Lesson 2 - Listening & Reading

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Today:
Focus on listening

Central Exam

Lezen &

Luisteren B1

Today...

Focus will be on practicing listening & reading for your CE!

We'll start with a little bit of listening, followed by a bit of reading.
(fragment & text are taken from previous exams) 

Fragment: 

Before you arrive in Canada

Je overweegt om naar Canada te verhuizen.

Het land biedt vele mogelijkheden voor goed werk.

Voordat je de stap waagt, onderzoek je iets meer over het land. 

Wat moet je weten en doen om de overstap makkelijker te maken?

Je ziet 3 fragmenten. 

Hierbij horen in totaal 5 vragen. 

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1. What does this video provide?

1. A number of actions to help you get ready to move to Canada.
2. A number of activities to do when you live in Canada.
3. A number of tasks to complete before you may enter Canada.

2. Is it necessary to learn both English and French if you want to live in Canada?

1. Yes, Canada has two official languages; all citizens speak both languages.
2. Yes, you need both languages in your daily life.
3. No, depending on where you live, either French or English can be used.
4. No, to live in Quebec it is required to speak French because English is not spoken here.

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3. Why are you warned about cheap hotels?

1. The location is incorrectly posted on the site.
2. The standard rooms are unpleasant.
3. They are sometimes in bad parts of the city.

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4. A family with two children aged 5 and 18 will be arriving in Canada.

Which of these statements is true for
every part of the country?

1. Both children may have to go to school.
2. The oldest must definitely go to school.
3. The youngest is required to go to school.

5. What is the best place to find information about education throughout the country?

1. The individual school, college or university.
2. The National Ministry of Education.
3. The provincial education authorities.

Text:

Can smiling really 

make you happier?

Je komt een onderzoek tegen over gezichtsuitdrukkingen: door glimlachen zou je gelukkiger worden. Je bent nieuwsgierig hoe dit precies werkt en leest dit artikel.

Waar kan je de antwoorden vinden in de tekst?

Bij deze tekst horen 4 vragen.

1. What is the main idea in the first paragraph?

1. A serious facial expression could work against you.
2. Serious looking people get tired of being told that they shouldn't cheer up.
3. Smiling is likely to make unhappy people more cheerful.

2. What did Darwin first suggest back in the 1870s?
Changing your expression...

1. changes the way other people react to you.
2. influences your feelings.
3. ultimately, makes you feel worse.

3. In one of the experiments people were asked to do one of three things.

What is the conclusion of this experiment?

1. Participants who had to smile were the happiest.
2. Participants who only looked at images were the least happy.
3. Participants who saw their own reflection felt less emotion.

4. Which steps summarize Robert Zajonc's latest theory?

1. smiling --> less blood to the brain --> higher temperature --> more positive
2. smiling --> less blood to the brain --> lower temperature --> more positive
3. smiling --> moreblood to the brain --> higher temperature --> more positive
4. smiling --> more blood to the brain --> lower temperature --> more positive

Mind!

This was only part of the 2016-2017 practice exam.

For further practice, go to:

allesvoorengels.nl

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

See ya next week!