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Academic Course : ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Level: Educación Media

Student´s Name: _______________________________________________ Academic Grade: ________

Class: ___________ Teacher´s Name: LUIS JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ GARAY Date: _________________

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Test your Level of English Listening

Exercise 1. Listen carefully to the following dialogue. After having listened, answer these questions:

Question # 1.1: Which is the main idea presented by the text? Write it in Spanish.

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Question # 1.2: Which title would be the best one for this passage? Write it in English.

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Exercise 2. Listen once again the audio text. Now, do the two following task:

Task # 2.1: Fill in the blanks with the corresponding missing words

A new study says today's teenagers __________(1) more slowly than previous generations. Research from __________(2) looked at data on teenage behavior from the past __________(3), between 1976 and __________(4). It looked at surveys on __________(5) from seven different countries. Researchers said that compared to teenagers from the 70s, 80s and 90s, today's teens, "are __________(6) to engage in both the pleasures and the responsibilities of adulthood". Professor Jean Twenge said: "The whole developmental pathway has slowed down." She said today's 18-year-olds are living more like 15-year-olds used to live. She __________(7) taking far fewer risks than they did before.

The __________(8) today's teenagers are taking longer to do things their __________(9) did. They __________(10) when they go on their first date, less likely to have a part-time job, and are less likely to drive. Professor Twenge said this is a, "slow life strategy". Researchers __________(11) more teenagers are __________(12) with their parents instead of renting their own room or apartment. One of the reasons for these behaviors is how much time teenagers spend online. The __________(13) teens on social media, __________(14) or playing games instead of living in the "real world". Another __________(15) who try and do too much for their __________(16) too much.

ANSWERS

|1 |9 |

|2 |10 |

|3 |11 |

|4 |12 |

|5 |13 |

|6 |14 |

|7 |15 |

|8 |16 |

Task # 2.2: A Multiple Choice Exercise

Instructions: select the best answer from the given options

|1. Where did the article suggest teenagers are not living? |6. What do today's students not rent so much today? |

|A ) on the streets B ) in capital cites |A ) videos B ) cars |

|C ) with parents D ) in the real world |C ) apartments D ) machinery |

|2. How many different surveys did researchers look at? |7. Who did researchers compare today's teenagers to? |

|A ) 80,000 B ) 800,000 C ) 8 million D ) 8,000 |A ) old people B ) people in their 20s |

| |C ) children D ) teenagers of the past |

|3. What kind of strategy did a professor say today's students have? |8. How many years of data did researchers look at? |

|A ) a thoughtful strategy B ) a high-risk strategy |A ) 30 B ) 40 C ) 15 D ) |

|C ) a good strategy D ) a slow-life strategy |10 |

|4. What kind of jobs are today's students less likely to do? |9. What are today's teenagers taking fewer of? |

|A ) part-time jobs B ) poorly paid jobs |A ) risks B ) chances |

|C ) outdoor jobs D ) dirty jobs |C ) drugs D ) jobs |

|5. What are today's 18-year-olds more like? |10. What do parents protect too much? |

|A ) babies B ) 15-year-old of the past |A ) bank accounts B ) children |

|C ) pensioners D ) parents |C ) passwords D ) privacy |

ANSWERS

|1 |6 |

|2 |7 |

|3 |8 |

|4 |9 |

|5 |10 |

Task # 2.3: Dictation

Try these two dictation exercises to improve your listening, writing, reading, spelling, vocabulary and grammar.

HOW TO DO IT ?

Step 1: Listen carefully the full audio text (do it twice)

Step 2: Write what you hear

Step 3: Listen again the full audio text, check what you wrote.

Step 4: Keep going until you have all of the text.

[pic] Now, go to Dictation Exercise # 1 [pic]

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[pic] Now, go to Dictation Exercise # 2 [pic]

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