Listening Comprehension Test forthe 9th Form Students
RULES OF FRIENDSHIP
In addition to inquiring about actual activities, we asked some specific questions about what people would or would not do with friends, both in general or in certain hypothetical situations. We wanted our survey to give us an idea of some of the rules that govern, or perhaps define behavior between friends.
As both theory and the data suggest, one rule of friendship is that friends confide in each other, sharing intimate aspects of their personal lives and feelings. Perhaps most significantly, bad is as well as good news can be shared. Even though in our society, one’s success is often equated with success at work, 89% of our sample said they would tell a close friend about a failure at work
Furthermore, over two-thirds(68 per cent)said that if they had a terminal illness, they would tell a friend. Eighty seven per cent of the respondents say they talk with friends all activities.
Our respondents clearly indicated that in some situations, the rules of friendship involve the right to ask for help (presumably the obligation to help a friend is also implicitly acknowledged). When asked who they would turn to first in a crisis, over half (51%) said they would turn to friend before family. This was true for all subgroups, even though older people in the sample said they tend to rely more on family and professional counselors in a crisis than do the younger agegroups, and a higher proportion of men than women said they do it alone.
Yet friendship has limits. Only 10% of the sample said they thought a friend should help another commit suicide if the friend wanted to but was too feeble to do it alone (41% said no and 36% were opposed to suicide).
In short, there are no striking contradictions between people’s descriptions of actual friendships, their beliefs about friendship in general, and their perception of the rules that apply to these relationships. This consistency, and the enthusiastic descriptions of friends and friendship we received, suggest that our readers are satisfied with their friendships, even though 67%of the respondents also acknowledge feeling lonely « sometimes» оr «often».
Listening Comprehension Test forthe 9th Form Students
Directions: in this part oftext. After listening look at the questions 1-10, decide, which of them are true (T) and which are false(F) according to the text you have heard and mark the letter you have chosen by encircling it..
Remember that you are not allowed to take any notes while the text is being read out to you.
1.The survey was to find out about certain rules.
2.Some facts prove the ideas expressed before the survey.
3. Friends must keep their secrets from one another.
4.Friends should tell each other not only about good events in lives.
5. Less than a half questioned people would confide their disease.
6. More a half of respondents proved extremely open before friends
7. Asking friends for help i.s defined by some published rules.
8.Older people prefer family help to friends’.
9 Most questioned people support the idea of friends’ help with suicide.
10 Most respondents are unhappy about their friendships because they often feel lonely.
Please stop and wait for the second reading of the text
Directions: in this part of the section you will listen to a text. for the second time. After listening look at the questions 11-20, decide, which of the given answers (ABCD) best corresponds to what was started or implied in the text you have heard and mark your answer in the booklet by encircling the letter of your choice.
Remember that you are not allowed to take any notes while the text is being read out to you
11. This text most probably is:
a) a beginning of a bigger text;
b) a part of a bigger text;
c) an ending of a bigger text;
d) a single text.
12 There was a suggestion about:
a) сertain relationships;
b) certain people;
c) certain pieces of writing;
d) certain governors
13 Nowadays a person’s success is believed to be the same as:
13 Nowadays a person’s success is believed to be the same as:
a)family life;
b) sexual victories;
c) possessions;
d) career.
14. True friends are more likely:
a) to share about their new property;
b) to share about their investments;
c) to share about their pets;
d) to share about their work
15. The text does NOT mention friends discussing:
a) their health;
b) their jobs;
c) their families;
d) their love affairs.
16. Helping a friend in a difficult situation:
a) goes without saying;
b) should be asked for;
c) is not necessary;
d) is a part of a written code.
17. Asking friends for help in the first place is true for:
a) younger respondents;
b) older respondents ;
c) male respondents;
d) all categories of respondents.
18. True friends will help each other in:
a) absolutely everything;;
b) absolutely nothing;
c) almost everything;;
d) a very limited number of activities.
19. The rules of friendship:
a)are different from what people expect;
b) agree with people feelings about them;
c) are different for every age group;
d) do not apply to people.
20. The survey results indicate that:
a)many people feel lonely;
b) few people feel good about their friendships;
c) people show little enthusiasm;
d) there hardly can be true friendship at all.
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