Listening Exercise: When Art Turns into Charity English •

In this exercise, we will practise listening for gist, detail, and specific information in the context of helping and supporting communities.

Correct Answer

Incorrect Answer

Listening for Gist

Q1:

How many people are speaking in the audio?

  • ATwo
  • BThree
  • COne
  • DFour
  • EFive

Q2:

How many people are being interviewed in the audio?

  • AThree
  • BOne
  • CTwo
  • DFour
  • EFive

Q3:

Who is being interviewed?

  • AThe cofounders of a charity
  • BA member of the public
  • CA volunteer who works for a charity
  • DSomeone with a long-term illness
  • ETwo celebrities who help a charity

Q4:

How does the interviewer feel about the charity?

  • AShe is angry at the charity.
  • BShe is impressed by the charity.
  • CShe is disappointed by the charity.
  • DShe thinks the charity is very funny.
  • EShe has no opinion about the charity.

Q5:

How does the charity help people?

  • ABy cleaning the environment
  • BThrough painting and sculpture only
  • CBy giving people money and art supplies
  • DThrough education in schools
  • EThrough many forms of art

Listening for Detail

Q6:

True or False: Ross and Rachel run a very large organisation.

  • ATrue
  • BFalse
  • CThe audio doesn’t say.

Q7:

True or False: Art classes help people who feel alone and are in pain.

  • ATrue
  • BFalse
  • CThe audio doesn’t say.

Q8:

True or False: Stress can be lowered by doing art.

  • AFalse
  • BTrue
  • CThe audio doesn’t say.

Q9:

True or False: Rachel’s hometown is New York.

  • AFalse
  • BTrue
  • CThe audio doesn’t say.

Q10:

Which of the following statements is true?

  • ARachel and Ross aren’t friends.
  • BRachel and Ross became friends very quickly.
  • CRachel and Ross are married.
  • DRachel and Ross took a very long time to become friends.
  • ERachel and Ross hate each other.

Q11:

What is arthritis?

  • AA short-term illness that only older people suffer from
  • BA long-term illness that causes pain in body parts, like hands
  • CA short-term illness that can be cured with art therapy
  • DA long-term illness that means you can’t move at all
  • EA mental illness that makes you confused

Q12:

Who was the first person to take an art class with the charity?

  • AThe interviewer’s mother
  • BRoss’s mother
  • CRachel’s mother
  • DRachel
  • EThe audio doesn’t say.

Q13:

What is the interviewer going to do after the interview?

  • AGo to an art class
  • BGive money to the charity
  • CVolunteer with the charity
  • DGo to the fundraiser
  • EThe audio doesn’t say.

Listening for Specific Information

Q14:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Where does the charity hold classes?

  • AIn hospitals, schools, and people’s homes
  • BIn private hospitals and public schools
  • CIn hospitals and doctors’ clinics
  • DIn private homes only
  • EPainting, sculpture, music, and more

Q15:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Fill in the blanks: We two art therapists, and they help us design lessons that anyone can do.

  • Aimply, export
  • Bemploy, expert
  • Cemployee, experts
  • Dexplain, extra
  • Eemployed, extra

Q16:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Which tasks are difficult with arthritis?

  • AGetting rest and doing the washing-up
  • BTo get teens dressed and washing
  • CGetting dressed and doing the laundry
  • DResting and washing
  • EGetting dressed and doing the washing-up

Q17:

Listen to this part of the audio.

How many years has the charity been running?

  • A5 months
  • BFive years
  • CFifteen years
  • D15 months
  • EThe audio doesn’t say.

Q18:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What does Rachel mean when she says “We’ve grown so much”?

  • ARachel and Ross are taller.
  • BThe charity is bigger because they hired more people.
  • CThe charity is working in a bigger building.
  • DThe charity is more popular now.
  • EThe charity has raised more money now.

Q19:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Where did Rachel and Ross meet?

  • AAt a liver-cleaning event
  • BAt a river-cleaning event
  • CAt university
  • DWhen they were children in their hometown
  • EAt a beach-cleaning fundraiser

Q20:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Fill in the blank: We both wanted to have a positive our community.

  • Ain pact on
  • Bimpact on
  • Cimpact in
  • Dimport to
  • Eimport of

Q21:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is the name of the charity?

  • APaint for Pay
  • BPaint for Patience
  • CPay for Patience
  • DPoint to Patience
  • EPain for Patients

Q22:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is the play on words?

