16/9/2021 LISTENING – MULTIPLE CHOICE

TRACK 2:

Listen to an interview in which two people, Dana Singleton and Joe Fahey, talk about transport and choose the
correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.

1. What does Dana say about her reason for joining the Accident Prevention Board?
A. She did it after being involved in an accident herself.
B. She felt strongly about what they were doing.
C. She was close to someone who had been an accident victim.
D. She felt pressure from people she worked with.
2. The interviewer mistakenly believes that the number of serious road accidents
A. has recently overtaken the number of accidents on public transport.
B. is presently at an all-time high.
C. is a direct result of more aggressive drivers on the roads.
D. has risen in proportion to the number of cars on the roads. (Suppose number of cars in the road/ not
actually going down)
3. According to the statistics Dana quotes, there were more serious accidents per year
A. before 1926.
B. between 1926 and 1970. Serious road accidents started in 1926 | 1970:A major decline started
C. between 1970 and 1990.
D. after 1990.
4. Which of the following facts about public transport does Joe not state?
A. Public transport has a relatively poor safety record.
B. People sometimes feel intimidated when using public transport.
C. The high cost of public transport puts a number of people off.
D. Most complaints are about unreliable services.
5. According to Joe, public transport would improve if the government
A. improved the road network.
B. made it free to travel by bus.
C. re-allocated public spending. Expenditure
D. banned certain cars from roads.
6. What best sums up Dana’s and Joe’s opinions on driverless cars?
A. Joe feels more strongly that they could help the situation.
B. Dana disagrees with Joe that they are the transport of the future. Dana: Don’t have a lot of faith in them
C. They share the same views on introducing them gradually.
D. They agree that the poor infrastructure will cancel out any benefit.

7. According to Joe, _____massive expenditure________ has not been disbursed for road projects, the existing rail
network and the accompanying transportation services equally.
8. What made many commuters go back to using personal cars?
 Delayed and canceled services or a sense of __threat or intidimation from fellow travelers _______

9. Dana does not have confidence in drivers cars because of ____ and ________________