Gablenz 2B

News Items Listening:

1.) Venezuela introduces 2-day working week

1. Who has taken a drastic step? 4. What is the government blaming the
energy crisis on besides El Nino?
a) hydroelectric power workers a) drafts
b) critics b) drifts
c) dam workers c) droughts
d) Venezuela's government d) draughts

2. Who will now be working two days a 5. What is in the region of Guri?
week in Venezuela?
a) Venezuela's president a) Venezuela's largest dam
b) public employees b) the parliament building
c) everyone c) a weather forecasting company
d) weather forecasters d) an energy company

2.) Worries over eating disorders in Japan

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. A society for eating disorders in Japan is worried. T/F

b. The society said people with eating disorders in Japan get no support. T/F
c. The society's president said millions of people are suffering. T/F
d. The president said it's never too late to get to a hospital. T/F
e. Japan knows how many people suffer from eating disorders. T/F
f. The article said many women are embarrassed to go to the doctor. T/F
g. The government wants to set up local support systems. T/F
h. Just 50,000 people were treated for eating disorders in Japan in 2014. T/F

3.) Massive coral reef found in Amazon River

1. What kind of team discovered the reef? 6. How much of the reef has the team
explored?
a) a swimming team a) 10%
b) an international one b) 20%
c) a big team c) 30%
d) a soccer team d) 40%

3. How large is the reef? 8. What did the article say about the eating
habits of some reef fish?
a) 558,000 sq kms a) they are carnivorous
b) 580 sq kms b) they are hungry
c) 5,800 sq kms c) they are herbivorous
d) 55,800 sq kms d) they are messy

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4.) Men rescued after writing ‘HELP’ in the sand

2. How many people lived on the island the 7. Who was notified of the men's rescue?
men were stranded on?
a) over 1,000 a) the men's families
b) none b) the U.S. President
c) 27 c) the Coast Guard
d) several hundred d) the leader of the island
3. What country was several hundred 8. How many of the rescued men had
kilometres south of the island? sustained injuries?
a) New Zealand a) 3
b) Fiji b) 1
c) Vanuatu c) 0
d) Papua New Guinea d) 2
10. How many people did the coast guard
save in the past two weeks?
a) 15
b) 20
c) 10
d) 25

5.) Money can buy happiness

3. What kind of customers took part in the 8. What kind of companies could use the
survey? information in the study?
a) Internet customers a) personality companies
b) bank customers b) Internet companies
c) Amazon customers c) banks
d) shopping customers d) service companies
4. How many people did the researchers 9. What did a researcher say could be more
compare the personalities of? important than we thought?
a) 526 a) saving money
b) 562 b) spending money
c) 652 c) the Internet
d) 625 d) personality
5. What kind of things that we can buy can 10. What did a researcher say spending
lead to happiness? money was important to?
a) sweets a) our well-being
b) jewellery b) the economy
c) the right things c) the Internet
d) hobby goods d) banks