Understanding News Reports
Exercise One
Now you will hear two news reports. After each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
Report One
| 1. | A. | 113. |
| B. | 130. | |
| C. | 120. | |
| D. | 30. |
| 2. | A. | To comfort the families of victims. |
| B. | To be cautious about this new kind of threat. | |
| C. | To hang the national flag from their homes and offices by way of homage. | |
| D. | To provide some reliable clues about the attack. |
| 3. | A. | Because they were not satisfied with the government’s pension. |
| B. | Because they believed the government should have done better. | |
| C. | Because they were too sad. | |
| D. | Because the French media persuaded them not to do so. |
| 4. | A. | To find ways of ending child marriage. |
| B. | To discuss whether to pass the new bill or not. | |
| C. | To focus on children’s education and health. | |
| D. | To convince local traditional leaders and parents. |
| 5. | A. | 16. |
| B. | 20. | |
| C. | 24. | |
| D. | 18. |
Listen to the news reports again and complete the missing information to form complete answers to the following questions.
Report One
1. Who will attend the solemn ceremony according to the news?
The solemn ceremony will be attended by and families of many of those killed.
2. What professions are the victims from?
They came from many walks of life, .
Report Two
3. How many African girls are married before they are 18 years old?
United Nations children’s fund UNICEF says African girls are married before they are 18 years old.
4. What do child marriages result in?
The child marriages rob young girls of their rights to .
5. What should local traditional leaders and parents realize?
They should realize that keeping girls in school and out of marriage is the way forward to .
Unit 2
Understanding News Reports
Exercise One
Now you will hear two news reports. After each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
Report One
| 1. | A. | 30 years ago. |
| B. | In 1982. | |
| C. | 35 years ago. | |
| D. | In 1991. |
| 2. | A. | Hired a Mandarin-speaking staff. |
| B. | Hired more staff. | |
| C. | Many doctors and staff in the clinic speak Mandarin. | |
| D. | Hired a lot of Chinese nurse. |
| 3. | A. | 1 billion. |
| B. | 1.3 billion. | |
| C. | 10 million. | |
| D. | 1.1 million. |
| 4. | A. | He wants to be a businessman. |
| B. | He wants to stop automatically giving U.S. citizenship to anyone who is born in the United States. | |
| C. | He wants to be a billionaire. | |
| D. | He wants to rewrite the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
| 5. | A. | Choosing the Republican party’s presidential nominee in five months. |
| B. | Support ending automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. | |
| C. | Canceling the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | |
| D. | Strong measures to stop people from entering the country illegally, especially from Mexico. |
Listen to the news reports again and complete the missing information to form complete answers to the following questions.
Report One
1. When did China ease the country’s one-child per couple policy?
China eased the country’s one-child policy ___________________.
2. How does Sue Channon say about the clinic she works for in Sydney?
It has a very strong reputation in Australia for ____________________________
________________________________.
Report Two
3. Who is Donald Trump?
He is ____________________________________________.
4. What is the reason many women come to the United States illegally and give birth according to Mr. Trump?
It’s __________________________.
5.What does the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution say?
It says __________________________________________________________.
Unit 3
Understanding News Reports
Exercise One
Now you will hear two news reports. After each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
Report One
| 1. | A. | Because of the bad weather. |
| B. | Because of a fault in a key search instrument. | |
| C. | Because of another schedule. | |
| D. | Because of the fault in the window for sending a probe. |
| 2. | A. | 36 months later. |
| B. | 6 months later. | |
| C. | Until 2018. | |
| D. | In march. |
| 3. | A. | Positive. |
| B. | Neutral | |
| C. | Passive. | |
| D. | Not mentioned. |
| 4. | A. | 14. |
| B. | 44. | |
| C. | 40. | |
| D. | 24. |
| 5. | A. | In 2001. |
| B. | In 2011 and 2012. | |
| C. | In 2013 and 2014. | |
| D. | In 2005. |
Listen to the news reports again and complete the missing information to form complete answers to the following questions.
