Listening skills B2/C1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Listening (B2)

Fragment 1

Choose the correct answer.

The radio host says that a digital detox ...

1. means we are in front of screens all the time.
2. is something younger people are trying more.
3. is important for our health.

Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince's job?

1. She is online a lot of the time.
2. She follows fashion on social media.
3. She uploads her own videos to social media.

What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?

1. Log Off: How to Stay Connected After Disconnecting
2. Log Off: How to Disconnect and Stay Disconnected
3. Log Off: Advice for the Digital Detox

The first step in a digital detox is to get rid of distractions, such as ...

1. noises the phone makes.
2. screens in your home and workplace.
3. the bright colours on your phone.

Amanda removed notifications from ...

1. her close family and friends.
2. everything except important people in her life.
3. everything except very important work-related things.

The book also suggested that ...

1. we replace digital distractions with real-world ones.
2. we think about the reason we are looking at our phones so much.
3. we try to be more polite with our phones around people.

Amanda and her partner ...

1. tried a two-day digital detox first.
2. found it impossible to completely disconnect.
3. found it very easy to do a digital detox for a weekend.

Amanda believes that a digital detox ...

1. is not a good idea if you have a lot of work.
2. is better if it's for a week, not just a weekend.
3. is something everyone will enjoy.

Would you like to do a digital detox? Why? Give at least two reasons (60 words)

Listening (B2)

Fragment 2

Choose the correct answer.

We try to motivate workers in the same way that we try to motivate our children.

1. true
2. false

In the Glucksberg experiment, the people who were offered a reward finished faster than people who were not offered one.

1. true
2. false

The people who were offered smaller rewards in Ariely’s experiment performed better than those offered bigger rewards..

1. true
2. false

In Ariely’s experiment, people were more creative when they were concentrating on achieving a goal.

1. true
2. false

In the future, jobs will require workers to be more creative.

1. true
2. false

People always work better when they start the day later and work into the night.

1. true
2. false

What did you think of the level of the B2 listening fragments?

too easy

easy

normal

difficult

too difficult

C1 Listening

Which statement about circular reporting is true?

1. It is the spread of true information.
2. It is when false information is validated by one other source only.
3. It only occurs with information on Wikipedia.
4. It may involve several publications.

Which statement is correct about journalists?

1. They are not permitted to copy information from Wikipedia.
2. They refuse to copy information from Wikipedia.
3. As soon as they include information in an article, they verify the information.
4. Many journalists may publish inaccuracies in several articles.

Which statement is correct?

1. Another name for a coati is a Brazilian aardvark.
2. The American student changed the information on Wikipedia to what he believed to be the truth.
3. Many people believed that a Brazilian aardvark was the same as a coati.
4. When writers wrote about the Brazilian aardvark they knew it was a joke.

Which statement is true about Wikipedia?

1. Some people add false content to a Wikipedia entry intentionally.
2. Updating information on Wikipedia is against the law.
3. There is hardly any true information on Wikipedia.
4. Many true facts on Wikipedia initially appear as false information.

What is true about childhood vaccines and autism?

1. There is a clear connection between childhood vaccines and autism.
2. Circular reporting incited many parents not to vaccinate their children.
3. The claims that they were connected first appeared on Wikipedia.
4. The media proved early on that the claims about vaccines and autism were false.

Which statement is correct?

1. Generally speaking, it’s easy to identify false information.
2. If the original source is Wikipedia or the media, the information is almost always false.
3. Reflecting critically on information we read is something most people often do.
4. Lack of time to think and investigate can cause us to believe things that aren’t true.