RATEr listening practice tasks

Questions

Q1 What does the teacher say about writing a report?

The best way is to :

A            write a first draft and then review the structure

B            first structure the content and then start writing

C            only modify the structure if necessary

Q2 What does the speaker say about land use?

The speaker says:

A            we should rely less on using land for its value
B            productivity does not reflect the true value of land
C            we should release more land back to nature

Q3 Listen to the text and fill in the missing words in the summarised sentences:

I. Over the past two million years, the human brain has become______ times as heavy.
II. The main task of a prefrontal cortex is to be a _____ of experiences before we try them for real.

III. The researcher says that there is plenty of _____to describe the situation of these people.
IV. After a year, people who win the lottery are just as _____ as people who became paralysed.

Q1:

B. first structure the content and then start writing

Q2

B. productivity does not reflect the true value of land

Q3:

I. three
II. simulator
III. data
IV. happy