Listening Score: _________ Grade: _________

Part 1: You will hear a reporter talking about “ Vanishing Invention”. Use the word in brackets to write another word. 10
points / ______.

The Vanishing Ex: Invention (0) (Invent)

The Vanishing Invention

In 1998, a Valencian professor made an (1) __________ (AMAZE) claim. Professor Antonio Cervilla discovered how to use water
as a substitute for petrol.

 The (2) __________ (SCIENCE) said that you could drive from Bilbao to Valencia on just half a litre of water. His (3) __________
(INVENT) uses a molybdenum compound to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. (4) __________ (LIKE) other methods,
no electricity is required and the reaction happens at atmospheric temperature.

 This (5) __________ (IMPRESS) technology is based on the way plant enzymes break down water. The use of molybdenum is
the perfect (6) __________ (CHOOSE) because, although rare, it is cheap and found all around the planet.

 Since the claims were made, nothing more has been heard about this fabulous technology. There is no explanation for the (7)
__________ (DISAPPEAR) anywhere on the internet, apart from a list of similar inventions which have also vanished. An (8)
_________ (INVENT) from the Philipines called Daniel Dingel developed a water-fuelled car but was arrested at the age of 82 and
sentenced to 20 years in prison.

 If this technology were to become widely available, it would prove (9) __________ (DISASTER) for petrol station owners and
would also save the planet from the impending environmental catastrophes being caused by (10) __________ (POLLUTE).

Part 2: You will hear a man talking about Plastic Bags and to the damage it is doing to our environment. You will choose
the correct option A,B or C. 10 points / ______.

1. The speaker says that we can get an idea of how much plastic rubbish there is in the oceans by:

a. Taking a walk along any beach

b. Travelling across the USA
c. Sailing across The Pacific
d. Looking at the sea

2. According to what you hear, you learn that toxic chemicals get into our food:

a. When plastic becomes small enough to enter our food chain

b. From plastic bags from supermarkets
c. Because other animals are being killed by plastic
d. Because plastic does not biodegrade
3. Which of the following best explains the Cree Indian prophecy?

a. Oil companies are polluting the earth

b. Money is not food
c. If we destroy our environment, we will destroy ourselves
d. People are greedy.

4. What does the listener learn about New Zealand?

a. The supermarket do not have plastic bags

b. It is a nuclear free country
c. People use biodegradable bags for the rubbish
d. The writer was on holiday there

5. At the end, the speaker advises us to

a. Visit Australia
b. Stop buying plastic bottles
c. Stop voting
d. Take individual action