LISTENING PRACTICE TEST FOR NEC ( 1/7/2021)

Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a talk about ethical concerns with artificial intelligence and
decide whether these statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. People tend to be oblivious to the moral issues associated with artificial intelligence in the research
stage.
2. Video tracking can be deployed to speed up recovery from injuries.
3. A handful of giants have become the dominant overlords in the realm of artificial intelligence.
4. Artificial intelligence is intended to harm human society as it does not share human values.
5. Machines are vulnerable to biases from the data introduced by their human makers.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a report on possible signs of life discovered on Venus and
answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each
answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
6. Where were the radio telescopes located?
………………………………………………………
7. How was the reaction of the first woman towards the discovery?
……………………………………………………….
8. What have been launched to Venus several times?
………………………………………………………..
9. How are the climatic conditions in the area between 50 and 60 km above the Venus’s surface
described?
…………………………………………………………
10. What is exemplified as a physical characteristic that helps microbes adapt to rigorous conditions?
…………………………………………………………
Your answers
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with someone who consulted a 'life coach' to
improve her life and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear .
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
11. Brigid says that she consulted a life coach because
A she had read a great deal about them.
B both her work and home life were getting worse.
C other efforts to improve her life had failed.
D the changes she wanted to make were only small ones.
12. What did Brigid's coach tell her about money?
A It would be very easy for Brigid to get a lot of it.
B Brigid's attitude towards it was uncharacteristic of her.
C Brigid placed too much emphasis on it in her life.
D Few people have the right attitude towards it.

13. What does Brigid say about her reaction to her coach's advice on money?
A She felt silly repeating the words her coach gave her.
B She tried to hide the fact that she found it ridiculous.
C She felt a lot better as a result of following it.
D She found it difficult to understand at first.

14. What does Brigid say happened during the other sessions?
A She was told that most people's problems had the same cause.
B Her powers of concentration improved.
C Some things she was told to do proved harder than others.
D She began to wonder why her problems had arisen in the first place.

15. What has Brigid concluded ?

A The benefits of coaching do not compensate for the effort required.
B She was too unselfish before she had coaching.
C She came to expect too much of her coach.
D It is best to limit the number of coaching sessions you have.
Your answers
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about pandemic diseases and supply the blanks with
the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for
each answer in the space provided.
TOP 5 DEADLIEST PANDEMIC DISEASES

1. Smallpox
• first emerged around 400BC
• caused 16.______________________ all over the body
• the only disease declared to be 17.______________________
2. Bubonic Plague
• also known as the 18.______________________
• caused by a bacterium spread by 19.______________________
 • 20.______________________, called buboes, occurred in the body
3. The Spanish Flu
• began and ended in a 21.______________________
• filled the lungs of patients with 22.______________________
4. Malaria
• categorized as a blood disease
• caused by 23.______________________
• Anopheles mosquitoes would 24.______________________ infected blood and pass it on to
the next person they bite
5. HIV/AIDS
• often sexually transmitted
• HIV 25.______________________ the immune system