Listening Test

Listening Test


Name:___________________________________________Class:__________
Date: ____________ Score:____________

Working with the sick

1 ) Listen to the tape. Then, put the statements in the correct order. (1 point each)

______ Armies have been fightitng each other in the area for decades

______ She will be leaving Angola next month

______ Doctor Grey hastreated thousands of patients and has been training local people as health care workers.

______ There aren’t enough hospitals, clinics doctors or nurses.

______ Doctor Grey had a good career ahead of her and a comfortable life

______ Doctor Grey has been living in Angola

______ Doctor Grey has been working hard to improve conditions in Angola

______ She began to find her job ratherboring.

______ She felt a need to do something more important.

______ She has already decided to return to Africa as soon as posible.

2) Listen and mark T if the statement is true or F if the statement is false. (1 point each)

1) 34-year-old Dianne Grey was a succesful actress


2) She began to find her job rather boring


3) “I was treatingpatients with routine medical problems”

4) Medical teams have been sent to Angola since 1975

5) Outside the city there are a lot of hospital and clinics

6) Various armies have been fighting each other in the area for days

7) She has been training local people as health care workers

8) She will be leaving Angola nextyear



3) Fill in the blank with the correct word from the box. (1 point each)


To improve conditions Rather boring Standars of health care
Medical team Major problem Sore throats
Succesful doctor Health care workers





1) Diane Grey ........................... in the south of England
2) She began to find her job...........................................3) I was treating patients with routine medical problems. Colds, ............................ and so on
4) The organisation she works for has been sending ......................... and equipment to Angola since 1986
5) ........................................ have grown worse and worse.


6) Many diseases have become a .........................

7) She has beenworking hard to ...................................there.

8) She has been training local people as .................................

Our precious planet


4) Match the speakers to what each one would do if she/he was leader of his/her country. Write R for Roberta, M for Maria or J for James. (1 point each)


a) Stop logging companies from destroying the rainforest _____
b)Not allow hunters to kill endangered species _____
c) Ban cars _____
d) Create special parks _____
e) Improve public transport _____
f) Make logging companies plant new trees _____

5) Multiple choice. Choose the correct alternative. (1 point each)

1. Speaker 1 proposes that:

a) She will banned cars.
b) She will prohibit hunters to killendangered species.
c) She will create parks.
d) She will stop logging companies to cut trees.

2. What are the consequences of pollution?

a) People will have to use cars.
b) Pollution causes acid rain.
c) People will have to use their bicycles.
d) Pollution makes air healthier.

3. What could happen to tigers and rhinos?

a) They could be special parks where they can live in
b) Theycould soon disappear.
c) They could be adopted by people.
d) They could be protected by hunters.

4. What solution does the speaker offer to avoid the hunting of animals?

a) To teach hunters that is wrong to kill animals.
b) To send animals to special parks.
c) To protect endangered species. .
d) To give animals a safe place to live in.

5. What happen to animals and plants when forests...