. goes on Facebook twice a week. communication is
c. only goes on Facebook at weekends. a. Facebook.
b. all social networking sites.
3. The Pew Internet & American life Project c. texting.
studied...
a. The 21st century communication 6. Mobile phones and social networks help
systems. teenagers
b. how American teens communicate a. develop their identity.
nowadays. b. get information.
c. how european teens communicate c. study.
nowadays.

Activity B You will hear the news article again in order to answer the question below.

What do teens use their mobile phones for?

Activity C You will hear some people expressing their opinion about the Internet. Identify who says
what.

1. I use the Internet to communicate with friends and relatives. _______________________________

2. I often forget to do my tasks because I love reading online newspapers. _______________________________
3. The Internet is very helpful to do business. _______________________________
4. People can use the net to do research. _______________________________
5. My job involves working with computers. _______________________________
6. I manage my bank accounts and buy things online. _______________________________
7. I earned a lot of money through the web. _______________________________
8. I think the Internet is becoming dangerous due to problems caused by spam and spyware.
_______________________________