LANGUAGE SCHOOL

2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

LECTURE READY 2
LISTENING PACK
FOR STUDENTS
 CHAPTER 1 – GENDER AND SPENDING

WHILE-LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to the introduction of three different lectures and choose the correct
answer.

1. In the introduction I, the focus is on gender in spending because ___a_____.

a. it is very significant for marketers and advertisers
b. women and men like purchasing different types of things
c. women usually spend more time buying things compared to men
d. technology industry has been developing during the last ten years

2. In the introduction II, what the lecturer wants to talk about is ___A_____.
a. how new cars are marketed today
b. how people buy cars at car dealers
c. how people choose which car to buy
d. how cars are traded internationally

3. In the introduction III, what the lecturer emphasizes is that ____b____.

a. market plans are crucial for companies
b. every company has different market plans
c. two companies who sell the same product can market it in the same way
d. the information about market plans can be found in textbooks

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 Chapter 1 - NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch a lecture about gender differences in spending and take notes.

Gender and Spending

Topic:

spending

Traditional responsibilities for women

Care gome children. Preparing food. Daily needs

Traditional responsibilities for men

Fixes. Term value car . big tickets items.

Changes to traditional roles

Women now
Men futher

Women single.

Changes in spending

Harcama car women incrase

Repair house. Big tickets item buy women.

Meaning for business

comfortable and attractive women

Marketing to women
Women have car.

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 Chapter 1 - NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS

Instruction: Watch a lecture about gender differences in spending and choose the correct
answer.

1. Traditionally, women used to buy ________.

a. cars and electronics as men did
b. more long-term value items
c. the daily needs of the family
d. cosmetic products such as lipsticks

2. What type of items are considered as big-ticket items?

a. a sweater or a pair of shoes
b. cars and electronic equipment
c. daily food and clothes
d. magazines and newspapers

3. Men traditionally preferred to buy things that ________.

a. can create a lifestyle
b. they can replace
c. cost a lot of money
d. last long time

4. Today, ___________ of household purchases are made by woman.

a. 27 % b. 72 % c. 80 % d. 75 %

5. ____________ of purchasing decisions are controlled by women.

a. 75 % b. 62 % c. 80 % d. 27 %

6. Female economy is a new kind of spending that ________.

a. changes women’s spending habits
b. is being done only by women
c. is against men’s purchases
d. limits women’s purchases

7. What did a car repair company, Jiffy Lube, do to attract women in their business?
a. They hired more women staff to appeal to female customers.
b. They trained their employees on how to help women customers.
c. They published and gave out magazines about their services.
d. They allow women to design their own car before purchasing.

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 CHAPTER 2 – ADS ARE EVERYWHERE

WHILE-LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to the introduction of three different lectures. Choose the correct
answer.

1. In the introduction I, what the lecturer wants to talk about is _____c___.

a. how to classify advertisements based on main messages
b. why people feel young and attractive when they drink soft drinks
c. comparison about appeals that use facts and appeals that use emotions

2. In the introduction II, the lecturer wants to ___d_____.

a. advertise about his course which will start in the following semester
b. talk about the importance of purchasing in today’s life
c. give some information about what to buy and what not to
d. discuss some of the psychological factors that influence our purchases

3. In the introduction III, the lecturer does NOT mention ___c_____.

a. brand names can affect a company’s success
b. two aspects of electronics brand names
c. how food companies choose a brand name
d. how electronics companies protect their brand names

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 Chapter 2 - NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch a lecture about advertising and take notes.

