Rowing Listening Exercise

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

00:43

Around which country did she row before?

1. Isle of Man
2. Great Britain
3. Cuba
4. Iceland

01:19

How many hours did she train rowing per day?

1. 4 hours
2. 1,5 hours
3. 3 hours
4. 2 hours

01:29

How many pounds did the boat and all the gear weigh in total?

1. 25.000 pounds
2. 20.000 pounds
3. 200.000 pounds
4. 120.000 pounds

02:02

Which category did her team want to win?

1. Fastest boat
2. Fastest female team
3. Fastest overall team
4. Smallest team

02:56

How long does her rowing session take?

1. 1 hour
2. 3 hours
3. 2 hours
4. 4 hours

03:45

Why must the cabin door stay closed?

1. It needs to stay hot
2. So she can sleep
3. It is broken and won't stay open
4. So water can't get in

04:31

Where did they store all the food?

1. In the front of the boat
2. In the back of the boat
3. In the bottom of the boat
4. On the roof of the boat

05:42

Why didn't they bother to do laundry?

1. They only had a bucket
2. They did not want to waste water
3. They had no time to do laundry
4. They were so far from land that they couldn't care about it

06:12

Why didn't she see her tan before?

1. It was covered under sunscreen
2. Her skin was to dirty
3. She wore clothes the whole time
4. She wore sunglasses

07:07

Why were they so excited?

1. They thought their radio was broken
2. They liked his voice and thought the man was handsome
3. It was the first ship to respond to the radio message
4. The man on the radio knew what they were doing

08:04

What did the crew count during one of the days?

1. The hours of sleep they got
2. The amount of steps they took
3. The amount they needed to use the toilet
4. The hours they needed to row

08:57

What do people ask her all the time about the trip?

1. For how many hours they had to row each day
2. If she wanted to give up
3. If she got bored
4. If she won the race

10:26

How much did the other teams drift back because of the wind?

1. 15 miles
2. 10 miles
3. 14 miles
4. 4 miles