LISTENING

In this section you will hear a text twice. Read True/False statements. Listen to the
text, decide which statements are true and which are false. Mark numbers 1- 12 on
your Answer Sheet as T or F.

1. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created equal.

2. In June of 1776 the Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia to discuss
American independence.
3. After long debates, a resolution of independence was approved on July 4, 1776.
4. And men like John Adams thought we would celebrate that date forever.
5. Thomas Jefferson was the only the one author of the Declaration of Independence.
6. It was Franklin who suggested Thomas Jefferson join them because they needed a
man from the influential Washington Delegation.
7. Some of Jefferson’s memorable words and phrases were never borrowed from other
writers and slightly tweaked.
8. The author of the Declaration had included the idea that George the Third, the King
of England, was responsible for the slave trade,
9. Congress wanted to mention of slavery in the nation's founding document.
10. The reference was cut out before the Declaration was approved and sent to the
printer.
11. The Declaration left open the hard question of slavery.
12. The question of slavery eventually brought the nation to civil war.
KEYS:

1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. F
8. T
9. F
10. T
11. T
12. T