Extract One
You hear a
consultant in communication talking about business meetings.
1. What is the consultant doing when he
mentions mobile phones at meetings?
a) Criticising the overuse of
technology
b) Explaining how they can boost a
person's image
c) Warning against making them visible
2. What advice does he give about
talking at meetings?
a) Comment on all points made.
b) Avoid answering questions
impulsively.
c) Offer strong closing contributions
Extract Two
You hear an
ecologist, Todd Howell, talking about his new educational organisation 'Green
Adventure'.
3. Todd believes that the public's
concern about climate change
a) is increasing rapidly.
b) is becoming too simplistic.
c) is being undermined by commercial
interests.
4. When talking about introducing ecology
to schoolchildren, Todd reveals
a) his amusement at their naive
answers.
b) his delight in their straightforward
reactions.
c) his concern about the content of the
curriculum.
Extract Three
You hear a
photographer talking about the art of photography.
5. What approach is she advocating?
a) gaining inspiration from paintings
b) ensuring photographs have a
clearly-defined subject
c) selecting seemingly trivial subjects
6. Why does she mention globalisation?
a) to lament the decline in strong
local images available to photographers
b) to suggest that it enhances the
fascination with certain photographic images
c) to remind photographers of the need
to work to the highest standards
