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Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Research & development

9 exercices

1. Exercise 1

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  • A. Label the pictures with the words in the box.
  • B. Sam’s team are participating in a webinar. Before the Q&A (question and answer) session, Sam sets some ground rules. Listen and complete the rules.
  • 1)
    Give your and division you speak.
  • 2)
    Keep your questions , so everyone has the chance to .
  • 3)
    Help your colleagues by speaking and .
  • 4)
    Use the mute to stop any background .
blank (screen)      cut out      echo      hang up      mute button      volume settings
Research & development 1
Research & development 2

2. Exercise 2

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  • A. Listen and match the participants (1–4) with the correct problem(s) (a–f). Use one of the problems twice.
  • 1)
    Donna
  • 2)
    Paul
  • 3)
    Karl
  • 4)
    Lena
  • a)
    background noise
  • b)
    bad internet connection
  • c)
    blank screen
  • d)
    cutting out
  • e)
    echo
  • f)
    low volume
  • B. In pairs, note down the solution to each problem in A. Listen again and check.

3. Exercise 3

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  • A. Listen to the start of a presentation and number the slides in the correct order.
  • B. Listen again and complete the slides. Use only one word in each gap.
A   SCHEDULE      ……
Month 1• decide on (1)• choose materialMonth 2• start (2)• send out press releaseMonth 3• launch rebranded product (3)
B   COLOUR      ……
• keeping (4)• making it brighter• adding 1 or 2 more (5)
C   OVERVIEW      ……
• (6)?— negative customer feedback— falling sales— eco-friendly packaging• (7)?— colour change— use of recycled materials• (8)?— three months

4. Exercise 4

Audio
  • A. Listen to Sofia and Oscar’s conversation after a factory tour. Tick (✓) the topics they discuss.
  • ☐ How long it takes to complete a shoe order
  • ☐ How many employees the company has
  • ☐ Making costs lower
  • ☐ Improving quality
  • B. Listen again and complete Sofia’s notes.
  • • Current production = (1) ) pairs of shoes in (2) ) weeks.
  • • Automation could speed up production by (3) ) or (4) ) percent.
  • • Oscar really values his workers’ (5) ) .

5. Exercise 5

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  • A. Listen to Sofia, Oscar and Mario’s conversation about shoe designs. Choose two ideas from 1-6 that demonstrate each person’s opinion (S, M, O).
  • 1)
    increase automation
  • 2)
    don’t improve the factory
  • 3)
    our designs are good quality and completed by hand
  • 4)
    hire more workers
  • 5)
    create high-quality shoes that we can take to fashion shows
  • 6)
    produce more shoes quickly
  • B. Listen again. What’s going to happen next?
  • They’re going to:
  • a)
    buy some machines to make a cheaper shoe.
  • b)
    find a way to produce high-quality shoes.
  • c)
    go to a trade show in Paris or Berlin to get ideas.

6. Exercise 6

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  • A. Listen to the conversation between Marina and Karl about a TV programme on robots and tick the subjects they talk about.
  • Robot(s)
  • 1)
    design
  • 2)
    engineering
  • 3)
    in the hospitality industry
  • 4)
    testing
  • 5)
    waiters
  • 6)
    in hospitals
  • 7)
    in care homes
  • 8)
    pets
  • 9)
    doctors
  • 10)
    experiments
  • B. Listen again and choose the correct option in italics.
  • 1)
    The programme Marina watched included interviews with restaurants owners / scientists
  • 2)
    Marina says that robots can / can’t talk to customers in restaurants.
  • 3)
    Marina says that some restaurant customers find robots annoying / amusing
  • 4)
    Karl says that using robots with save money / time
  • 5)
    According to Marina, a robot can / can’t help older people remember things.
  • 6)
    The programme Karl watched was about robots in hospitals / care homes
  • 7)
    Karl says that robot pets are / aren’t popular with old people.
  • 8)
    Marina hopes that using robots will leave more time for human communication / humans to do heavy work
  • C. Listen again and complete the sentences with one or two words in each gap.
  • 1)
    The programme Marina watched was about robots in the industry, in hospitals and care homes.
  • 2)
    Some restaurants in , and are already using robot waiters.
  • 3)
    Some robot waiters look like .
  • 4)
    Robots in Japanese hospitals are used for transporting , and equipment.
  • 5)
    Robots in care homes are becoming .
  • 6)
    In one TV programme, the care home residents had a .
  • D. Who is more positive about robots: Marina or Karl?

7. Exercise 7

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  • A. Listen to three extracts from presentations (1-3) and match them with these slides (A-C).
  • A
  • Price increase
  • Reasons
  • • materials expense
  • • (1) ) expense
  • • salaries
  • B
  • Staff increase
  • Reasons
  • • increased (2) )
  • • production
  • Need 8 new members of staff:
  • • 5) in (3) )
  • • 3) in office: (4) ), sales, admin
  • C
  • Packaging
  • NO
  • • (5) )
  • • non-recyclable materials
  • • glass
  • YES
  • recycled (6) )
  • B. Listen again and complete the slides in Exercise A. Use one word in each gap.

8. Test

Audio
  • 1)
    Listen to the speaker signalling a problem and choose the best way to deal with it from a, b or c.
  • 1)
    a b c
  • 2)
    a b c
  • 3)
    a b c
  • 4)
    a b c
  • 5)
    a b c

9. You will hear eight short recordings twice. For questions 1–8 choose the correct answer.

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  • 2)
    You will hear eight short recordings twice. For questions 1–8 choose the correct answer.
  • 1)
    What do all hotel guests need to do?
  • a)
    hand in their passports
  • b)
    get a reservation number
  • c)
    book in advance
  • 2)
    What is the new product?
  • 3)
    What did they discover in their product feedback?
  • a)
    People didn’t like the design.
  • b)
    It was difficult to use.
  • c)
    It didn’t always work well.
  • 4)
    Why can’t the woman attend the meeting?
  • a)
    She’s going to the doctor’s.
  • b)
    She must complete some work.
  • c)
    She has another meeting.
  • 5)
    What do people need to bring to the meeting?
  • a)
    the budget details
  • b)
    new ideas
  • c)
    initial designs
  • 6)
    What is the next stage of the project?
  • a)
    make the final product
  • b)
    test the product
  • c)
    make more designs
  • 7)
    What is the final stage of the payment process?
  • a)
    email the recipient
  • b)
    enter the amount
  • c)
    save as a PDF document
  • 8)
    What is the problem with the presentation?
  • a)
    The sound is cutting out.
  • b)
    The slides aren’t showing.
  • c)
    There is background noise.
Research & development test 1

Comment Pratiquer

  1. 1Lisez chaque question attentivement
  2. 2Écrivez votre réponse ou sélectionnez l'option correcte
  3. 3Cliquez sur 'Afficher la Réponse' pour vérifier votre travail
  4. 4Examinez les erreurs et essayez des exercices similaires
  5. 5Passez à l'exercice suivant lorsque vous êtes prêt

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