  • APatience and pay cents sound the same. Pay cents relates to the money that the charity raises to help patience, people who are treated for an illness.
  • BThe word patience sounds the same as patients. Patience means the ability to be calm and deal with problems (the charity’s goal). Patients are people treated for an illness (the people whom the charity helps).
  • CThe word patience sounds the same as patients. Patients means the ability to be calm and deal with problems (the charity’s goal). Patience are people treated for an illness (the people whom the charity helps).
  • DPatience has two meanings: to be calm and to have an illness.
  • EPaint and patience both begin with p.

Q23:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Fill in the blank: We’re always looking for of money or art supplies.

  • Adoner
  • Bnations
  • Cdonate
  • Ddonations
  • Edonation

Q24:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Fill in the blank: I’m so by your work! I’ll donate this afternoon.

  • Aspired
  • Badmired
  • Cinspire
  • Dinspired
  • Ein spire

Q25:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Fill in the blank: Thank you, that's so !

  • Agenarus
  • Bjenorus
  • Cjenerous
  • Dgenerous
  • Egenerose

Listening for Grammar and Vocabulary

Q26:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Who or what does they refer to?

  • AThe charities
  • BThe classes
  • CPeople who take the classes
  • DHospitals and schools
  • EPrivate home classes

Q27:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Who or what does they refer to ?

  • AHospitals and schools
  • BThe cofounders of the charity
  • CThe classes
  • DPeople who don’t take the classes
  • EPeople who take the classes

Q28:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Why does the audio use the word did?

  • ABecause it is the past participle of do
  • BBecause it is a question in the present tense
  • CBecause it is a question in the past tense
  • DBecause it is the past tense of do
  • EThe speaker doesn’t need to use it but uses it for emphasis.

Q29:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Why does the audio use the word did?

  • ABecause it is a question in the present tense
  • BBecause it is a question in the past tense
  • CBecause it is the past participle of do
  • DThe speaker doesn’t need to use it but uses it for emphasis.
  • EBecause you should always use did in questions with how

Q30:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is the function of the phrase “I’m sorry to hear that”?

  • ATo express sympathy
  • BTo change the topic
  • CTo express guilt and to apologise for doing something wrong
  • DTo ask the listener to repeat what they said because you didn’t understand
  • ETo show interest and excitement

Q31:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Why does Ross use the word actually?

  • ATo politely correct the interviewer
  • BTo emphasise an interesting or fun fact
  • CTo change the topic
  • DTo show surprise
  • ETo correct a mistake someone has made

Q32:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is another word that means "memorable" and "impressive"?

  • AClear
  • BPatience
  • CCalm
  • DHappiness
  • EUnforgettable

Q33:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is another phrase that means "think of"?

  • ACame out of
  • BCome up with
  • CCome in with
  • DBecome one
  • ECome down with

Q34:

Listen to this part of the audio.

What is the past tense of the verbs leave, meet, and become?

  • ALeave, meet, became
  • BLeft, met, becomed
  • CLeaved, meeted, becomed
  • DLeft, met, became
  • ELeaf, meat, becamed

Q35:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Which of the following is the best definition of the phrase "to leave university"?

  • AWhen you finish school or university for the year but haven’t graduated yet
  • BWhen you finish school or university forever or to graduate or drop out
  • CWhen you finish school or university for the day but will go back tomorrow
  • DWhen you drop out of school or university
  • EWhen you graduate from university

Q36:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Which tense is being used?

  • APresent simple passive
  • BPast continuous
  • CPast simple
  • DPresent simple
  • EPresent continuous

Q37:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Why is this tense being used?

  • ABecause it is an ongoing action in the present
  • BBecause it is a fact
  • CBecause it is a completed past action
  • DBecause two actions happened at the same time in the past
  • EBecause the focus is on the object (the interviewer) experiencing the action

Q38:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Which tense is being used?

  • APresent simple passive
  • BPast simple
  • CPast simple and Past continuous
  • DPast simple and present continuous
  • EPresent simple

Q39:

Listen to this part of the audio.

Why is this tense being used?

  • ABecause it is an ongoing action in the present
  • BBecause there are two completed actions that happened at a similar time in the past
  • CBecause it is a fact
  • DBecause the subject is unknown
  • EBecause there are two regular actions that happened many times in the past

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