The Multicultural World

I – Listening Test
Name _______________________________________________ No. _______ Class _________ Date _________________

Text 1

1. You will hear Hayley Yeates talking about her personal experience in Australia. For items 1.1 to
1.4 choose the correct option (a, b or c).

1.1 People sometimes ask Hayley about her “real” origins because of her
a. accent and appearance.
b. appearance.
c. parents’ white Australian descent.

1.2 Hayley struggled to be part of university group projects as her classmates thought she
a. didn’t look very friendly.
b. seemed too bothered with school.
c. was Asian.

1.3 In order to fit in, Hayley

a. bought new and different clothes.
b. changed her behaviour towards her classmates.
c. committed to working really hard.

1.4 Hayley’s LinkedIn profile had no picture so that she could

a. pretend she was someone else.
b. have better chances of getting a job as a communications manager.
c. let people know that English was her second language.

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 2. You will hear Hayley talking about culturally-diverse teams in the job market. Match the
beginning of the sentences in column A with their endings in column B. Two of the endings do not
apply.

Column A Column B

a. The need to accept anglicised
teamwork conventions was
b. On average, financial results were
c. A wider range of skills and
experiences from culturally-diverse
teams
1. improved in companies with culturally- diverse teams.
2. resulted in more objectivity and concentration on
facts.
3. referred to by a few people from Asian background.
4. brought about scattered innovative services.
5. stated by most people from Asian backgrounds.

Text 3

3. You will hear Hayley talking about discrimination in society. Fill in the gaps with one or two
words.

a. We have become more educated when it comes to ___________________ equality at work.

b. The term “bamboo ceiling” refers to barriers against people with Asian ___________________
who work with western cultures.
c. According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Asians were the largest minority
group in the tech industry but they were the ___________________ to be promoted into
management.
d. Legacy is about shifting to a more ___________________ mindset and expanding our definitions
of what teamwork and ___________________ can look like.

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