Listening Exercise - Advanced
Choose a, b, c or d to answer the questions based on the recording that you have just heard.
- 1.Which statement about circular reporting is true?
- A.
It is the spread of true information.
- B.
It is when false information is validated by one other source only.
- C.
It only occurs with information on Wikipedia.
- D.
It may involve several publications.
- 2.Which statement is correct about journalists?
- A.
They are not permitted to copy information from Wikipedia.
- B.
They refuse to copy information from Wikipedia.
- C.
As soon as they include information in an article, they verify the information.
- D.
Many journalists may publish inaccuracies in several articles.
- 3.Which statement is correct?
- A.
Another name for a coati is a Brazilian aardvark.
- B.
The American student changed the information on Wikipedia to what he believed to be the truth.
- C.
Many people believed that a Brazilian aardvark was the same as a coati.
- D.
When writers wrote about the Brazilian aardvark they knew it was a joke.
- 4.Which statement is true about Wikipedia?
- A.
Some people add false content to a Wikipedia entry intentionally.
- B.
Updating information on Wikipedia is against the law.
- C.
There is hardly any true information on Wikipedia.
- D.
Many true facts on Wikipedia initially appear as false information.
- 5.What is true about childhood vaccines and autism?
- A.
There is a clear connection between childhood vaccines and autism.
- B.
Circular reporting incited many parents not to vaccinate their children.
- C.
The claims that they were connected first appeared on Wikipedia.
- D.
The media proved early on that the claims about vaccines and autism were false.
- 6.Which statement is correct?
- A.
Generally speaking, it’s easy to identify false information.
- B.
If the original source is Wikipedia or the media, the information is almost always false.
- C.
Reflecting critically on information we read is something most people often do.
- D.
Lack of time to think and investigate can cause us to believe things that aren’t true.
- 7.How can we be sure that what we’re reading is true?
- A.
We can take certain steps such as checking the original source of the information.
- B.
Don't spread it
- C.
Making sure the source is taken only from either Wikipedia, Facebook or the media.
- D.
We decide whether it's true or not
- 8.What can we do other than just checking the source?
- A.
Be more critical
- B.
Don't use Wikipedia at all
- C.
Use other sources instead
- D.
Use more than one sources
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