Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________ ID: U

Unit 3 Test

MAIN IDEAS. Listen to the podcast. Answer T (true) or F (false). [Track 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3]

____ 1. Search and rescue teams mostly deal with people who have gotten lost in the woods.

____ 2. SAR personnel do a lot of different tasks.

____ 3. All SAR workers need special training, but the type of training may vary according to the type of rescue
tasks they perform.

____ 4. It doesn’t really matter what kind of clothing SAR teams wear as long as it’s comfortable.

DETAILS: Listen to parts of the lecture. Choose the correct answer to complete each
statement or answer the question.

____ 5. Which situation is NOT mentioned as a possible search and rescue operation? [Track 21CC
3_U3_2.mp3]
a. a lost hiker
b. a kidnapped child
c. a plane crash

____ 6. If you want to become a search and rescue team member, you should be able to _____. [Track 21CC
3_U3_2.mp3]
a. manage stress
b. lift 80 pounds
c. jump from a plane

____ 7. What kind of training do most SAR personnel need? [Track 21CC 3_U3_3.mp3]
a. navigational skills
b. first aid
c. climbing

____ 8. What kind of training is often necessary in urban areas? [Track 21CC 3_U3_3.mp3]
a. rope skills
b. map skills
c. electrical

____ 9. What is an important feature of the clothing SAR teams wear? [Track 21CC 3_U3_4.mp3]
a. It’s helps them stay dry.
b. It has bright colors.
c. It has a lot of pockets.

____ 10. What is one piece of clothing or equipment that most SAR members carry? [Track 21CC 3_U3_4.mp3]
a. climbing gear
b. gloves
c. a vest with sensors
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LISTENING SKILL: Listen to sentences from the lecture. Choose the question you think
might be answered next.

____ 11. Which question do you think will be answered next? [Track 21CC 3_U3_5.mp3]
a. What kind of situations?
b. What qualities do they need?
c. What equipment do they carry?

____ 12. Which question do you think will be answered next? [Track 21CC 3_U3_6.mp3]
a. What kind of tasks do they perform?
b. What situations do they deal with?
c. What training is needed for the different locations?

____ 13. Which question do you think will be answered next? [Track 21CC 3_U3_7.mp3]
a. What equipment do they carry?
b. What kind of tasks do they do?
c. What kind of training do they need?

SPEAKING SKILL: Listen to the lecture again. Match each reason and effect. [Track 21CC
3_U3_1.mp3]
a. This is due to dangers present in collapsed buildings.
b. This is in order to deal with these situations.
c. This is in order to treat the immediate medical needs of victims.
d. This is because they are searching for people who are far from roads.
____ 14. Search and rescue workers need to exercise good judgment, manage stress, and be physically fit.
____ 15. Workers need to know how to deal with live electrical wires and broken gas lines.
____ 16. Rescuers need to learn navigational skills, such as the use of a compass and different kinds of maps.
____ 17. SAR teams need to know first aid and CPR.

PRONUNCIATION SKILL: Listen to these words from the podcast. Which syllable is
stressed?
a. first syllable
b. second syllable
c. third syllable
____ 18. tornado [Track 21CC 3_U3_8.mp3]
____ 19. personnel [Track 21CC 3_U3_9.mp3]
____ 20. hazardous [Track 21CC 3_U3_10.mp3]
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VOCABULARY: Write the correct word on the line to complete each sentence.
activate infrastructure initial innovative overwhelm

relief resilient restore sensors structural

21. An earthquake causes a lot of _______________ damage to buildings, often causing them to collapse.

22. The use of robots is a(n) _______________ approach in search and rescue operations.

23. After a disaster, many people give money to organizations that provide _______________ to victims,
such as food and medical care.

24. Some communities are more _______________ than others and can recover quickly from a disaster.

25. When temperatures are extremely hot, everyone turns on air conditioning, and the high demand can
_______________ the power system so that it just shuts down.

26. Many new cars have _______________ that tell the driver when something is behind the car.

27. In the 1950s, the United States government spent a lot of money on _______________. Those
highways and bridges are now in need of repair

28. My _______________ reaction was to laugh, but then I realized the situation was very serious.

29. You can’t use your new credit card until you _______________ it. Then it will work.

30. They said that they couldn’t _______________ lost power until they had enough equipment and
workers to repair the lines.
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Unit 3 Test
Answer Section

1. ANS: F PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3

TOP: Main Ideas NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
2. ANS: T PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Main Ideas NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
3. ANS: T PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Main Ideas NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
4. ANS: F PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Main Ideas NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
5. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_2.mp3
6. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_2.mp3
7. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_3.mp3
8. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_3.mp3
9. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_4.mp3
10. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Details NOT: 21CC 3_U3_4.mp3
11. ANS: A PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Ask Questions While Listening NOT: 21CC 3_U3_5.mp3
12. ANS: C PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Ask Questions While Listening NOT: 21CC 3_U3_6.mp3
13. ANS: B PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Ask Questions While Listening NOT: 21CC 3_U3_7.mp3
14. ANS: B PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Give Reasons NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
15. ANS: A PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Give Reasons NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
16. ANS: D PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Give Reasons NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
17. ANS: C PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Give Reasons NOT: 21CC 3_U3_1.mp3
18. ANS: B PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Syllable Stress NOT: 21CC 3_U3_8.mp3
19. ANS: C PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Syllable Stress NOT: 21CC 3_U3_9.mp3
20. ANS: A PTS: 5 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3
TOP: Syllable Stress NOT: 21CC 3_U3_10.mp3
21. ANS: structural

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

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22. ANS: innovative

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

23. ANS: relief

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

24. ANS: resilient

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

25. ANS: overwhelm

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

26. ANS: sensors

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Part I Vocabulary

27. ANS: infrastructure

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

28. ANS: initial

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Vocabulary

29. ANS: activate

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Part I Vocabulary

30. ANS: restore

PTS: 2 REF: 21CC 3, Unit 3 TOP: Part I Vocabulary