Listening Comprehension test # 02

Name: ___________________________________ Grade: ______________

Teacher: Ms. Milagros Calderón Miró Section: _____________
Competency Orally Communicates in English as a foreign language

Capability C1. Obtains information from oral text

C2. Infers and interprets information from oral text

Criteria Identifies explicit, relevant and complementary information.

Infers the topic and the lecturer’s attitude from explicit information.

CRITERIA YES NO FEEDBACK

Identifies explicit information.

Identifies relevant information.

CHECK LIST Identifies complementary information.

Infers the topic of the oral text.

Recognizes the speaker’s intention of the oral text.

SECTION I: Listen to a lecture on a little bird. Choose the correct answers.

1. The Dusky Seaside Sparrow is an__________species.

a. extinct
b. endangered

2. The Dusky Seaside Sparrow made its home only on ___________ in Florida.
a. the islands
b. an island

3. The speaker is probably lecturing about the Dusky Seaside Sparrow from the inside of atraffic congestion and pollution.
a. mussums
b. classrooms

4. The exhibit is of a Dusky Seaside Sparrow that is kept in a little____________.

a. cage
b. bottle

5. The Dusky Seaside Sparrow lost its habitat due to _________

a. climate change
b. wetland explotation

6. The last known Dusky Seaside Sparrow died in captivity in ____________. 

a. 1987
b. 1997

7. According to the speaker, Merritt Island once had many _____________.

a. swamps
b. wetlands

8. The inhabitants of Merritt Island sprayed lots of chemicals in order to control the population growth of ______________
 a. sparrows
b. mosquitoes

9. The Dusky Seaside Sparrows died ___________.

a. all at once
b. one by one

10. The last Dusky Seaside Sparrow in the world was a(n) _____________
a. young female
b. old male

Section II: Listen to a classroom discussion about endangered species. Choose the correct answers.

1. What did the teacher ask the students to do on the tour?

a. not interrupt
b. pay close attention
c. be as specific as possible
d. take notes

2. Why did the female student say that humans can be horrible sometimes?
a. because they blamed the sparrows
b. because they threatened the sparrows
c. because they wiped out the sparrows
d. because they left out the sparrows

3. What reason for the extinction of the sparrows was NOT given by the students?
a. destruction of their habitat
b. hunting the sparrows
c. the use of chemicals to kill insects
d. use of the wetlands by humans

4. What is the goal of the Endangered Species Act?

a. to protect endangered animals and their habitats
b. to blame factors that threaten animal habitats
c. to punish people who threaten endangered species
d. to protect extinct animals and their hábitats

5. What did the students say is a reason why the Endangered Species Act is hard to enforce?
a. There are conflicts between landowners and the government.
b. People generally don't care about animal habitats.
c. The government doesn't enforce the act.
d. Ranchers have a right to hunt and kill wolves.

6. Why does one student say that even with the Endangered Species Act, the situation has gotten worse for animals?
a. There are more than seven billion people on Earth.
b. There are even more endangered species.
c. Some people will only see animals in picture books.
d. We don't know how many animal species can survive.