Listening - Sept 8
Listening - Sept 8
Listening - Sept 8
GK 2: .................................................................
Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a talk about depression among students and decide whether
these statements are True (T) or False (F) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. The number of students with anxiety increased by 135% in eight years.
2. College students experiencing several mental health problems doubled by over 60%.
3. According to Dr Lipson, traditional college years, a key developmental time, coincides with the age of onset
for lifelong mental illnesses.
4. Most people suffering from their mental health crises will have them after 24.
5. In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and school closures have resulted in many students worrying about
their uncertain future.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to two students talking about the mock exams they have just
taken and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording
for each answer.
6. According to Adam, what are essay papers inappropriate for assessing?
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7. For which reason does Mary criticise multiple-choice questions?
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8. What are two words used by Mary to describe a practice exam with 12 test stations?
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9. In the problem-solving tests, what do students have to do when working in groups?
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10. After the re-sits in September, by which action are any problems dealt with?
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Part 3. For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with someone who consulted a ‘life coach’ to
improve her life and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you
hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
11. Brigid says that she consulted a life coach because ______.
A. she had read a great deal about them
B. both her work and home life were getting worse
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C. other efforts to improve her life had failed
D. the changes she wanted to make were only small ones
12. What did Brigid’s coach tell her about money?
A. It would be very easy for Brigid to get a lot of it.
B. Brigid’s attitude towards it was uncharacteristic of her.
C. Brigid placed too much emphasis on it in her life.
D. Few people have the right attitude towards it.
13. What does Brigid say about her reaction to her coach’s advice on money?
A. She felt silly repeating the words her coach gave her.
B. She tried to hide the fact that she found it ridiculous.
C. She felt a lot better as a result of following it.
D. She found it difficult to understand at first.
14. What does Brigid say happened during the other sessions?
A. She was told that most people’s problems had the same cause.
B. Her powers of concentration improved.
C. Some things she was told to do proved harder than others.
D. She began to wonder why her problems had arisen in the first place.
15. What has Brigid concluded?
A. The benefits of coaching do not compensate for the effort required.
B. She was too unselfish before she had coaching.
C. She came to expect too much of her coach.
D. It is best to limit the number of coaching sessions you have.
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to Neil and Sam discussing how clever artificial intelligence (AI)
is. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each blank. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
In real life, although AI using artificial brain cells to (16) ______ real brain cell activity is making huge
progress in entirely different fields, it is a long way behind human levels of intelligence. “Frosted oysters”, a
(17) ______ made by AI is a typical example. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, a book written by Janelle
Shane about her amusing experiences and (18) ______ with AI, is another example. The book title is produced
by AI – “machine learning” – when asked to write (19) ______ for strangers to start up a romantic
conversation with other attractive ones. To find out the way to solve a problem without human programmers
writing down (20) ______ instructions and (21) ______ from the start, AI uses a process of (22) ______
which sometimes comes up with more wrong answers. Even by repeating the same activity many times,
learning from seeing how it goes wrong, and (23) ______ the number of incorrect answers, AI can not always
discover the best result. Instead, success can be achieved purely by a (24) ______. So, in terms of (25)
______, AI is currently just as clever as an earthworm. There still need to be humans involved at the beginning
of problem-solving procedures.
Your answers:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.
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