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Listening_News Items_16.05.2019

1.) Nintendoland to open in Japan

2. When will Nintendoland open? 7. What ages do fans hope the park will be
for?
a) 2022 a) teens
b) 2030 b) people of all ages
c) 2020 c) people in their 20s and 30s
d) 2019 d) pensioners
3. How much will Nintendoland cost to 8. Where does Mika Hashimoto live?
build?
a) $350 million a) Disneyland
b) $351 million b) Okinawa
c) $352 million c) Kyoto
d) $353 million d) Osaka
5. When will Nintendo announce more 10. What did Mika Hashimoto say she
details? couldn't wait for?
a) in the future a) Pikachu
b) at 7pm b) Nintendoland to open
c) when the Internet comes back c) lunch
d) 2020 d) a new Nintendo character

2.) Turkey takes over biggest newspaper

1. What kind of bullets did police use? 6. Where has the takeover of the newspaper
sparked concerns?
a) rubber bullets a) Syria
b) live bullets b) the USA
c) plastic bullets c) Ankara
d) hollowed-out bullets d) Europe
3. What was once a supporter of President 8. Which member of Germany's foreign
Recep Tayyip Erdogan? affairs committee was quoted?
a) the government a) the speaker
b) the Zaman newspaper b) the vice-president
c) the press c) the CEO
d) authorities d) the chairman

3.) The $265,000 job that no one wants

a. The job is for a doctor in the capital of New Zealand. T/F

b. The job means the doctor will have to work at weekends and nights. T/F
c. A doctor has been looking for his replacement for two years. T/F
d. The doctor said everyone wants to work in the countryside. T/F
e. New Zealand isn't the only country where doctors want to work in cities. T/F
f. The doctor cancelled a family doctor last year because he was ill. T/F
g. The doctor said he would not swap country life for city life. T/F
h. The doctor said he hit his head against a brick wall looking for doctors. T/F
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4.) Desert beetles used to get water from air

2. Which country is the beetle from? 7. What do power plant condensers quickly
convert to liquid water?
a) Norway a) gas
b) Namibia b) coal
c) Niger c) beetles
d) Nigeria d) steam
3. What is the beetle's shell covered in? 8. What could the new material's design do
to power plant efficiency?
a) steam a) improve it
b) ice b) damage it
c) bumps c) make it perfect
d) water d) revolutionise it
5. Who will this new material help? 10. What did a scientist say everybody is
excited about?
a) car designers a) snow
b) people in Malaysia b) bio-inspired materials research
c) people who live in dry areas c) new beetles
d) bus drivers d) water

5.) Sisters reunited 30 years after Colombia avalanche

2. What is the name of the volcano that 7. What kind of tests helped to reunite
erupted? them?
a) Sanchez a) fitness tests
b) Tolima b) IQ tests
c) Glacier c) personality tests
d) Armero d) DNA tests
5. When was the deadliest volcanic disaster 10. What did Jacqueline say was difficult to
of the 20th century? explain?
a) 1922 a) the past 30 years
b) 1920 b) this moment
c) 1902 c) the avalanche
d) 1929 d) her sister

6.) What life will be like in 2116

a. Buildings in the future will be shorter than today's buildings. T/F

b. Experts say people will be living in underwater cities. T/F
c. The report is from the tech company Apple. T/F
d. Experts say the changes to come by 2116 will be unbelievable. T/F
e. Researchers asked 20,000 people about the future. T/F
f. People will be able to print download and print pizzas. T/F
g. People won't need to go to the doctor as much as they do now. T/F
h. People predicted that we will still need to study English. T/F

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