Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Faculty of Management Studies

2016/2017, B.Sc. Special (Accountancy & Finance / Business Management/ Business
Information Technology/Tourism & Hospitality Management) Special Degree
Year I Semester II Examination- February/March- 2019

ELT 1260 Listening Test

No of questions: - 03
No of Pages: - 03
Index No:-…………………………………………….. Time: 01 Hours

Instructions to the candidates: Answer all the questions on this paper itself.

01) Listen to the passage and fill in the gaps. The examiner will read the passage once.

I had never seen a house on fire before, so, one evening when I 01) ……………………. fire
engines with loud alarm bells rushing past my house. I 02) ……………………. ran out and,
a few streets away, joined a large 03) ……………………. of people. We could see the fire
only from a 04) ……………………. because the police would not allow any one near the
building on fire.

What a terrible 05) ……………………. I saw that day! Huge flames of fire were coming out
of each floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Four fire engines were engaged
and the 06) ……………………. in their uniform were playing the 07) …………………….
on various parts of the building. Then the tall ladders of the fire engine were stretched
upwards. Some firemen 08) ……………………. up with hoses in their hands. The 09)
……………………. flooding brought the fire under control but the building was 10)
……………………. destroyed.

(10 Marks)

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02) Your examiner will read out a passage twice. Listen to it and underline the correct
answer.

1) Who said social media is doing great harm to society?

a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) a former Facebook executive
c) a sociologist
d) the CEO of Twitter

2) When did Chamath Palihapitiya join Facebook?

a) 2017
b) 2012
c) 1997
d) 2007

3) How does Chamath Palihapitiya feel about increasing Facebook's users?

a) guilty
b) happy
c) good
d) nothing

4) What did Chamath Palihapitiya say social media is changing?

a) the Internet
b) poor countries
c) people's behavior
d) children

5) What did Chamath Palihapitiya say people care about?

a) Internet connection speeds
b) what others think
c) their fingers
d) money

6) What did Chamath Palihapitiya want people to experience?

a) jet coaster rides
b) virtual reality
c) real life
d) true love

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7) Who does Chamath Palihapitiya want people to value?
a) poor people
b) him
c) Facebook staff
d) each other

8) What did Chamath Palihapitiya say is affecting how we see the world?
a) fake news
b) a website
c) CNN
d) digital glasses

9) Who did Chamath Palihapitiya ban from using social media?

a) his children
b) bad people
c) his boss
d) his wife

10) What did Mr Palihapitiya say "overwhelmingly does good in the world"?
a) the United Nations
b) Facebook
c) the Internet
d) rain

(20 Marks)

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03) Listen to the dialogue and state whether the following statements are TRUE or
FALSE. Write T for true and F for false in the box against each statement. The
dialogue will be read out twice.

I Buddhi and her friends went out for shopping without taking lunch F
II Edwin has ordered some winter clothes for upcoming winter. F
III Buddhi is not a winter person. T
IV Edwin prefers to do kayaking as an outdoor activity. F
V Edwin likes to coop up in a room without doing outdoor activities F
VI Budhdhi isn’t from a tropical country. F
VII Australia’s summer is a lot of dry. T
VIII The weather of Sri Lanka and Australia are really different T
IX Sri Lanka’s climate varies depending on the region T
X Edwin won’t go for a beach vacation this time. T

(20 Marks)