Wide Angle 3 Unit 7 Listening Test 111-02 Score: ________ / 100 Student ___________ Class _____ Seat ___

Part 1: (2 points each) Read questions one through ten. Listen to Veronica’s speech. Part 2: (2 points each) Read questions 11 through 20. Listen to a conversation between Jersey and Emily.
Choose the best response for questions 1 through 10. You will hear Veronica’s speech twice. Choose the best response to each. You will hear this audio twice.
11. _____ Jersey __.
1. _____ Which of the following is not an example Veronica gave for how humans plan for the future?
A) started a new job recently B) wants to retire in 20 years
A) They save money to buy a car. B) They buy vacation tickets months ahead of time.
C) does not know what job he should train for D) knows a lot about technology
C) They try to be better than others. D) They plan to start a family.
12. _____ Emily said she __.
2. _____ What did the researchers show the apes how to make with the tool?
A) lost her job to a robot B) is worried about 72% of Americans
A) fruit salad B) fruit soup
C) works at Deutsche Bank D) read about robots taking jobs in the future
C) a toy D) kimchee
13. _____ An article that Jersey read said that machines __.
3. _____ When given a choice, the apes ____ chose the tool instead of a toy.
A) do 20% of human workers’ jobs B) are better at doing jobs
A) never B) rarely
C) work well with humans D) are developing new technology
C) usually D) always
14. _____ Emily said she thinks that to keep up with the changing world __.
4. _____ What do scientists now know about ravens and blue jays?
A) requires imagination and creativity B) people must work like robots
A) They are quite smart. B) They don’t like shiny objects.
C) people must realize that resistance is futile D) people need to keep learning
C) They don’t hide their food. D) They like to wait a long time to eat.
15. _____ Emily said that she read that data scientists have one of the best work-life balances. This means __.
5. _____ How many ravens were trained to open a box of food?
A) they work less and live longer B) they don’t work hard and they’re happy
A) nine B) fifteen
C) they are happy but don’t live very long D) they are happy, even though they work hard
C) five D) none
16. _____ Free-lancing is __.
6. _____ The blue Jays were never allowed to have food in the no-breakfast room.
A) doing jobs for different employers B) considered a good way to save money
A) True B) False
C) a benefit for people who work D) something fewer people are doing
7. _____ The blue jays hid nuts in both rooms. 17. _____ By 2027, in the United States __.
A) True B) False A) more than half of workers will be freelancers B) freelancers will be forced to work for robots
8. _____ Which of the animals Veronica talks about are great apes? C) one-third of workers will be freelancers D) freelancers will start a zombie apocalypse
A) orangutans and ravens B) chimpanzees and bluejays 18. _____ A situation in which most people work as free-lancers is called “__.”
C) ravens and bluejays D) chimpanzees and orangutans A) the big geek money B) the king gastronomy
9. _____ Which of the animals Veronica talks about are in the crow family? C) the giggling commie D) the gig economy
A) orangutans and ravens B) chimpanzees and bluejays 19. _____ Which of the following is not an example of a field that Jersey mentioned?
C) ravens and bluejays D) chimpanzees and orangutans A) education B) health care
10. _____ Which of these would be the best title for Veronica’s speech? C) transportation D) food service
A) Why Should We Plan for the Future? B) How Animals Plan for the Future. 20. _____ Emily is __ and Jersey will probably__.
C) Animals Save Money Like Humans. D) Animals are Better at Planning than Humans. A) work at a college / learn new skills B) keep learning and growing / make predictions
C) taking a coding class / get a basic living wage D) taking a coding class / learn new skills
Wide Angle 3 Unit 7 Listening Test 111-02 (Cont’d) Student ___________ Class _____ Seat ___

Part 3: (4 points each) Read the statements in 21 through 30. Listen to part of Linda’s podcast.
Listen for these statements and choose the correct word or phrase from the box to complete the statements.
You will hear this audio twice.

29. _____ There is ___ from some studies conducted in the 1960s that shows that the ability to wait means

greater future success.

30. _____ Do you know of any research that is applicable to the current ____ of young adults?

31. _____ If you seriously ____ that a future reward will come, it's pretty much a certainty

that you'll take an immediate reward instead of waiting.

32. _____ So, if people are ____ that by waiting, a better reward will come, are they more likely

to choose delayed gratification?

33. _____ But, it is difficult to make ____ predictions about the future.
22. _____ Brooklyn? But you don’t have a Brooklyn ____.

34. _____ I suppose it’s even more difficult to know ____ who will or won’t choose…
23. _____ My radio show recently became a ____ hit on X.M. Radio.

35. _____ Researchers have also examined ____ that suggests that our ability to wait for
24. _____ Since its beginnings, the show has had more than a ___ listeners tune in.
something may be influenced by our genes.
25. _____ It is being distributed world-wide with ____ into sixteen languages.

26. _____ I’m sure you are… and you’re so modest! Are you ____? This is the end of the exam.

27. _____ No, Linda. I’m single, ____ you know.

28. _____ The correct ____ is “delayed gratification.”