ADS ARE EVERYWHERE

Topic:

Reasons ads are everywhere

One new kind of advertising:

Another new kind of advertising:

From advertisers’ perspective:

Chapter 2 - NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS

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Instruction: Watch a lecture about advertising and choose the correct answer.
1. Advertisements seem to be everywhere such as ___________a________ .
a. sport stadiums and restrooms
b. schools and homes
c. supermarket receipts and plane tickets
d. stores and supermarkets

2. Some research has shown that in _______c____ the average person sees ___________
advertisements each day.
a. America / 300
b. North Africa / 3000
c. North America / 3000
d. South America / 300

3. Two new kinds of advertising are ____a_____ and __________ .

a. public / hidden
b. open / public
c. secret / online
d. outdoor / social media

4. When a company pays to have its product appear on a TV show it is called product
_____b____.
a. advertisement
b. placement
c. development
d. announcement

5. One disadvantage of the traditional advertising from the perspective of advertising

companies is that ___b_____.
a. many people complain about ads
b. people can avoid advertisements
c. consumers cannot pay attention
d. ads are not visible to consumers

6. There has been an increase in new kinds of advertising thanks to ___d___ and ________.
a. the Internet / introduction of new channels
b. technology and the increase of social media use
c. introduction of new channels and product range
d. new kinds of entertainment / technology

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 CHAPTER 3 – WORK HABITS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

WHILE-LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to an excerpt from a lecture about changing work habits and choose the
correct answer.
1. Why did NOT Maria work?
a. women did not use to work during her time.
b. she never liked working during her time.
c. women were not allowed to work during her time.
d. her family never let her work during her time.

2. Which is NOT true about Dina?

a. She has worked in a fast food restaurant to save money for college.
b. She started working when she was a high school student.
c. After working hard in college, she got married and had three children.
d. After her children grew up, she started working part-time.

2. Laura works in a law firm near ___________ around __________ a week.

a. New York / fifteen hours
b. Los Angeles / fifteen hours
c. New York / fifty hours
d. Los Angeles / fifty hours

3. At the weekends, Laura ________.

a. does housework such as washing dishes
b. meets up with friends for dinner at the evening
c. comes home to take care of her grandmother
d. does salsa dancing with her friends for fun

4. Laura represents the trend of women ________.

a. balancing work and life
b. getting married later
c. having big families
d. having equal rights

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 Chapter 3 - NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch a lecture about work habits and take notes.

Work Habits in the 21st Century

Topic

Reasons people feel busy

1.

2.

3.

Final Thoughts

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 Chapter 3 - NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS
Watch a lecture about work habits. Choose the correct answer.

1. When researchers ask people how much they work in general terms, they at first
say that they ________.
a. work fewer hours than they used to
b. work more hours than they used to
c. are not sure whether they work more or fewer hours
d. work almost the same hours as they used to

2. “Busy-ness” is defined as ________.

a. having too many things to do
b. being under pressure to get things done
c. attempting to make money from a firm
d. buying and selling goods and services

3. Women actually started to work outside of the home in ________.

a. 1970s b. 1917 c. 1870s d. 1817

4. When women started to work outside of the home,

a. both men and women started to feel busier because they had to work both at work and
at a job.
b. women started to feel busier because they still had to do all the housework and work
at a job.
c. men started to feel busier because they had to do the housework instead of women.
d. both men and women started to feel busier because they had to spend more time
outside.

5. What is the second cause of people feeling busier?

a. Traditional working hours increased.
b. People can now continue working at home.
c. Technology increased the number of responsibilities.
d. People now have more social activities to do.

6. Changes in the workplace such as ________ added to the feeling of busy-ness

a. higher competitive environment
b. advanced technological equipment
c. the increased number of employees
d. the increased amount of workload

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 7. When technology made communication faster, ________.
a. people felt more relaxed because they didn’t need to be at their offices
b. the number of work people had to be decreased
c. people had to make decisions and respond to them rapidly
d. workers became lazy and too dependent on technology

8. ________ of Americans is NOT satisfied with their jobs.

a. 90 % b. 10 % c. 19 % d.91 %

CHAPTER 4 – LEISURE TIME IN THE 21ST CENTURY

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to a practice lecture about how four different people spend their leisure
time. Choose the correct answer.
1. Lily likes Mia Hamm because she________.
a. is very famous for her abilities
b. works really hard to be better
c. won the world cup championship
d. is skilled and charismatic

2. What is Marvin’s favorite thing to do on the weekend?

a. playing soccer
b. skateboarding
c. bungee-jumping
d. playing soccer

3. If you are doing a “fakie” on a skateboard, ________.

a. you try to turn it into the other direction
b. it is moving backwards and you face forward
c. you jump backwards while it is going forward
d. you face backwards and it moves the other way.

