LISTENING PRACTICE FOR MODULE 8 (1)

Secuencia 1

 

Tarea 1.–

 

Information Society

Listen to this recording about the impact of ICT –Information and Communication Technologies–

in both poor and rich societies.

 

Complete the sentence with the best option according to the information given in

the recording.

 

11. The present exchange of information and the technology to do this...

 

a. favour democracy and human rights.

b. are making the world bigger.

c. are as influential and important as religion.

 

12. Most of the information transmitted through the ICT...

 

a. reaches all the world population.

b. can be accessed by people with mobile phones.

c. uses a same language.

 

13. For millions of people...

 

a. information has become essential for their every day life.

b. the access to information is less important than other things.

c. information is as necessary as eating or drinking.

 

14. By 2023, the United Nations wants...

 

a. to make access to the Internet easier for a lot more people.

b. half the world's population to have a radio or television.

c. to provide all the schools and libraries in the world with computers.

 

15. Sometimes the advance of ICT is faster in developing countries because...

 

a. they are a free and open market where technological companies make a lot of money..

b. they receive a lot of technological help from rich countries.

c. they don't repeat the mistakes made by richer countries.

 

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Secuencia 2

Tarea 2.–

UN Peacekeeping forces

 

Listen to this recording about UN peacekeeping missions and their

role played in conflicts around the world.

 

Complete the sentence with the best option according to the

information given in the recording.

 

16. For peacekeeping forces to do their job,...

 

a. they must have the support of at least one of the opposing sides.

b. the conflict must have already ended.

c. both sides must provide adequate resources to the peacekeeping forces.

 

17. Since 1948,...

 

a. less than 56 UN peacekeeping operations have been completed.

b. only two peacekeeping missions ended unsuccessfully.

c. the peacekeeping forces have successfully finished 30 missions.

 

18. Which sentence is false?

 

a. Countries who are members of the UN provide all the support needed for the

peacekeeping forces.

b. In the UN peacekeeping forces you can find both civilian police and military

personnel.

c. Only professional soldiers can join the peacekeepers forces.

 

19. Peacekeeping tasks...

 

a. are related to military operations only.

b. include other functions apart from controlling possible violent actions by the opposing

groups.

c. are never related to the use of force.

 

20. Some people agree that...

 

a. the present structure and organization of UN peacekeeping forces should be

maintained.

b. peacekeeping forces are not so necessary now that the Cold War is over.

c. the time to send the peacekeeping forces should be much shorter.

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