20:36 29/7/24 [ESP1] Mock test 1 - mock test ESP 1 – Listening htrang.dav@gmail.com MOCK TEST 1
Task 1. Listen to the news and answer the questions that follow. (5 points)
1. What did police in Norway find?
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2. Who reported the missing items?
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3. What did a Norwegian law enforcement spokesperson say about the items?
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4. How important are the items, according to the Norwegian organization?
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5. What are experts still examining about the items?
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Task 2. Listen to the report and fill in the blanks with missing information (No more than 5 words). (5 points)
Officials in Australia’s state of New South Wales announced a plan earlier this month to protect
(1) ………………………………………………in the state’s national parks. Environment
Minister Matt Kean said the plan is to help fight against, what he called, the worst (2)
……………………………………………. in the world. Animals such as koalas, rock wallabies
and a rare tree called Nightcap Oak are some of the species to be protected. The effort is being
called the state’s zero extinction plan. More than (3) …………………………….. at risk from
pests, wildfires and climate change will be given (4) ………………………………….There are
new rules related to birds, frogs and reptiles and rare trees, including the dwarf mountain pine.
The plan includes a number of areas where (5) ………………………………..will not be
permitted. Officials will be able to make (6) …………………………………….plans to protect
plants and animals. For some species, there is little time to waste. Some population groups of the
brush-tailed rock wallaby in Warren Bungle National Park have fallen to (7)
…………………………………... Environmental groups have largely welcomed the Zero
Extinction plan. Rachel Lowry heads the Australian Office of the World Wildlife Fund and about:blank 1/3 20:36 29/7/24 [ESP1] Mock test 1 - mock test ESP 1 – Listening htrang.dav@gmail.com
International Environmental Group. She said the New South Wales plan is the kind of plan
needed to fight against (8) ………………………………………… “Now I would love to see that
being drawn actually for the whole nation and not just for (9) …………………………………
and in this case, species in protected areas in New South Wales only” she added. Officials in
New South Wales have warned that one million species around the world (10)
………………………………. in the near future.
Officials in Australia's State of New South Wales announced a plan earlier this month to protect
endangered plants and animals in the state's national parks.
Environment Minister Matt Keene said the plan is to help fight against what he called the worst
extinction rate of mammals in the world.
Animals such as koalas, rock wallabies and a rare tree called the nightcap oak are some of the species to be protected.
The effort is being called the state's zero extinction plan.
More than 90 endangered species at
risk from pests, wildfires and climate change will be given greater legal protection.
There are new rules related to birds, frogs and reptiles and rare trees including the dwarf mountain pine.
The plan includes a number of areas where meat-eating animals will not be permitted.
Officials will be able to make conservation and fire supervision plans to protect plants and animals.
For some species, there is little time to waste.
Some population groups of the brush-tailed rock wallaby in Warum-Bungal National Park have fallen to just 10 animals.
Environmental groups have largely welcomed the zero extinction plan. about:blank 2/3 20:36 29/7/24 [ESP1] Mock test 1 - mock test ESP 1 – Listening htrang.dav@gmail.com
Rachel Lowry heads the Australian Office of the World Wildlife Fund, an international environmental group.
She said the New South Wales Plan is the kind of plan needed to fight against plant and animal extinctions.
Now I would love to see that being drawn actually for the whole nation and not just for species
and protected areas and in this case species in protected areas in New South Wales only, she added.
Officials in New South Wales have warned that 1 million species around the world face extinction in the near future. about:blank 3/3