4. Which of the following is NOT true about Jo?

a. He doesn’t have any friends.
b. He is a computer programmer.
c. He doesn’t like doing things at the weekend.
d. He works fifty hours a week.

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 Chapter 4 - NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch a lecture about leisure time and take notes.

Leisure Time in the 21st Century

Topic:

How people spend their time at work

First way people organize their leisure time

-First example

-Second example

Second way that people organize their leisure time

-Reasons

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 Chapter 4 – NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS
Instruction: Listen to a lecture about leisure time. Choose the correct answer.
1. What is the number one value in American companies?
a. working longer hours
b. being more competitive
c. using new technologies
d. being more efficient

2. Some tourists who want to be efficient in their holiday ________.

a. talk to local people to get information about the sites
b. walk around the sites and take time to learn about them
c. drive around the site with their cameras out the window
d. read about the site in their guidebooks for more information

3. By multi-tasking, people are able to fit _______ hours of leisure-time activities into
______ hours of actual leisure time.
a. seven/eleven
b. twelve/eleven
c. eleven/nine
d. eleven/seven

4. What has made it possible for leisure time to be more efficient like work time?
a. improving technology
b. increasing competition
c. better economy
d. higher working hours

5. Why do some people prefer no-brainer activities in their leisure time?

a. They don’t like their jobs.
b. They are addicted to technology
c. They don’t like physical activities
d. They get too tired at work.

6. According to the lecture, on average, how many hours a day do Americans watch TV?
a. six b. three c. five d. four
7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a couch potato?
a. They like sitting in front of the TV all day.
b. They don’t like going out in their leisure time.
c. They prefer having their dinner in restaurants.

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 d. They don’t prefer to be efficient in their leisure time.

CHAPTER 5 – SCIENCE AND PLEASURE: WHAT WE EAT

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to a practice lecture about the Food Guide Pyramid. Choose the correct
answer.
1. The Food Guide Pyramid was created by the US Department of Agriculture in ________.
a. 1995
b. 2005
c. 2015
d. 1985
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the six food groups?
a. milk
b. meat
c. fruit
d. sea food
3. Which kind of food does the green band represent?
a. peppers
b. rice
c. cheese
d. eggs
4. Which is NOT true about the yellow band?
a. It comes from many different plants.
b. Some of this food is harmful
c. We should eat some in large quantities.
d. It is the narrowest band.
5. Which is NOT true about the blue band?
a. It includes cheese, milk and ice cream.
b. We should only eat this food in small amounts.
c. It has many good nutrients in it.
d. We should prefer a certain type of it.
6. The purple band does NOT include ________.
a. melons
b. fish
c. seeds
d. beans

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 Chapter 5 - NOTE -TAKING SHEET
Instruction: Watch a lecture about diet and health and take notes.

Science and Pleasure: What We Eat

Topic:

How people spend their time at work

First way people organize their leisure time

-First example

-Second example

Second way that people organize their leisure time

-Reasons

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 Chapter 5 – NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS

Instruction: Watch a lecture about diet and health and choose the correct answer.

1. What are the two basic purposes of food?

a. pleasure and nutrition
b. health and pleasure
c. nutrition and reward
d. reward and health

2. What is NOT one of the reasons people don’t take advice from USDA?
a. There are many findings from different studies
b. There are a lot of people who prefer pleasurable foods.
c. There are many different ads about products.
d. There are a lot of different choices for food items.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about how Americans and the French choose food?
b. Americans choose their food based on pleasure.
c. Americans people choose their food based on nutrition.
d. French people choose their food based on nutrition.
e. French people manage to balance nutrition and pleasure.

4. According to the cross-cultural study, which of the following is TRUE?

a. French usually prefer healthier foods when compared to Americans
b. Americans are, in general, thinner and healthier than the French.
c. French eat with a strict set of rules while Americans have less strict social rules.
d. Americans generally control portions and do not snack between meals.

