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    S2 2022-23 FL201-CE

    Issues in the English Speaking World

    All answers must be written in the appropriate spaces


    provided in this test booklet.

    For each section please read the instructions carefully and


    be guided accordingly.

    S2 2022-23 English 2-Issues in the English Speaking World


    IN-Class Prac ce Student Name:

    LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1

    You are going to listen to a news broadcast about the death penalty in Virginia. Before the
    listening comprehension starts, you have 1 minute to read the task questions.
    You will hear the recording two times.

    Decide whether the statements about the recording are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) (each correct
    answer is worth 1 point, 10 points total). Put a “X” in the correct space for each question.

    According to the broadcast…

    T F

    10

    Virginia is the fourth Southern state to vote to abolish the death penalty.
    1) People in Virginia oppose the death penalty because it is expensive and

    flawed.
    2) Around 20% of Virginia’s population is Black.
    3) Nearly half of the people executed in Virginia are Black.
    4) Thomas Porter will be in jail for two years for hurting a police officer.
    5) In 2019, Virginia’s governor made a racist comment.
    6) The Black Lives Matter movement has helped abolish the death penalty.
    7) Recently, family members of victims started to support the death

    penalty.
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    S2 2022-23 English 2-Issues in the English Speaking World


    IN-Class Prac ce Student Name:

    8) Rachel Sutphin wanted the man who killed her father to receive the death penalty.
    9) According to a recent survey, most people in Virginia support the abolition of the death
    penalty.

    LISTENING COMPREHENSION 2

    You will listen to a report about the debate surrounding transgender swimmers. Before the listening
    comprehension starts, you have 1 minute to read the task questions.

    You will not be graded on grammar or spelling (each question is worth a specific number of
    points,
    10 points total). You will hear the recording two times.

    According to the report…

    1) Isaac Henig and Lia Thomas are Ivy League swimmers at which two universities? (1 point)

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

    2) Is Lia Thomas competing on the men’s or women’s team? Explain. (1.5 points)

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

    3) How has swimming allowed Lia Thomas to accept herself as a transgender woman? (2 points)
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    IN-Class Prac ce Student Name:

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    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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    4) Do Lia Thomas’s teammates support her transition? Explain. (2 points)
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    5) Give two reasons, according to Joanna Harper, that trans women athletes have an
    advantage over cis gender women? (2 points)

    …….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
    …….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
    6) According to Harper, what is the possible disadvantage for trans women athletes when they
    receive hormone replacement therapy? (1.5 points)

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

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