Gablenz_02.05.

2019

Listening_News Items

1. McDonald's restaurant to offer all-you-can-eat fries

1. In what U.S. state will the new 6. Who is Steve Easterbrook?
McDonald's open?
a) Mississippi a) the McDonald's CEO
b) Missouri b) a burger maker
c) Michigan c) a McDonald's customer
d) Montana d) a restaurant designer
4. What kind of kiosk will let customers 9. What do health campaigners say will rise
personalise their orders? because of the fries?
a) a self-service one a) fat content
b) a gas station one b) height
c) an express one c) prices
d) a personal one d) obesity
5. What kind of burger will people be able 10. What did one customer say about the
to build? endless fries?
a) a vegetarian one a) they are a bad idea
b) their dream burger b) she hasn't decided
c) their fantasy burger c) they are a great idea
d) a healthy one d) she will go to KFC

2. Ancient mummy found wearing Adidas boots

2. What do some people say the mummy 7. What kind of saddles did the
proves? archaeologists find?
a) snowboarding boots are very old a) camel's saddles
b) people were alive 2,600 years ago b) donkey's saddles
c) mummies are better than daddies c) goat's saddles
d) that time travel exists d) horse's saddles
3. How old do researchers think the 8. When did the Turkic people first start
mummy is? living in Central Asia?
a) around 1,500 years old a) around 2,600 years ago
b) 2,600 years old b) 1966
c) 286 years old c) 10,000 years ago
d) ten thousand years old d) 1,000 years ago

3. Iceland leader quits over Panama Papers

1. TRUE / FALSE:
a. Iceland's prime minister quit because of an academic scandal. T/F
b. Over 10 million documents were leaked from a law firm. T/F
c. Ten thousand of the world's most powerful people are in the papers. T/F
d. The Panama Papers name over 210,000 companies. T/F
e. The British prime minister's father was one of the law firm's clients. T/F
f. The soccer player Lionel Messi is one of those in the Panama Papers. T/F
g. The law firm worked with 333 people under international sanctions. T/F
h. There is $32 million of untaxed wealth in the world. T/F

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4. World Heritage sites at risk from industry

2. How many of 229 sites did the WWF say 7. Whose efforts did a UNESCO welcome?
were at risk?
a) 112 a) a director's
b) 113 b) pandas'
c) 114 c) government efforts
d) 111 d) the WWF's
3. What illegal activity was mentioned in 8. What are governments stepping up their
the article? actions against?
a) hunting a) human traffickers
b) the rhino horn trade b) harmful extractive uses
c) human trafficking c) pandas
d) logging d) investment
4. What additional factor is damaging the 9. How many people rely on World
World Heritage sites? Heritage sites for food, etc.?
a) tourism a) about 11 million
b) climate change b) less than 11 million
c) money c) over 11 million
d) a lack of investment d) exactly 11 million

5. White man attacked for having dreadlocks

1. What kind of debate did the article say 6. For how long have dreadlocks been in
there was? existence?
a) an intellectual one a) decades
b) a happy one b) thousands of years
c) an interesting one c) millions of years
d) a heated one d) hundreds of years
4. In which U.S. city do the students attend 9. What kind of experiences did Ms Wilson
university? say black people often had?
a) San Francisco a) ordinary ones
b) New York b) crazy ones
c) Miami c) negative ones
d) Seattle d) uplifting ones

6. Pope Francis most popular world leader

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. The article says Pope Francis is more popular than political leaders. T/F
b. Over 60% of people have a favourable opinion of Pope Francis. T/F
c. Over 80% of Roman Catholics have a favourable opinion of Francis. T/F
d. People who do not believe in God have a favourable opinion of Francis. T/F
e. The Philippines was the country most enthusiastic about Pope Francis. T/F
f. Pope Francis got a positive rating from Turkey. T/F
g. The article says Barack Obama is more popular than Angela Merkel. T/F
h. The BBC said Pope Francis won hearts and minds. T/F