5. What came to Americans’ minds when they hear “chocolate cake”?

a. celebration
b. guilt
c. reward
d. pleasure

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 CHAPTER 6 – UNIQUE SOLUTIONS TO POLLUTION

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to an excerpt from a lecture on ways people respond to pollution.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Which type of pollution has the biggest impact on Americans’ health?

a. water
b. noise
c. air
d. soil

2. What is NOT mentioned as a personal effort to prevent pollution?

a. recycling their trash
b. riding bike to work
c. using solar energy
d. getting energy-efficient dryers

3. Some people go beyond the local level and ________.

a. use renewable energy in their house
b. warn other people to recycle
c. collect money to clean rivers
d. send money to environmental organisations

4. An example to environmentally friendly office supplies is ________.

a. filters for the air conditioning units
b. magazines made out of recycled paper
c. computers working with less electricity
d. printer ink with less toxic substances.

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 Chapter 6 – NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch the lecture and take notes.

Unique Solutions to Pollution

Topic:

Urban Areas

Sulfur dioxide:

Health problems caused by air pollution:

Environmental problems caused by air pollution:

Benefits of trees:

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 Chapter 6 – NOTE-TAKING QUESTIONS

Instruction: Listen to a lecture about air pollution. Choose the correct answer.
1. What percentage of the human population live in cities?
a. 50% b. 30% c. 70% d. 20%

2. Sulphur dioxide becomes sulfuric acid when it________.

a. mixes with water in the clouds
b. mixes with oxygen in the air
c. rains down as acid rain
d. is burnt in fuel in factories

3. Air pollution can cause health problems such as ________.

a. running nose and burning throat
b. watering eyes and sore throat
c. burning nose and breathing
d. burning throat and burning eyes

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something affected by acid rains?

a. soil
b. people’s skin
c. fish
d. forests

5. What is NOT an example of an urban forest?

a. trees in school yards
b. trees in downtown parks
c. trees along the highway
d. trees in plantations

6. Only three well-placed trees can reduce AC bills by ________.

a. 30%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 60%

7. Which city is NOT mentioned to have urban forests?

a. Beijing
b. Mexico City
c. New York
d. Dublin

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 CHAPTER 7 – GETTING THE NEWS IN THE HIGH-TECH AGE

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Watch an excerpt from a lecture about the news and choose the correct
answer.

1. On average people are online __________ hours a week.

a. more than 20
b. more than 12
c. for about 20
d. less than 12

2. Which is NOT an activity for internet users to do on the Internet?

a. doing research
b. doing homework
c. getting driving license
d. getting the news

3. percent of people get specific news based on their individual needs.

a. 60
b. 28
c. 37
d. 33

4. Which is NOT a way in which internet users contribute to the news?

a. by commenting on news stories
b. by sending their photos to the web
c. by sharing their opinions on the web
d. by posting news to social media accounts

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 Chapter 7- NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch a lecture about how people get the news and take notes.

Getting the News in the High-Tech Age

Trends that experts see in the way people get the news

The role of young people on this trend

Reasons people are choosing to get the news from the Internet

1.

2.

3.

Negative aspects of getting news from the Internet

1.

2.

3.

Chapter 7 - NOTE- TAKING QUESTIONS

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Instruction: Answer the following questions from your notes.

1. How much did the importance of newspapers change for people between 2000 and 2003?
a. It increased about 12%.
b. It decreased around 20%.
c. It decreased 70%.
d. It increased 51 %.

2. The lecturer talks about the students’ age group to __________________________.

a. make them aware that they do not read enough newspapers.
b. emphasize that they represent the trend away from newspapers.
c. show that 35 to 54-year-olds read more than 18 to 24- year-olds.
d. give an example for how young people changed the use of media.

