Year3_27Sep_PracticeTest_Listening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Test watching and listening

3 vwo

Content of the test

This test consists of two parts.

1) listening fragments with questions.

2) three video clips with questions.

Listening (WITH PAUSES)

Click on the red audio indicator          to listen to the fragment. 

It might need some time to load up, so don't worry if it doesn't start right away.

In this part, each fragment has one question. So there are pauses. The last question is based upon the entire fragment. Therefore you will find two fragments there; one with the remaining part which you haven't heard. One with the entire fragment.

Listening exercise 1. (5 questions)

Which people are most likely to get repetitive strain injury, according to the speaker?

Fragment 1

1. people who are new to serious sports training
2. people who are regulars at Lea Valley
3. people who do strenuous warming up exercises
4. people who play sports for a living

Which of the following warming up examples corresponds to the method described in the
fragment?

Fragment 2

1. cycle quickly – cycle slowly – stretch legs
2. cycle quickly – stretch legs – cycle slowly
3. cycle slowly – cycle quickly – stretch legs
4. cycle slowly – stretch legs – cycle quickly

According to the speaker, it’s important to use good equipment such as helmets or boxing
gloves. Which other protective equipment does he also mention? Name one thing. Use keywords or a short phrase. (in English)

Fragment 3

Are the following statements mentioned by the speaker?

Put them in the right column.

Yes

No

Fragment 4

Doing strenuous exercise at the beginning of your training can be a good thing.

Eating healthy food is essential.

It’s all right to drink high energy drinks sometimes.

Dehydration affects your physical health, but not your mental health.

At Lea Valley, you can go to a talk about food.

Does the speaker say which piece of advice he thinks is the best of all the advice he mentions in fragment 1 (= the whole fragment)?
If he does, write down which piece of advice he thinks is the best. If he doesn’t, write down No.

Full fragment

Fragment 5

Listening exercise 2. (5 questions)

Let op: Bij sleepvragen kan het zijn dat de tekst over elkaar komt te staan. Maar als je de tekst in het juiste vakje hebt gesleept komt dit met nakijken op de plek te staan die jij hebt uitgekozen.

Which statements are true, according to the fragment? Put them in the right column.

True

False

Fragment 1

About 30.000 fossils have been found in Wyoming.

The area where dinosaur fossils were found used to be very dry.

There’s an efficient way to prove the age of fossils.

Geologists help palaeontologists to find areas to work in.

It’s difficult for palaeontologists to work in the area with fossils.

In this fragment, the speaker tells you how professor Anemone …

Fragment 2

1. compared the Lansat programme to his own programme.
2. invented the Lansat programme together with NASA.
3. made use of data from the Lansat programme.
4. predicted the soil types of areas more accurately than the Lansat programme.

What kind of fossil did the biology student find, according to the fragment? Use keywords or a short phrase. (in English)

Fragment 3

Why is it hard for scientists to work in the Gobi desert?

Fragment 4

1. Few maps of the area are available.
2. The maps of the area contain mistakes.
3. The vehicles they have to use run out of fuel fast.
4. Very few places there sell fuel for their vehicles.

What does the example of the scientists working in the Gobi desert show?

Fragment 5

1. She always wanted to write it.
2. She never got a chance to write it.
3. She had no choice but to write it.

END LISTENING PART

START WATCHING PART

00:27

He was inoculated against the disease. What does this mean?

00:39

What is a contagious disease?

01:46

What is the risk?

00:32

Why was Stonehenge built here?

1. Because it's a strategic point.
2. We don't know.
3. Because there are rivers near the place.
4. Because it's near a big city.

00:52

How many people visit Stonehenge?

1. Six thousand every day of the year.
2. One million every summer.
3. Six thousand every summer day.
4. Three thousand every week.

01:11

Stonehenge was built ...

1. 2,500 BC
2. 2,500 years ago
3. 5,000 BC
4. 5,000 years ago

01:33

What do we know about the people who built it?

1. The place where they lived.
2. Nothing.
3. We know a little about their rituals.
4. Where they came from.

02:09

What do we know about the stones?

1. They all come from Wales.
2. The small rocks come from far away.
3. They all came from Scotland.
4. They all come from 25-30 Km away.

02:32

How did they carry the stones?

1. Probably using animals.
2. Probably a lot of men were needed.
3. Using advanced technology for that time.
4. By using boats.

03:04

Which of these theories does he mention about why it was build?

1. Astronomical calendar.
2. Ritual sacrifices.
3. Religious.

02:45

What do both types of vaccines have in common?

03:44

What do DNA vaccines do?

01:24

What is the difference between men and women using exclamation points, according to men?

1. Women use exclamation points more often.
2. Women are perceived as less professional when using exclamation points.

01:24

What is the difference between men and women using exclamation marks, according to men?

03:07

What does this man think about exclamation marks?

03:36

What were exclamation marks originally used for?

04:33

What did the Spaniards do to the exclamation mark?

06:09

How often did an exclamation point appear in Melville's Moby Dick?

1. ±1700
2. ±1000
3. ±1900
4. ±1500

07:01

Why did the exclamation mark become uncool among writers after 1920?

08:07

Who invented the 'interrobang'?

?!

1. Penny Speckter
2. Martin Speckter
3. Ernest Hemingway
4. F. Scott Fitzgerald

10:06

Why didn't the interrobang catch on?

1. People just didn't like it
2. It came too late, other punctuation was more popular
3. They couldn't find a use for the interrobang
4. It was forbidden by the government

11:49

Why do women need multiple exclamation marks?

13:19

Why does this man include exclamation marks in his tweets?

What is the difference between men and women using exclamation points, according to men?

1. Women use exclamation points more often.
2. Women are perceived as less professional when using exclamation points.
3. Women are perceived as more professional than men using exclamation points.
4. Men should not use exclamation points.

00:36

Why is a heart attack mentioned?

01:09

According to the video, how can you prevent a panic attack?

02:19

After how long does the body release a hormone that tells the body to calm down?

03:12

How big is the chance that one of the therapies is effective?

03:28

What do you think 'relapse' means?

04:33

What do you think it means to de-escalate something?