Just listen

Learning Disabilities

NOTE TAKING

Listen to the text twice and take notes. Then answer the following questions according

to the notes you have taken. (While listening, never look at the questions and the text.)
a. True/False questions. If the statement is false, write the correct one.
1. Schools use technology to help students with learning disabilities.

__________________________________________________________________________

2. Special education services are expensive for parents.

__________________________________________________________________________

3. Schools do not have to help students with disabilities.

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4. There aren’t many special education teachers.

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5. There aren’t any special schools in the US for students with disabilities.

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b.

Listen to the speaker again. Add details to your notes and choose the best answer.

While listening, never look at the questions.
1. If schools can’t establish an IEP (Individualized Educational Program) to disabled students,

parents

1. 
   can take legal action
   
2. 
   must establish IEPs themselves
   
3. 
   can establish special education services for free
   
4. 
   should hire teachers that specialize in disabled students
   

2. Congress approved the Rehabilitation Act in

1. 
   1970
   
2. 
   1973
   
3. 
   1983
   
4. 
   1993
   

3. At Landmark College in Vermont

1. 
   students attend classes for up to 2 years
   
2. 
   classes are not small
   
3. 
   students can get university degrees
   
4. 
   each student has his/her own learning plans
   

4. The Rehabilitation Act

1. 
   offers rehabilitation services to sick people
   
2. 
   requires schools to pass students with disabilities
   
3. 
   requires schools to provide disabled students with opportunities equal to other students
   
4. 
   gives schools teachers that specialize in students with learning disabilities
   

c. What are some ways that schools can help students with disabilities? (Put a tick

(√) next to the correct statements.)

1. 
   ___give disabled students extra time to complete their work
   
2. 
   ___let students with disabilities take tests together
   
3. 
   ___buy books in Braille
   
4. 
   ___allow students to speak their answers to tests
   
5. 
   ___make students listen to recorded books
   
6. 
   ___use special computer programs
   
7. 
   ___give students special computers
   
8. 
   ___allow other people to take notes for disabled students
   

Chapter 25

MARATHONS

a. BEFORE LISTENING: Match each word with the correct meaning.
___1. to complete a) to finish doing or making something

___2. competitor b) when someone is honest, and behaves in a way that makes people

respect and trust them

___3. honor c) the success you achieve when you win a battle, game, election, etc.

___4. victory d) a person, team, or company that competes with another

___5. mental e) related to the mind or tl+12413680/happening in the mind

b.

NOTE TAKING

Listen to the text twice and take notes. Then answer the following questions according

to the notes you have taken. (While listening, never look at the questions and the text.)
1. How long is Boston Marathon?

1. 
   40 kilometers
   
2. 
   42 kilometers
   
3. 
   kilometers
   
4. 
   19 kilometers
   

2. How much will the companies and organizations give to the winners?

1. 
   $ 525000
   
2. 
   $ 500025
   
3. 
   $ 2004
   
4. 
   $ 1502500
   

3. Boston Marathon will begin in the town of...

1. 
   Boston
   
2. 
   Ashland
   
3. 
   Hopkinton
   
4. 
   Newton
   

4. Who won the Marathon last year?

1. 
   Robert Kipkoech Cherviyot
   
2. 
   Svetlana Zakharova
   
3. 
   Wellesley
   
4. 
   Catherina Ndereba
   

5. Last year Ernst VanDyk finished the race in………

1. 
   1:28:32
   
2. 
   1:32:20
   
3. 
   1:22:30
   
4. 
   1:30:22
   

6. When was the first Boston Marathon held?

1. 
   1878
   
2. 
   1815
   
3. 
   1897
   
4. 
   1987
   

7. Why have some of the world’s fastest time been set in Chicago?

1. 
   Because the Marathon is shorter there.
   
2. 
   Because the running area is flat.
   
3. 
   Because the prize is more than the others.
   
4. 
   Because it has been held in summer.
   

8. Why was the Washington D.C. Marathon cancelled last year?

1. 
   Because it wasn’t successful the previous year.
   
2. 
   Because not many runners attended.
   
3. 
   Because of the war in Iraq
   
4. 
   Because it was inofficial.
   

9. Which one isn’t the reason why running has popularity?

1. 
   You can do it anywhere.
   
2. 
   You can do it any time.
   
3. 
   You don’t need other people.
   
4. 
   You may get a lot of prizes.
   

10. Why did Ed Burt of Hopedale run in the Boston Marathon last year?

1. 
   to please his father
   
2. 
   Because he was suffering from liver disease.
   
3. 
   to win the high prize
   
4. 
   to help the American Liver foundation
   

Chapter 26

Internatıonal Educatıon

NOTE TAKING

Listen to the text twice and take notes. Then answer the following questions according

to the notes you have taken. (While listening, never look at the questions and the text.)
a. True-False Questions: If the statement is false, write the correct one.
1.Students from 60 countries participate in study abroad programs to the US.

__________________________________________________________________________

2.Americans know a lot about the world outside of the US.

__________________________________________________________________________

3.There are 150,000 American exchange students.

__________________________________________________________________________

4.Study abroad is affordable for all American students.

__________________________________________________________________________

5.Not many Americans can speak a foreign language.

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b. Multiple Choice Questions.
1. If more Americans study abroad

1. 
   terrorism will decrease
   
2. 
   business and education will benefit
   
3. 
   more Western Europeans will come to America
   
4. 
   the Cold War will end
   

2. Government study abroad programs

1. 
   are expensive and wasteful
   
2. 
   are cheap with many future benefits
   
3. 
   are supported by taxpayers
   
4. 
   are expensive but worth it
   

3. Post 9/11 security measures

1. 
   are hurting America’s reputation
   
2. 
   make it more difficult to get a visa
   
3. 
   are expected to change in the future
   
4. 
   are good for American business
   

4. In China, students

1. 
   start learning English in the 3^rd grade
   
2. 
   speak English very well
   
3. 
   start learning English when they’re 5
   
4. 
   often travel to the US
   

5. A recent report says

1. 
   American students are in danger of terrorism abroad
   
2. 
   Americans possess adequate knowledge of foreign languages
   
3. 
   Americans don’t possess sufficient knowledge of the rest of the world
   
4. 
   Universities offer many opportunities to travel to developing countries
   

c. Short answer questions.

1. 
   What are 2 negative effects of not knowing about other cultures?
   

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2. 
   In 10 years, how many Americans are expected to have studied abroad?
   

__________________________________________________________________________

3. 
   Since traveling abroad to Western Europe is so expensive, where does the report
   

recommend traveling to instead?

__________________________________________________________________________

4. 
   Why should students planning to become teachers study abroad?
   

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