3. The main reason why young people prefer getting news mostly from the Internet is it
is______________________________ .
a. much cheaper than a newspaper
b. faster to keep up with events
c. easier to read the news from screen
d. more popular among their age group

4. How is the Internet “interactive”?

a. You decide how much and what kind of news you want to get.
b. You communicate with real people when getting the news.
c. You can use various links to reach the correct information.
d. You can use it while doing other things at the same time.

5. Which is NOT counted as an advantage of the internet news?

a. They are up-to-date which means you get the most current news.
b. It is much easier to reach them via mobile phones or tablets.
c. You can reach any kind of news like weather or traffic.
d. It offers many links which lead to a deeper news source.

6. How does the front page of a newspaper help the reader?

a. It demonstrates the quality of the newspaper.
b. It shows which news is more significant.
c. It helps people find all the details of the news.
d. It leads people to read more on global news.

7. Some experts concern about people who read news online ________________________.

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 a. getting less information about significant news
b. being more away from reading news on a newspaper
c. making wrong decisions in their daily life
d. spending too much time on the Internet

CHAPTER 8 – WHO’S ON TV?

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to a lecture about television drama and comedies and choose the correct
answer.
1. How does the lecturer describe health for TV characters on TV?
a. Almost all TV characters are healthy.
b. A very big percentage of them has fatal illnesses.
c. Some of them are very fit while some suffer from obesity.
d. TV characters’ health conditions reflect the truth with the real life.

2. What does the lecturer say about traffic accidents on TV?

a. When there is a car crash on TV, we see a warning.
b. TV characters often get hurt in fast and dangerous car chases.
c. Even if they had a serious car crash, the characters never get hurt.
d. In case of road rage or any provocation, the characters remain their calm.

3. The characters on TV____________________________.

a. often eat unhealthy foods
b. avoid candies and coffee
c. never consume nutritious foods
d. always promote non-fat foods

4. How did smoking habits on TV change?

a. In the past, almost everybody on TV used to smoke, but now it is difficult to see
the characters smoking on TV.
b. Now, almost all people on TV smoke, but in the past, the characters almost never
smoked on TV.
c. In the past, people on TV used to smoke less than today, but today the characters
smoke more on TV.
d. Now, nearly half of the people on TV smoke, but in the past, almost all people on
TV used to smoke.

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 Chapter 8- NOTE-TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch the lecture about the effects of media images and take notes.

Who’s on TV?

Importance of Images & Characters on TV

Media Literacy

Gender

Economic Class

Occupations

Common Stereotypes

Men

Women

Reasons

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 Chapter 8 – NOTE TAKING QUESTIONS

1. People in the USA watch _____________________ of TV per week.

a. almost thirteen hours
b. nearly thirty hours
c. more than thirty hours
d. less than thirteen hours

2. TV can cause people to _________________________.

a. see the difference between the characters on TV and the ones in real life
b. confuse fictional characters on TV with the ones in real life
c. help understand the weaknesses of the characters by exposing similar ones
d. realize the similarities with reality and fiction by emphasizing stereotypes

3. Media literacy is a term used _____________________ .

a. to realize how powerful media is
b. for people to realize the real world
c. for clarifying the statistics on TV programs
d. to show the reality through TV programs

4. Women have approximately ________ of the roles on TV.

a. 37% b. 28% c. 38% d.27%

5. The number of rich people in the USA is _____________ .

a. almost half of the population
b. more than fifty percent
c. less than half of the population
d. nearly eighty percent

6. What are three factors that demonstrate the differences between TV and reality?
a. Gender – Family – Economic Class
b. Economic Class – Occupation – Age
c. Gender - Occupation – Economic Class
d. Family - Economic Class – Occupation

7. What happens if television viewing is only fantasy programming?

a. People would confuse the fantasy world with the real life.
b. People would not be happier because they want to see the real world on TV.
c. People would watch TV less since they do not want to see more fantasy on TV.
d. People would be happier because they do not want to see the real world on TV.

