Listening › Listening — Multiple Choice, Single Answer
Exercise 7
Task reminder: Listen then select the one best answer. No negative marking.
1. Sample Text 1 — Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
What is the speaker’s main argument about biodiversity?
A. Its value lies primarily in aesthetic and cultural benefits.
B. Biodiversity loss threatens ecosystem services on which humans depend.
C. The economic value of biodiversity is too small to influence policy.
D. Preserving species is only possible in formally protected areas.
Show Answer 2. Sample Text 2 — The Circular Economy What does the speaker say is the fundamental principle of the circular economy? A. Reducing consumer consumption of all material goods. Show Answer
B. Designing products to be repaired, reused, or recycled.
C. Replacing fossil fuel energy with renewable sources in manufacturing.
D. Shifting from product ownership to service-based models.