Unit 5: A Place to Call Home: Listening

Unit 5: A Place to Call Home: Listening

EXERCISE 1

Label the pictures with the correct words.

Namakan gambar di bawah dengan perkataan yang betul.

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• bamboo

• brick

• concrete

• straw

• netting

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• bamboo

• brick

• concrete

• steel

• netting

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• bamboo

• brick

• concrete

• steel

• netting

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• straw

• steel

• concrete

• bamboo

• netting

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• straw

• steel

• concrete

• bamboo

• netting

Multiple Choice

What is this?

Apakah ini?

• straw

• steel

• concrete

• bamboo

• netting

EXERCISE 2

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

Multiple Choice

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

1. Many buildings came down, crushing and trapping people.

• people were pushed and fell out of buildings

• things fell on top of people and they couldn't escape

Multiple Choice

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

2. One technique is to reinforce concrete with steel.

• make stronger

• make longer

Multiple Choice

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

3. Buildings made of light materials are less likely to come down in earthquake.

• not as possible

• impossible

Multiple Choice

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

4. Some bricks are cheap and walls made from them crack and collapse very easily.

• get bigger and fall off

• break a bit and fall to pieces

Multiple Choice

Listen and read sentences 1-5 and choose the best definition for the underlined words.

Dengar dan baca ayat 1-5 dan pilih penerangan yang paling sesuai untuk perkataan yang bergaris.

5. Cheaper materials are better than nothing for poorer countries that can't afford anything else.

• to not have enough money to pay for something

• to not be able to use something

EXERCISE 3

Listen to the audio and choose the best answers for the questions given.

Dengar audio dan pilih jawapan yang terbaik untuk soalan yang diberikan.

Listen to the introduction first.

Sila dengar pengenalan terlebih dahulu.

Multiple Choice

Robert is interested in

• recording the numbers of deaths in earthquakes.

• how to rescue people form collapsed buildings.

• how to construct buildings that won't fall down.

Multiple Choice

Modern building methods

• don't use steel or concrete.

• offer cheap solutions.

• are too expensive for poor countries.

Multiple Choice

Roofs are stronger when they're made from

• concrete

• metal

• straw

Multiple Choice

Plastic netting is used to

• hold roofs in place.

• hold walls together.

• protect houses from underneath.

Multiple Choice

What are engineers testing in Indonesia?

• How to build with bamboo instead of metal.

• How to protect houses from below the structure.

• How to construct walls with sand.

Multiple Choice

Robert thinks that using cheap or local materials

• is completely useless.

• is better than using expensive materials.

• may not produce the best results.