LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST FOR 9TH GRADE STUDENTS

In this section you are going to listen to the text about dreams and whether they reveal our secrets. You will listen to
the recording twice. The task includes 10 TRUE/FALSE questions and 10 multiple-choice questions. Write the correct
letters in boxes 1-20.

1. It takes you a long time to understand that it was just a dream about you arriving at the job interview dressed
not in a proper way.
A True B False
2. Dreams can give us some hints about our perceptions of our life.
A True B False
3. You can hardly believe dream analyst.
A True B False
4. Sigmund Freud supposed that dreams touch our wants that are kept deep inside.
A True B False
5. Dreams are not so much mysterious.
A True B False
6. Dreams do not normally present the thoughts we have during the day.
A True B False
7. The work of our brain while we are asleep is similar to its work when we are awake.
A True B False
8. All parts of our brain are less active when we are asleep.
A True B False
9. There are certain ways how to interpret dreams.
A True B False
10. Barrett was the second to introduce the idea that dreams are important.
A True B False
11. If you look up your dream in interpretation dictionaries,
A you will see the same meanings in all of them.
B you will find different meanings. C you will feel anxious.
12. Hollywood films as well as fiction works
A correctly demonstrate the connection between dreams and our life insight
B together with some studies show that there is the connection between dreams and our life insights.
C are unlikely to have scientific proofs that there is the connection between dreams and our life insights.
13. According to Deirde Barrett
A dreams are symbolic. B dreams are not symbolic. C dreams are rarely symbolic.
14. Greeks and Romans considered dreams to be
A meaningful thoughts. B messages from Gods. C the prognosis of the future.
15. Since Freud the science on dreaming
A has remained the same. B hasn’t changed much. C has advanced.
16. In dreams
A we think about people dear to us. B We do not think about our social life.
C we avoid threats and fears.
17. While we are asleep, the part of our brain that forms images in our dreams
A works more B works less C is asleep too.
18. While we are asleep, cocktails of chemicals in our brains
A modifies. B does not become different. C does not alter.
19. Dreams are
A like Easter eggs. B cannot be interpreted using a formula. C can be interpreted using a formula.
20. The idea that dreams can tell us about ourselves was introduced by
A Freud B Barrett C Freud and Barrett