MOCK MIDTERM

Task 1. Listen to the tape THREE TIMES and answer the questions.

a. What did Hamas do in the surprise attack against Israel over the weekend?
b. How did Israel respond to the attack?
c. Who consider parts of Palestine as the most sacred places?

Task 2. Listen to the tape THREE TIMES and fill in no more than 3 words in each blank.

(1)____________ say as many as 10,000 people are missing after severe flooding in the
northeastern part of the country.

The flooding began when Mediterranean Storm Daniel (2)______________ on the area
beginning Sunday night.

As of Tuesday, more than 1,000 bodies had been recovered in the city of Derna alone.
(3)_______________ say they expect the number of dead to climb sharply.

Flooding led (4)_______________ of at least two dams outside Derna, a coastal city of about
89,000 people, local officials said. A (5)______________ that passed through the city “erased
everything in its way,” witness Ahmed Abdalla told the Associated Press.

A local minister of (6)______________ in the country’s east told Reuters news agency after
visiting Derna that bodies were “(7)_____________,” including the sea, in valleys and under
buildings.

The minister local officials estimated about 25 percent of Derna had disappeared, with “many,
(8)_______________.

NOTE: Please find the answer key and tape scripts in the following pages.
ANSWER KEY

Task 1

a. They killed more than 1,200 people and took more than 150 people as hostages.
b. It / Israel answered / responded with airstrikes targetting Hamas in Gaza. or Israel
answered with airstrikes of what it said were Hamas targets in Gaza.
c. Jews, Christians and Muslims

Task 2

a. Officials in Libya
b. dropped heavy rain
c. Emergency workers
d. to the collapse
e. wall of water
f. civil air travel
g. lying everywhere
h. many buildings” destroyed
Tape scripts

Tape 1

The fighting between Israelis and Hamas militants is the latest clash in a conflict that some
people believe dates back to events described in the Bible.

Over the weekend, Hamas launched a surprise attack in Israel from the Palestinian territory of
Gaza. Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,200 people, including women and children. The group
also took more than 150 people as hostages.

Israel answered with airstrikes of what it said were Hamas targets in Gaza. Officials in the
Palestinian-controlled area said more than 1,000 have been killed, including some children.
Thousands have also been wounded on both sides.

The modern conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is mainly a territorial dispute in Palestine,
an area now known as Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. Parts of the land are also
considered the holiest places to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Tape 2

Officials in Libya say as many as 10,000 people are missing after severe flooding in the
northeastern part of the country.

The flooding began when Mediterranean Storm Daniel dropped heavy rain on the area beginning
Sunday night.

As of Tuesday, more than 1,000 bodies had been recovered in the city of Derna alone.
Emergency workers say they expect the number of dead to climb sharply.

Flooding led to the collapse of at least two dams outside Derna, a coastal city of about 89,000
people, local officials said. A wall of water that passed through the city “erased everything in its
way,” witness Ahmed Abdalla told the Associated Press.

A local minister of civil air travel in the country’s east told Reuters news agency after visiting
Derna that bodies were “lying everywhere,” including the sea, in valleys and under buildings.

The minister local officials estimated about 25 percent of Derna had disappeared, with “many,
many buildings” destroyed.