Abitur Brandenburg Englisch 2025 · GK · Monument (HV)

Task 1: Travelling

Preparation time: 45 seconds

You will hear six statements about how to make the most of travelling.

Choose from the list (A-G) which heading applies best to which statement (1-6). For each statement, there is only one correct answer. There is one more heading than you need.

Headings

Statement:

Now listen to the recording again.

Task 2: Eisenhower

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will hear a 2020 radio report about a new memorial for President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, US President from 1953 to 1961.

While listening, tick (✓) the correct answer (a, b, or c). There is only one correct answer.

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Now listen to the recording again.

Task 3: The politics of climate change

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will listen to a radio report about Steven Falk, a city manager in Lafayette, California, and his attempts to make his city more eco-friendly.

While listening, answer the questions. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.

1.

Why did Steven Falk first visit Lafayette?

2.

What is mentioned as characteristic of Lafayette?

3.

What are the inhabitants of Lafayette like?

4.

What prompted Steven Falk to do something about climate change?

5.

What image does he use to illustrate the urgency of climate change?

6.

What was his plan to make people drive less?

7.

Why were some inhabitants of Lafayette against his plan?

8.

Why did Falk feel uncomfortable at the state capitol in Sacramento?

9.

How did this trip to Sacramento impact his career?

10.

What was missing from the speeches given in his honor?

Now listen to the recording again.