H4 listening practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

00:47

When would the World Health Organization (WHO) likely declare that a pandemic is over?

1. When the death toll decreases
2. When infection is mostly contained
3. When the global rates of transmission drop substantially
4. Both b and c

01:48

When __________ immunity kicks in, the virus can longer find new hosts and the pandemic loses strength.

1. Total
2. Viral
3. Herd
4. Maximum

03:00

What is the main advantage of delaying the global spread of a disease?

1. Ensure hospitals do not reach their peak capacity
2. Enables research facilities to produce a vaccine
3. Ensures there are sufficient medical staff available
4. Decrease the total number of people infected

03:59

Crushing the virus is only possible if which of the following occurs?

1. Strict travel restrictions
2. Social distancing
3. Global cooperation
4. Shelter in place mandates

05:30

Do you agree with the 'Race through' method (doing nothing)? Why (not)?

05:30

Name some ways to delay the spread of a virus during a pandemic.

01:48

Which strategy is used when nothing is done to halt the spread of the disease exposure?

1. Race through it
2. Delay and vaccinate
3. Coordinate and crush
4. Herd transmission

00:31

Where in the world is cotton commonly grown?

1. India
2. China
3. America
4. A, B and C

01:18

To produce the average t-shirt takes:

1. 225 kg of cotton
2. Large amounts of pesticides and water
3. Both A and B
4. One month

01:32

How much cotton is produced organically?

1. Less than 1% of the global production
2. About 22.7 million tons
3. None
4. About half of the global production

01:54

The snowy ropes of cotton produced to create fabric are called:

1. Yarns
2. Slivers
3. Bales
4. Knits

03:37

Some major problems of the T-shirt industry are:

1. Poor working conditions in poor countries
2. Chemical pollution of water
3. High carbon emission
4. A, B and C

03:50

What are reasons for the enormous increase in clothes-sales?

1. Low prices
2. Our willingness to buy cheap clothes
3. Government measures
4. A and B

04:19

After you buy a T-shirt, it goes through a "resource-intensive phase". What is meant by this?

05:10

Name some methods to help decrease the environmental impact of clothes.