YO-kuunteluharjoitus ENA4

2020-11-18T08:42:20+02:00

Answer questions 1–26 by choosing the best alternative.

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You will hear part one twice: first straight through and then in short sections. Answer questions 1–6.

1. What is one of the benefits of Sarah’s working for her father?
A She has immediate access to the boss
B She doesn’t have to think about the details of the business
C She doesn’t worry about being sacked

2. What is one of the downsides of Sarah’s working for her father?
A The possibility of family friction is always present
B She has to demonstrate her capabilities
C The firm has too few employees

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3. What does Sarah do 5-8am?
A Handle buyers
B Manage the website
C Work on bookkeeping

4. What does Sarah have trouble with in regard to her father?
A Speaking honestly about business difficulties
B Discussing new concepts for Tropifresh
C Negotiating upcoming promotion campaigns

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5. Why did Sarah want to work in PR before joining the family business?
A To learn how to maintain professionalism
B To learn how to manage marketing difficulties
C To learn how to negotiate with other businesses

6. What convinced Sarah to join the business?
A Her increasing contact and involvement with Tropifresh
B Her father was able to bring her around
C Her visions of very real possibilities for developing Tropifresh

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You will hear the second part twice: first straight through, then in short sections. Answer questions 7–10.

7. What did the Laurel Leader-Call article state?
A Their earlier reporting on the story needed correction
B The story about the child was fake
C The newspaper stood behind its previous story

8. What was the charge against the fast-food restaurant?
A Mistreatment of a customer
B Failure to serve the food a customer had ordered
C Frightening customers into leaving

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9. How do we know the little girl had not been in the restaurant?
A Her parents have admitted this
B A lawyer said this
C Security tapes revealed this

10. According to the newspaper, what was the apparent motive behind the family’s story?
A To gain temporary fame at a child’s expense
B To increase publicity about discrimination
C To benefit from the suffering of a child

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III

You will hear the third part twice: first straight through, then in short sections. Answer questions 11–16.

11. What is freakonomics?
A It’s a way of applying economics to social studies
B It’s a way of organizing society
C It’s a way of thinking about shared, societal issues

12. What does Ann say about unconventional wisdom?
A Motivation is the key to making things happen
B A well-functioning society needs systematic regulation
C We are asked to think the opposite of everything

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13. Who really don’t like to admit their ignorance?
A Those who get put on the spot
B Those who are in control
C Those who think they are intelligent

14. How did the man win the contest?
A By throwing away the sausages
B By cheating on the judges
C By changing his approach

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15. What did people say about Van Halen and M&M’s?
A It was part of the band’s show
B It demonstrated the band’s narcissism
C It brought extra publicity to the band

16. Why did Van Halen have an M&M’s clause?
A To find out if they had to thoroughly inspect the venue
B To show their attention to detail
C To check out if the band’s manager was doing his job

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IV

You will hear four short dialogues. You will hear each once. Answer questions 17–20.

17. What is said about the weather?
A It was hot
B It was windy
C It was cloudless

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18. What was remarkable about the poem?
A It was a printing error
B It was all punctuation
C It was written backwards

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19. What does the neighbor claim?
A The mayor is trying to get even
B The mayor is returning a favor
C The mayor is creating a public incident

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20. Why are people protesting about the pub?
A There have been too many fights there
B The spirit of the village is being ruined
C Its loss has lowered the value of real estate in the village

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V

You will hear six short dialogues. You will hear each once. Answer questions 21–26.

21. What would the man probably say next?
A In reality, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
B You would think they would have something better to do.
C Yeah, we need more positive energy like that in our town.

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22. What would the woman probably say next?
A Okay, but I think you must be pulling my leg.
B Why not, but I’ll have to keep an eye on you.
C I’d be glad to sell it to you, but it may be on its last leg.

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23. What would the woman probably say next?
A Well, I’d beg to differ on that one!
B Yes, they looked virtually inexhaustible!
C They had no possibility of slowing down!

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24. What would the man probably say next?
A Of course, and now she’s really put off!
B But, y’know, she had been letting herself go!
C Well, where there’s a will, there’s a way!

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25. What would the man probably say next?
A He’ll be re-admitted in a week.
B No, he didn’t stay as cool as a cucumber.
C Yeah, he just couldn’t manage.

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26. What would the man probably say next?
A Yes, he’ll be much better off that way!
B No, he shouldn’t try to just tough it out!
C Well, he’s dancing on a bed of roses!

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VI

Tässä osassa kuulet viisi ilmoitusta. Kuulet kunkin ilmoituksen vain kerran. Kuultuasi ilmoituksen vastaa kysymykseen lyhyesti suomeksi.

a) Mitkä kaksi asiaa kuulutuksessa mainitaan?

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b) Mitkä ovat instituutin päätehtävät?

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c) Mistä asiasta kerrotaan olevan vastakkaisia näkemyksiä, ja keillä näitä on?

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d) Miksi Kalifornian hunajantuottajat ovat saaneet hyvän sadon, ja miksi he ovat nyt tyytyväisiä?

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e) Millä kahdella ehdolla Riot Games tarjoaa työntekijälle erorahan?

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