Gablenz_03.05.

2019

Listening_News Items

1. New device keeps air in your house safe

2. What is the name of the air purifier? 7. Who is Hugo Wilson?
a) the Cool Link Pure a) a journalist
b) the Link Cool Link b) the inventor of floppy disks
c) the Cool Pure Link c) lead designer at Dyson
d) the Pure Cool Link d) founder of Dyson
3. Who will this air purifier be great for? 8. What are modern homes built to seal
against?
a) people with asthma and allergies a) noise
b) athletes b) air
c) babies c) technology
d) people who live in the countryside d) apps
4. How long does it take for the air purifier 9. How many times more polluted might it
to clean a room? be indoors than outdoors?
a) a day a) 5
b) 3 hours b) 6
c) up to an hour c) 7
d) 10 minutes d) 8

2. Women-only train cars starting in Germany

3. What rail employee will be in the 8. Who is Jeremy Corbyn?

carriage next to the segregated ones?
a) the train conductor a) an expert of train safety
b) the driver b) a train driver
c) the boss c) leader of the UK's opposition party
d) the ticket collector d) boss of the railway company
4. What do some people say the carriages 9. What did Yvette Cooper say about
are in reaction to? women-only carriages?
a) conservatism a) nothing
b) sexual harassment b) men should not be allowed in them
c) comments from women c) they were necessary
d) the past d) they were not the answer

3. Donald Trump on global risk list

1. TRUE / FALSE:
a. Donald Trump becoming president is the biggest risk facing the world. T/F
b. The EIU says a Trump presidency and jihadi terrorism are equally risky. T/F
c. There is a lot of information on the details of Mr Trump's policies. T/F
d. Mr Trump changes his policy details a lot. T/F
e. The EIU says a Trump presidency is riskier than the UK leaving the EU. T/F
f. The EIU says Russian foreign policy is riskier than a Trump presidency. T/F
g. Mr Trump said Americans would pay for a wall on the US-Mexico border. T/F
h. Mr Trump has called for a permanent ban on Muslims entering the USA. T/F

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4. Google refuses to remove 'gay music' video

3. What is the name of the group who sang 8. How long did the government give
the song? Google to remove the video?
a) Attack Art a) three weeks
b) Attack Heart b) 10 days
c) Heart Attack c) a week
d) Art Attack d) a month
4. What did the government say the video 9. What kind of legal processes does
was bad for? Google work with?
a) YouTube a) technical ones
b) society b) long ones
c) the heart c) difficult ones
d) homosexuals d) correct ones

5. Apple-FBI iPhone argument getting bigger

2. Who has the iPhone of one of the 7. What kind of barriers did the DOJ say
terrorists? Apple raised?
a) terrorists a) steel barriers
b) the DOJ b) difficult barriers
c) the FBI c) technological barriers
d) Apple d) digital barriers
3. What might the unlocked iPhone help 8. Who did the DOJ say were the only ones
catch? who could unlock the phone?
a) Apple's CEO a) Apple
b) the head of the FBI b) FBI engineers
c) more terrorists c) terrorists
d) cyber-bullies d) a special DOJ team
5. Who else did Apple say might want 10. What did the DOJ say would not be
phones opened? invaded by unlocking the iPhone?
a) the FBI a) Apple's headquarters
b) other organisations b) the FBI
c) terrorist groups c) anyone's privacy
d) Samsung d) other countries

6. Cutting up food helped human evolution

1. TRUE / FALSE:
a. The food processing skills mentioned happened two million years ago. T/F
b. The research is from Cambridge University. T/F
c. Our speaking skills developed because we needed to chew less. T/F
d. Chimpanzees spend about half their days chewing. T/F
e. The shape of our face changed because we needed to chew less. T/F
f. Our teeth got bigger because we needed to chew less. T/F
g. One of the researchers chewed raw chicken to prove his theory. T/F
h. The researcher said slicing meat was a very advanced technology. T/F