B1
Practice Listening English Exercises for B1 – Global Issues
7 ejercicios
1. Getting Ready How important are these issues to you? Check (✓) your answers and compare them with a partner.
| Very important | Somewhat important | Not important | |
| air pollution | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| water pollution | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| crime | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| global warming | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| overpopulation | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| poverty | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| unemployment | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| other: ………………….. | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
2. Listening 1 People are talking about issues. Which issue do they think is most important right now? Listen and circle the correct answer.
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- 1)a water pollution
- b)air pollution
- 2)a unemployment
- b)crime
- 3)a public transportation
- b)housing
- 4)a government
- b)unemployment
- 5)a public transportation
- b)unemployment
- 6)a education
- b)health
3. Listening 2 Task 1 What issues are these people talking about? Listen and circle the correct answer.
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- 1)a air pollution
- b)water pollution
- c)overpopulation
- 2)a global warming
- b)water pollution
- c)unemployment
- 3)a poverty
- b)overpopulation
- c)war
- 4)a crime
- b)traffic
- c)air pollution
- 5)a air pollution
- b)garbage
- c)unemployment
- 6)a housing
- b)poverty
- c)crime
4. Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check (✓) the correct answer.
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| True | False | |
| 1 He wants to be the mayor of his city. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 She’s going to move to Chicago. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 He reads a lot of sports magazines. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 She bought a new car. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 She buys less packaged food, like frozen dinners. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 He moved to a small apartment downtown. | ◻ | ◻ |
5. Listening 3 Task 1 Listen to a talk on very large cities, or “megacities.” Why do people move from the country to megacities? Listen and check (✓) the reasons you hear.
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| Reason | Not a reason | |
| 1 They want to find work. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 They want to be farmers. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 They think salaries will be higher. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 They think the work will be easier. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 They think the people will be friendly. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 They think city life will be glamorous. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 7 They want to be on television. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 8 They want better health care. | ◻ | ◻ |
6. Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check (✓) the correct answer.
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| True | False | |
| 1 Jobs are often difficult to find in megacities. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 Salaries in megacities are very low. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 Many people end up in huge, expensive house. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 Health care is much cheaper in megacities. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 Air pollution is a problem in megacities. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 The problems in megacities are becoming easier. | ◻ | ◻ |
7. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.
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- A: There are in the world today.
- B: I know. There’s water pollution, air pollution, global warming, unemployment.
- A: Yeah, and there’s the destruction of the rain , , housing shortages. It can get depressing if you think about it too much.
- B: No kidding. What do you think the biggest issues are?
- A: I really think air pollution is the most important issue. If we don’t and improve air quality, we’ll all have health problems.
- B: I agree that air pollution is a The air in the city has become so dirty.
Cómo Practicar
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