SEMESTER 700 FINAL EXAM FALL 2020

NAME:__________________________________________________
GROUP:________ TEACHER:________________________________ SCORE:_______/47 GRADE:________

Listening A. Listen to the talk about weight loss and complete the blank spaces with the words you hear. You will hear the
recording twice.

I wanna talk about losing weight. I suppose many people agree that this is such an important topic for girls in Hong Kong.
You can tell by the number of 1.__________________ in the MTR stations, magazines and even on TV promoting the
importance of it…in your everyday life. If you walk in the streets in Hong Kong, you will find that the 2._________________
of women are fairly skinny, maybe skinnier than they need to be because I guess if they are not in good shape, they know
that if they are not in good shape, they’ll be 3.__________________ ugly or in general not attractive at all. There was a
piece of news that a girl in high school had committed suicide because she was considered fat and had been consistently
teased by her peers or been called names by her peers, and she couldn't take the 4.__________________ and I guess she
had the concept of being fat is generally a sin. In fact, I myself have tried different ways of losing weight. The first method
that I’ve tried was go to beauty salons 5.__________________ and there are of course pros and cons of doing that. One of
the pros is that it’s really fast and it’s quite effective in fact. Of course the biggest con is that it’s quite costly - it can cost
you from say 6.__________________ grand to more than 10,000 grand depending on how many days or how many courses
you open. And the other con is that it in fact rebounds 7.___________________ quickly if you don’t go to the beauty
salons on a regular basis. And other than going to the beauty salon, you can also control your diet by eating less than you
usually do but it can really be a 8.__________________ if you are a food lover like me and it’s sometimes hard to maintain
the diet. And the third method that I tried was to sleep earlier than I usually do, which is around, say 11pm. I think it is
really a good method or it’s really good for your 9.__________________ because it keeps your metabolism going. And also
to sleep late, say 2 am, usually you’ll get hungry and you’ll grab a supper too, 10.__________________ that you will
consume more food than you really need to. And the fourth method that I tried, that I finally tried, which is by far the most
effective method was to work out, or to go to the gym regularly, not that it helps you to 11.__________________ your goal
– to lose weight and it is actually not difficult to do because if you go to the gym or run for like every day for at least half an
hour or say just half an hour, you can achieve your 12._________________ within one month. And I also noticed myself
getting healthier because it improves my blood circulation, substantially I would say, and I guess less tired and I start to
perform well or better at work as well. And people say that your brain 13.__________________ what I call the happy
hormones after you finish your work out and I really like the feeling of being happy especially if I go to the gym after work
and it’s a great stress reliever. And in 14.__________________ I think that it is not a bad idea to lose weight on a regular
basis because you get a better appearance by doing that, and that generally does boost one’s 15.__________________.
And also if you work out to lose weight, obviously you get a healthier body, which is one of the, or I say the most important
thing for life.

Listening B. First read the sentences and then listen to an article about ethical shopping. Decide if the statements are TRUE
(T) or FALSE (F) according to what you hear. You will hear the recording twice.

1. Fulfilling our needs for fast fashion means less production and competition. T F
2. Cheap items are difficult to find on a typical British street. T F
3. The Ethical Consumer Research Association informs companies about shoppers. T F
4. An ethical shopper avoids buying products from companies involved in politics. T F
5. Ethical products always have a higher price. T F
6. Quality can indicate if a product has been made well. T F
7. You can still be an ethical shopper even if you don’t have a lot of money. T F
8. Thinking about buying less is one way to define ethical shopping. T F
9. The 2 women interviewed have never considered ethical shopping. T F
10. One of the women interviewed buys second-hand products. T F
11. The reporter, Mark, will be a more careful shopper in the future. T F

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Listening C. First read the questions and answers. Then listen to an article about bad policies in some companies. Choose
the best answer according to what the speakers say. You will hear the recording twice.

1. What do many organizations try to do?

a) Deal better with customers
b) Have better policies and structures
c) Predict future problems

2. Where do a lot of companies fail at?

a) Creating positive staff
b) Avoiding future problems
c) Doing the minimum required for the job

3. What do some bosses lack?

a) The patience to work with people
b) Their company’s financial support
c) The experience to bring about success

4. What is a company’s most important asset?

a) Their personnel
b) Their policies
c) The supervisors

5.- Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED as an example of a company’s deficient behavior?
a) Ignoring personnel’s ideas and suggestions
b) Not offering timely feedback
c) Forcing employees to work overtime

6. Companies can view all staff as untrustworthy only because of incompetent:

a) supervisors.
b) staff members.
c) decision making.

7. Employees that vocally disagree with the poor treatment:

a) break the rules.
b) get fired.
c) are ignored.

8. Mention ONE of the aspects of work for which companies do not give a clear message.
a) Policies
b) Feedback
c) Salaries

9. What does the management NOT provide to effective employees?

a) Benefits
b) Negative feedback
c) Praise

10. What does the article suggest if you answered "yes" to many of the questions?
a) Search for another job
b) Write up a complaint letter to your boss
c) Don’t mention the experience in your resume

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Listening D. First read the following sentences, then listen to a man’s talk about his cats. Decide if the statements are true
or false according to what he says. You will hear the recording twice.

1. The man’s cats are 8 years old. T F

2. The man’s wife has worked in different parts of the world. T F
3. Misha and Masha are Russian cats. T F
4. They were rescued from the cold weather. T F
5. The speaker already had two cats. T F
6. The cats had to stay in France for two years to check that they were healthy. T F
7. Misha and Masha had lots of friends in Cambridge. T F
8. In Mexico, the speaker made changes to his garden to make sure the cats didn’t get out. T F
9. Last year, Misha and Masha could go around the neighborhood as they wished. T F
10. Masha has become nicer as she has gotten older. T F
11. Misha and Masha have no problems living in different conditions. T F