ENGLISH TEST : LISTENING DATE:

COMPREHENSION
NAME:
MARK : / 20
FORM :

COMMENTS:

 LISTENING COMPREHENSION: You will hear the recording 3

times.

 ANTICIPATION : You are going to listen to a radio programme entitled

Voices of America reports on “Ellis Island”.
What do you expect to hear ? Take notes.

PART 1 : GENERAL COMPREHENSION

About the information given by the journalist :

 Tick the right boxes (more than one is possible).Correct the statements if it is
false.

 Ellis island operations lasted 62 years.

TRUE  FALSE 
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 1% of immigrants were eventually admitted .

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 14 % of all Americans have a relative they can trace to Ellis Island.

TRUE  FALSE 

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 Ellis island Family History Centre is a popular spot.

TRUE  FALSE 
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 People can look for relatives who came through different parts of
America. TRUE  FALSE 
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 25 million individual records are available on files.

TRUE  FALSE 
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 About the personal testimony : Complete the missing information .

In this report , an American woman is talking about her
................................................................. . She said they were
..................................................................................................... passengers. They came
with
....................................... dollars in the pocket. She realized
....................................................................
........................................................... but they ........................................................ and
they made it ...................................................... . She sounded .....................................
and ................................ .

 What makes this place so special to American people today ?

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