GRADE 9

Listening comprehension test

1. Put down + if the statement is true, - if it is false (2 points each).
1. Antarctica is like the size of the USA and Australia together.
2. August and September are the coldest months there.
3. The wind in Antarctica blows 3000 miles per hour.
4. The Sahara Desert is drier than Antarctica.
5. Most plants and animals can live on the ice.
6. There are no land animals in Antarctica, only penguins and sea birds.
7. Antarctica belongs to twenty countries.
8. People have problems with a sleeping process in Antarctica.
9. 1000 people live at the stations in the summer and winter periods.
10. People can visit Antarctica during the summer months from July to August.
2. Choose the correct letter (a, b or c) – (2 points each)
1. Why are August and September the 6. Scientists live in Antarctica
coldest months in Antarctica? a. in the summer.
a. because there is no sunshine b. in the winter.
b. because it is unique c. in the summer and the winter.
c. because it is like the US and Australia

2. What is NOT true about Antarctica? 7. Which problems may a person face
a. Antarctica is drier than the Sahara while living at the station in Antarctica?
Desert. a. sleeping and food problems
b. Antarctica is as dry as the Sahara b. only health problems
Desert. c. sleeping and eating problems and
c. Antarctica is the driest place in the sometimes health problems
world.

3. According to the text, what is a 8. On an Antarctica station

glacier? a. life is difficult
a. an area with ice everywhere. b. there is no space for living
b. a very large mass of ice that moves c. people eat less
very slowly
c. an area with no trees, no rivers and no
cities 9. How can people get to Antarctica?
a. by airplanes.
4. Which kind of fauna is there? b. by ships.
a. land animals and penguins. c. by space shuttles.
b. penguins and sea birds.
c. penguins, sea birds and sea animals.
10. According to the text, why do people
tend to visit Antarctica?
5. Antarctica belongs to
a. because they don’t want to live in
a. every country.
their home countries.
b. the USA and Australia.
b. because it is the highest continent.
c. 20 countries.
c. because it is different from other
places in the world.