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Listening Exam ENGLISH FILE

EOI Exam Power Pack (Intermediate cycle)

PArt 2 EOI topic: Education, history, and politics

You are going to listen to a report on university graduates See: New English File Intermediate
Files 4A, 4R, 6C
and work. For sentences 1−5 choose the correct option a, b, or c. New English File Intermediate Plus
0 is the example. Files 3C, 5B

sentence 0 1 2 3 4 5
Answer b C D B C A

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0 UK university graduates…
a are getting good jobs overseas
b are having problems getting a job
c are getting worse exam results
d don’t study very seriously

1 A traditional gap year is…

a a year after university before graduates start work
b a year to go travelling in the middle of a university course
c a year between school and university for students to work or travel
d a year between university studies when students take more exams

2 On the government programme, graduates can…

a work at the raleigh International organization
b teach in schools in developing countries
c learn about development projects
d work abroad to help develop communities

3 Participants on the programme…

a don’t pay or earn any money
b pay towards travel and health expenses
c are all graduates from poorer families
d spend about £3,000 on the gap year

4 critics of the programme think…

a it reduces the unemployment rate for only six months
b there are too many graduates on the programme
c it’s a temporary solution to unemployment and a waste of public money
d it costs the government too much money

5 Positive points were…

a the programme motivated graduates at a difficult time
b graduates usually got a job after
c the expeditions were exciting
d graduates became more optimistic about job opportunities

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