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 CHAPTER 9 – What’s Up with Slang

WHILE LISTENING

Instruction: Listen to a short lecture about teenagers and slang and choose the correct
answer.
1. Some language experts believe that today’s teenagers have the most creative
___________.
a. language
b. slang
c. words
d. chunks

2. Even though today’s teenagers use slang language a lot, they can ____________ to more
formal language easily.
a. tend
b. object
c. switch
d. speak

3. Parents are concerned about their children’s language use because ______________.
a. their children’s language is quite formal
b. other people won’t be able to understand them
c. other people will make fun of their children’s language use
d. they will not be able to communicate in a formal way

4. Teenagers pick up lots of slang in style from ______________.

a. books
b. songs
c. school
d. poetry

5. For teenagers, slang is a way of using language to _______________.

a. express their feelings to other people
b. discuss shared experiences of growing up
c. communicate their personal opinions
d. improve their personal relationships

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 Chapter 9 - NOTE TAKING SHEET

Instruction: Watch the lecture and take notes on the note taking sheet.

What’s Up with Slang?

Meaning of Slang

The reasons why people use slang

Ways that slang is created

1.

2.

3.

Why is slang controversial?

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 Chapter 9- NOTE TAKING QUESTIONS

Instruction: Watch a lecture about slang language and choose the correct answer.

1. Slang is new and informal words or phrases in any language created by mostly ________ .
a. mid-aged people
b. workers
c. young people
d. children

2. Which of the followings CANNOT be a reason why people use slang?

a. It makes people feel connected.
b. It helps people to show that they are friendly.
c. It helps people to make their speech more colorful.
d. It makes people have controversial opinions about the others.

3. How is slang created?

a. by taking an old word and changing its spelling
b. by creating a new word which did not exist before
c. by changing a word’s grammar structures
d. by using the same word with a different intonation

4. What can be a reason that slang differs in use?

a. people’s region
b. people’s mood
c. people’s education
d. people’s knowledge

5. Which of the followings CANNOT be shown as a controversial effect of slang?

a. It breaks the rules of the language.
b. It makes the written language seem informal.
c. It causes informality in speeches.
d. It changes the language totally.

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 CHAPTER 10 – Global English

Instruction: Listen to a lecture about English as an international language. Choose the

correct answer.
1. __________ million people throughout the world use English as a first language.

a. about 375
b. nearly 305
c. more than 385
d. around 325

2. Which countries can be given as examples where English is spoken as a first language?

a. the Netherlands/The USA

b. Austria/New Zealand
c. the UK/Canada
d. South America/ South Africa

3. __________ of the world's population has some fluency in English.

a. Twenty percent
b. One in ten
c. Fifty percent
d. Half

4. ________ and _________ are the reasons what people use English for.

a. the increase in population/the growth of technology

b. the globalization of business/the spread of technology
c. the need for communication/the need for business
d. the increase of technology/the increase in marketing and advertising

5. There are at least_________different regional languages in ________ .

a. thirty/India
b. thirteen/the USA
c. thirty-three/India
d. thirty-three/the USA

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 LECTURE READY 2
EXTRA WHILE-LISTENING
QUESTIONS

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 LISTENING 1

Listen to an expert on colour talking about the importance of colour in business.

Choose the correct answer.

1 Marian says that business owners need to know which colours make customers
_______
a. feel relaxed.
b. want to buy something.
c. develop an interest in a product.
d. get hungry.

2 According to Marian, _________ can change the way you view a colour.
a. where you come from
b. your education
c. your family
d. your eye colour

3 The colour blue makes customers feel _________ .

a. peaceful
b. energized
c. safe
d. angry

4 A business might use the colour _______ to let people know that it’s successful.
a. red
b. orange
c. green
d. grey

5 Black is used to show the customer that they are getting something _________
a. of high value.
b. that not many other people have.
c. at a reasonable cost.
d. depressing.

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 LISTENING 2

Listen to a woman talking about moving from a city to the countryside with
her family. Choose the correct answer.

