UNIT TEST 4 ● GROUP B

Dictation, Listening and Reading

Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________ Listening
2 [Track 9] You will hear four people talking about
fashion. Put a mark [X] in the correct column in the
Dictation table for questions A- H. Some speakers say more
1 [Track 8] Listen and write the sentences you hear, than one of these things.There is one extra sentence
including the punctuation. which does not match any of the speakers.

____________________________________________________ Speaker 1 2 3 4
Who…
____________________________________________________
A wants a special person to like what
he/ she is wearing?
____________________________________________________
B wears different clothes to different
____________________________________________________ places?

____________________________________________________ C says that other people like his/her

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
clothes?
D has both positive and negative
opinions about other people’s
clothes?
E wears things that other people make
negative comments about?
F gives advice about appearance to a
family member?
G wears clothes that look like the
clothes some famous people wear?

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Dictation, Listening and Reading
Reading
3 For questions 1–8, read the text and decide if the
statements about the blog are TRUE or FALSE. Put a
mark [X] in the correct column in the table.
The blog says that… TRUE
1 …most people don’t realise that
positive things are happening in
the world.
2 …it’s not clear if journalists or
people decide what stories
appear in the news.
3 …some university researchers
know who decides what stories
appear in the news.
4 …the results of the research are
not what the writer expects.
5 …the research shows that people
seem to like bad news more than
good news.
6 …the way people do things and
think are surprisingly similar.
7 …there is possibly a historical
reason for the results of the
research.
8 …the writer of the blog would like
you to support his ideas.
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UNIT TEST 4 ● GROUP B
NO TO NEGATIVE NEWS?
When you watch the news, sometimes it can feel like
journalists only want to report on the bad things in life. Most
of the stories are about terrible, depressing events. Everyone
knows that good things happen in the world as well as bad.
FALSE Perhaps journalists think disasters are more interesting for
viewers than positive news. It’s also possible that viewers
prefer negative news so that’s what journalists report. So who
is deciding about what goes in the news: journalists or the
public? Many people often say they would prefer good news:
but is that actually true?
Some researchers at a university in Canada think they know
the answer to this question. They ask volunteers to choose
some stories to read from a news website. They then use a
special camera to follow their eye movements. This checks
which stories they read and how long they spend reading
them. They also ask the volunteers which kind of news stories
they usually like to read.
The results of the experiment are surprising and, like the
stories that were read most, somewhat depressing. The
volunteers mainly choose negative stories and read positive
stories much less. The surprising thing is that the same
volunteers also say that they prefer good news and think that
journalists report too many negative stories. So there’s a big
difference between what people think and what people do.
The researchers think this shows that people naturally want to
hear about bad news. They think this is because, in the past,
people used bad news to avoid danger.
Give your name and add your opinions for or against below.
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