Listening Comprehension (Grade 10 OET Term 2)

Task: Listen to four recordings about holidays. Match the statements A–J with the speakers 1–4. There are two extra statements.

1. Tony    

2. Karen    

3. Dan and Jill    

4. Chris    

   A travel/s around and go/es to a variety of places.

   B speak/s about someone’s options to family holidays.

   C don’t/doesn’t like winter sports.

   D don’t/doesn’t like the countryside in winter.

   E talk/s about holidays to take away stress.

   F enjoy/s family holidays.

   G visit/s a lot of historic sites on the holidays.

   H always want/s to try out new things.

   I learned a new sport and has/have become very keen on it.

   J enjoy/s the foreign holidays but wouldn’t like to live there.

Task: Listen to three short recordings about endangered animals and for questions 1–6 circle the correct answer A–C.

Recording 1

1.According to the speaker, if you adopt an animal …  

A you must take care of it on your own.

B you don’t have to pay for your zoo visits.

C you look after the animal instead of the zoo.

2.To help endangered animals, you   …

A can join a London Zoo project.

B can adopt an animal and feed it.

C must pay a certain sum of money.

Recording 2

3.According to the speaker, cutting down forests …  

A increases pollution.

B kills thousands of birds.

C makes the climate hotter.

4.Cutting forests means destroying wildlife because …  

A it makes the climate hotter.

B animals and plants lose their natural homes.

C it brings extreme weather, very dry or floods.

Recording 3

5.The speaker admires leopards because …  

A they hunt alone.

B they are independent.

C the female is the boss.

6.The speaker knows that leopards …  

A are rare to see.

B hunt in daylight.

C are the strongest animals.

Task: Listen to a conversation between three speakers about an unusual fridge. Match the opinions 1–10 to the correct speaker, Anna, Jon or Mark. The options are NOT in the same order as the information in the text.

1.     thinks the fridge will use too much electricity.

2.      has a bad memory.

3.      thinks cleaning the fridge might be difficult.

4.     likes the way the fridge opens.

5.      believes the fridge might find many buyers.

6.      thinks the fridge is for people who like being original.

7.     doesn’t find the fridge pretty.

8.      believes the fridge could help education.

9.      thinks we should change the traditional way of thinking.

10.      fell in love with the fridge at first sight.