1 Victoria’s main reason for leaving Manchester was to _______

a. have more time for herself.
b. run in the forest
c. do sports with her husband.
d. spend longer with her kids.
2 When they first moved to the countryside, the family noticed _________

a. how friendly the people were.

b. how clean the air was.
c. how noisy the animals were.
d. how quiet the neighbourhood was.
3 Victoria says her kids love spending time __________
a. in the kitchen.
b. on the farm.
c. in the garden.
d. at the school
4 Victoria made some new friends when she __________
a. took her kids to school.
b. joined local clubs.
c. went to the sea.
d. got a job in the area.
5 The only thing that Victoria misses from her old life is _________
a. some cultural buildings.
b. some friends.
c. some shops.
d. noisy environment.
6 Victoria says she didn’t have much time for _________ in Manchester.
a. relaxing with the kids
b. taking the kids out for meals
c. going to sports matches with the kids
d. going shopping
7 According to Victoria, _________ nowadays is very simple.
a. going to visit friends
b. having a day out in the city
c. doing the shopping
d. doing laundry

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 LISTENING 3

Listen to Olivia talking to her grandfather about his life when he was growing up.
Choose the correct answer.

1 During the holidays Grandpa used to _______

a. stay at a holiday club.
b. spend lots of time in a natural environment.
c. go to his friend’s house.
d. go ice-skating
2 Grandpa says that children today __________
a. watch a lot of television.
b. need more toys to play with.
c. have a lot of imagination.
d. are disrespectful.
3 At school, Grandpa was unhappy about __________
a. the teachers who taught him.
b. the playground in their school.
c. the amount of homework he had to do.
d. some of the subjects he studied.
4 Grandpa most often listened to ________ during his teenage years.
a. live music
b. his records
c. the radio
d. his friends’ songs
5 Grandpa’s mother was unable to provide the _______ for the family meals.
a. bread
b. fish
c. vegetables
d. meat

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Listen to a man talking about the recycling services offered in a city in

England. Choose the correct answer.

1 Bristol won the European Green Capital prize because _________

a. it has so many nice parks.
b. it tries so hard to protect the environment.
c. there is so much wildlife in the city.
d. the people are clean.
2 According to Tom, people should put _________ in the black
recycling box.
a. old magazines
b. used drinks cans
c. old cushions
d. leftovers
3 The green recycling box is suitable for __________
a. batteries from a child’s toy.
b. an old toaster.
c. a shampoo bottle.
d. food.
4 The rubbish in the recycling boxes is collected _________
a. once in two weeks.
b. every fortnight.
c. every month.
d. every week.
5 From January, people will be able to visit the recycling centre from
__________
a. 8 a.m.
b. 9 a.m.
c. 10 a.m.
d. 11 a.m.

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Listen to a woman interviewing a man who has won a prize for the customer service he
provided in his local area. Choose the correct answer.

1 Paul says the Postman of the Year competition started

________
a. less than 20 years ago.
b. exactly 22 years ago.
c. at least 23 years ago.
d. a decade ago
2 People need to _______ to choose their winner.
a. go to the post office
b. say the name
c. put something in a post box
d. use the internet
3 Paul feels _______ when he talks about winning the award.
a. proud
b. happy
c. embarrassed
d. stressed
4 Paul thinks he got the prize mainly because ________
a. he’s always on time.
b. he smiles a lot.
c. he spends ages talking to people.
d. he is the fastest.
5 According to Paul, the most important thing is for a postman is that they _______
a. enjoy what they do.
b. enjoy getting up early.
c. enjoy working with others.
d. like dogs

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Listen to a woman talking about a popular music festival. Choose the correct answer.

1 Cornbury Festival lasts for _______ days.

a. one
b. three
c. four
d. five
2 The Cornbury Festival is held in a _______
a. field.
b. city park.
c. village.
d. convention centre
3 According to Lucy, last year at the festival children were unable to _______
a. learn to dance.
b. play an instrument.
c. write a song.
d. work with professional musicians
4 Lucy says the best thing about using a pod pad is being protected from the ______
a. crowds.
b. noise.
c. weather.
d. people
5 People can listen to _______ at the festival.
a. pop music only
b. rock and pop music
c. folk music and classical music
d. rock, jazz, and pop music

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