Listening Comprehension Test. For 10th Form Students. Listening Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Donetsk Regional State Administration

Donetsk Regional Institute of Postgraduate Education

Stage IІІ regional Students Olympiad in the English Language

 

ROUND I

Teacher’s Booklet

Listening Comprehension Test

For 10th Form Students

Listening Comprehension Test for 10th Form Students

 

RULES OF FRIENDSHIP

In addition to inquiring about actual activities, we asked some specific questions about what people would or would not do with friends, both in general and in certain hypothetical situations. We wanted our survey to give us an idea of some of the "rules" that govern, or perhaps define, behavior between friends.

As both theory and the data suggest, one rule of friendship is that friends confide in each other, sharing intimate aspects of their personal lives and feelings. Perhaps most significantly, bad as well as good news can be shared. Even though in our society, one's success is often equated with success at work, 89 per cent of our sample said they would tell a close friend about a failure at work.

Furthermore, over two-thirds (68 per cent) said that if they had a terminal illness, they would tell a friend. Eighty-seven per cent of the respondents say they talk with friends about sexual activities (60 per cent discussing activities in general, 27 per cent in detail).

Our respondents clearly indicated that in some situations, the rules of friendship involve the right to ask for help (presumably the obligation to help a friend is also implicitly acknowledged). When asked who they would turn to first in a crisis, over half (51 per cent) said they would turn to friends before family. This was true for all subgroups, even though older people in the sample said they tend to rely more on family and professional counselors in a crisis than do the younger age groups, and a higher proportion of men than women said they do it alone.

Yet friendship has limits. Only 10 per cent of the sample said they thought a friend should help another commit suicide if the friend wanted to, but was too feeble to do it alone (41 per cent said no and 36 per cent were opposed to suicide).

In short, there are no striking contradictions between people's descriptions of actual friendships, their beliefs about friendship in general, and their perception of the rules that apply to these relationships. This consistency, and the enthusiastic descriptions of friends and friendship we received, suggest that our readers are satisfied with their friendships, even though 67 per cent of the respondents also acknowledge feeling lonely "sometimes" or "often".

 

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Student’s Booklet

 

Listening Comprehension Test

For 10^th Form Student

 

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL ADVISED BY THE TEACHER

 

DICTIONARIES ARE NOT ALLOWED

 

 

STUDENT NUMBER: ____________

Listening Comprehension Test for 10^th Form Students

 

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS BOOKLET.

Statements 1 through 10 (on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, - if it is false).

1.      The survey was to find out about certain rules.

2.      Some facts prove the ideas expressed before the survey.

3.      Friends must keep their secrets from one another.

4.      Friends should tell each other not only about good events in lives.

5.      Less than a half questioned people would confide their disease.

6.      More than a half of respondents proved extremely open before friends.

7.      Asking friends for help is defined by some published rules.

8.      Older people prefer family help to friends'.

9.      Most questioned people support the idea of friends' help with suicide.

10.    Most respondents are unhappy about their friendships because they often feel lonely.

 

STOP. WAIT FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE TEXT.

 

Questions 11 through 20 (on your answer sheet circle the correct letter A, B, C or D).

 

11. The survey was…

A)   to ask friends for help

B)   to find out about certain rules

C)   not to feel lonely

D)   to share about their work

 

12.    There was a suggestion about:

A)   certain relationships

B)   certain people

C)   certain pieces of writing

D)   certain governors

 

13.    Nowadays a person's success is believed to be the same as:

A)   family life

B)   sexual victories

C)   possessions

D)   career

 

14.    True friends are more likely:

A)   to share about their new property

B)   to share about their investments

C)   to share about their pets

D)   to share about their work

 

15.    This text does NOT mention friends discussing:

A)   their health     

B)   their jobs

C)  their families

D)       their love affairs

16.     Helping a friend in a difficult situation:

A) goes without saying

B) should be asked for

C) is not necessary

D) is a part of a written code.

        17.     Asking friends for help in the first place is true for:

A) younger responders

B) older responders

C) male responders

D) all categories of responders

        18.     True friends will help each other in: .-

A) absolutely everything

B) absolutely nothing

C) almost everything

D) a very limited number of activities

        19.     The rules of friendship:

A) are different from what people expect

B) agree with people's feelings about them

C) are different for every age group

D) do not apply to people

 

20.    The survey results indicate that:

A)   many people feel lonely

B)   few people feel good about their friendships

C)   people show little enthusiasm

D)   there hardly can be true friendship at all

 

 

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