LISTENING TEST - 3.E

Listen to the teacher giving students advice for exams and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. ADVICE FOR THE EXAMChoose the correct option to complete the sentences.A: The teacher wants the students to … take notes after she has finished speaking. take notes while she is speaking. forget about taking notes. B. The teacher suggests eating … sugary snacks. only apples. only apples. C. The teacher suggests finding a study place with a lot of … light. space. books. D. If students feel stressed they should … go to bed. go out for a walk. drink some water. E. Students are advised to … select the important things to learn. read through everything once. make notes about every topic. F. The teacher understands that repeating things can be … difficult. uninteresting. tiring. G. Students can do past exam papers ... in the library only. at home if they take photocopies. in the after-school study group. H. The teacher recommends a break of five minutes every … hour. two hours. thirty minutes. I. It's important to ... eat regularly. sleep when you feel tired. keep hydrated. J. The teacher is sure that the students will … pass their exams. fail their exams. do their best. Listen again and put the teacher's advice in the correct group. DO Start by choosing the important things to study. Take regular breaks. Read your notes again and again. DON'T Eat sugary food while you're studying. Focus on the details. Get very comfortable. Try to learn everything. Listen to the speaker talking about the Maasai and the lions and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. 1. How did the Maasai people feel about lions in the past? They strongly disliked them. They were not sure how they felt. They loved them. 2. What is the aim of the Lion Guardians scheme? To move the lions to a different, safer area. To protect the lions and allow experts to do research. To train local people to protect the lions. 3. Why do the Lion Guardians tell local farmers where lions are? So they can kill the lions. So they can take their cows to a different area. So they can protect their families. 4. How do other local people feel about the Lion Guardians? They respect them. They don’t understand them. They are annoyed by them. 5. Why did Olubi Lairumbe change his mind about killing lions? He saw how dangerous hunting lions could be. He killed a pregnant lion and felt very bad about it. He learnt more about lions and realised he was wrong. 6. How does Mingati Makarot know where the lions are? He uses special tracking equipment. He uses his knowledge of the area and hunting skills. He uses information provided by his team. 7. How do Maasai warriors get a lion name, traditionally? By killing a lion. By having the characteristics of a lion. By doing something brave. 8. How has the naming tradition changed? Young men have to kill more lions to a get a name. Young men can use their father’s name. Young men are given special names without killing lions. 9. What do the Lion Guardians do to help people see lions as part of the community? Give people photos of the lions. Tell people stories about the lions. Give the lions Maasai names. 10. What is the key factor in the scheme's success? The Maasai have changed their culture but kept their identity. The Maasai can influence people from neighbouring areas. The Maasai have always wanted to protect lions.