LISTENING PRACTICE 3
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You will hear Leonie Steiner talking to an interviewer about her work
as a music teacher in a school. For questions 24-30, choose the best
answer (A, В or C).
1. Leonie first starting learning the piano
A with a relative.
B at primary school.
C with a private teacher.
2. Leonie started giving music lessons
A for the pleasure of seeing others learn.
B because she needed some extra money.
C to see if she was suited to teaching.
3. Leonie most likes to teach students who
A have great natural talent at an early age.
B need good teaching to develop their talent.
C have previously been taught badly.
4. Leonie thinks that schools should
A employ far more music teachers.
B buy good musical instruments.
C ensure that all their pupils pass music exams.
5. Leonie thinks the problem with singing in schools is that
A many students are too embarrassed to sing.
B few students want to learn how to sing.
C singing is not often taught in them nowadays.
6. Leonie believes her success as a music teacher is a result of
A choosing a particular age group of children to teach.
B the training she received as a student teacher.
C a natural ability to communicate with young people.
7. What decision did Leonie find difficult to make?
A to turn down the offer of a job abroad
B to refuse promotion in the school
C to continue teaching when she felt tired
IB PRACTICE: LISTENING 3
Choosing True or False: pairs
In each of the following pairs of statements, one statement is true and the other is false, according to the
stimulus recording.
Listen carefully while the recording is played, and decide which is which.
1.
(a) The story of Lord of the Flies is about how a group of schoolboys get into trouble on a desert island.
(b) The story of Lord of the Flies is about how a group of schoolboys manage to survive on a desert island.
2.
(a) The important aspect of the theatre production is that it is new and unusual.
(b) The important aspect of the theatre production is that the characters of the boys are played by girls.
3.
(a) The theatre production makes some changes to the original story.
(b) The theatre production follows the original story very closely.
4.
(a) Some elements of the theatre production seem more believable than in the original story.
(b) Some elements of the theatre production seem less believable than in the original story.
5.
(a) The approach taken by the theatre production is mainly to create publicity.
(b) The approach taken by the theatre production is not just to create publicity.
6.
(a) The basic meaning of Lord of the Flies is that human beings have a deep need for structures of
social power.
(b) The basic meaning of Lord of the Flies is that human beings have difficulties fitting in to structures of
social power.
7.
(a) The fundamental story of Lord of the Flies was a re-writing of an ancient parable.
(b) The fundamental story of Lord of the Flies was new and original when it was written.
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