Report One
1. What was the Insight space craft scheduled to?
It was scheduled to _______________________.
2. How long does the window for sending a probe to Mars last?
The window for sending a probe to mars lasts _______________________ and comes around only once _______________________.
Report Two
3. What was Marquez charged with?
He was charged with conspiring and committing crimes of terrorism _______________________.
4. What has Marquez admitted during 11 days of FBI interviews?
He has admitted _______________________ with his next door neighbor Syed Rizwan Farook.
5. What did Marquez and Farook used the Internet for?
They used the Internet for viewing Al-Qaeda videos ______________________.
Unit 4
Understanding News Reports
Exercise One
Now you will hear two news reports. After each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
Report One
| 1. | A. | The gap between the rich and the poor will be widened. |
| B. | Altogether 100 million people will be in poverty by 2030. | |
| C. | People in the world will be in a severe shortage of food. | |
| D. | 100 million more people will be pushed into poverty by 2030. |
| 2. | A. | To promote international cooperation. |
| B. | To do more to help the poor. | |
| C. | To act to reduce carbon emissions | |
| D. | To participate in climate summits regularly. |
| 3. | A. | The World Bank. |
| B. | Washington. | |
| C. | Paris. | |
| D. | London. |
| 4. | A. | Humans need more sleep than other mammals. |
| B. | Humans need less sleep than other mammals. | |
| C. | Humans need as much sleep as other mammals. | |
| D. | Humans have developed sleeping habits recently. |
| 5. | A. | As many as 14 to 17 hours. |
| B. | More than 14 to 17 hours. | |
| C. | Less than 14 to 17 hours. | |
| D. | 7 hours. |
Listen to the news reports again and complete the missing information to form complete answers to the following questions.
Report One
1. According to the World Bank, what will global warming cause?
It says global warming will and fuel the spread of malaria and .
2. When had the report been released?
That report had been released before a UN climate summit in Paris.
Report Two
3. What percentage does REM make up a human’s sleep?
REM makes up of a human’s sleep.
4. How many hours of sleep do humans need on average a day?
Samson’s research team found that humans can prosper with an average of
of sleep a day.
5. How did human sleep habits evolve?
Human ancestors moved from to .
Unit 5
Understanding News Reports
Exercise One
Now you will hear two news reports. After each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.
Report One
| 1. | A. | 119. |
| B. | 158. | |
| C. | 216. | |
| D. | 129. |
| 2. | A. | They pretended to be Frenchmen. |
| B. | They made use of the migration crisis in Europe. | |
| C. | They made use of the migration crisis in Belgium. | |
| D. | They pretended to be refugees. |
| 3. | A. | Abdelhamid Abaaoud is dead. |
| B. | Abdelhamid Abaaoud poses as a refugee. | |
| C. | Abdelhamid Abaaoud is still alive. | |
| D. | Abdelhamid Abaaoud is still in France. |
| 4. | A. | He was shot on Friday. |
| B. | He was shot on Sunday. | |
| C. | He was murdered on Friday. | |
| D. | He was murdered on Sunday. |
| 5. | A. | They try to calm JC down but the shot was fired at least once during the struggle. |
| B. | They try to calm JC down but he refused to communicate with the police. | |
| C. | They try to calm JC down but he was in fury with paramedics. | |
| D. | They try to calm JC down but refused helping the victims. |
Listen to the news reports again and complete the missing information to form complete answers to the following questions.
Report One
1. According to the French Prime Minister, in what condition is the passport-free travel in the EU safe?
Mr. Vales warned the passport-free travel in the EU is threatened unless _______________________.
2. What information concerning the ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud did French government get after the Paris attack?
They got to know that Abdelhamid Abaaoud had _______________________ on his return to Syria.
Report Two
3. Where did the police shoot the black man?
The black man was shot by police _______________________.
4. What did the police say they found after being called to the scene?
They claimed they found the 24-year old into fury with paramedics _______________________.
5. What did the police decline to reveal?
They declined to say whether the shooting was caught _______________________.
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