Abitur Hamburg Englisch 2021 · LK · Border (HV)

Task 1: Street Trees [7 BE]

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will hear a radio interview on trees in Detroit.

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

1.

What are the advantages of street trees according to the presenter? (Name two.)

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make streets look nicer

2.

What did a study say about the effect of planting eleven more trees per block?

3.

What was the paradoxical situation in Detroit between 2011 and 2014?

4.

What was the aim of Christine Carmichael's campaign?

5.

According to Christine Carmichael, what were some people in disadvantaged neighborhoods worried about?

6.

What would change these people's attitude towards street trees?

Task 2: Border

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will hear a radio report about life on the Mexican-American border with the cities of El Paso on the American side, and Juarez on the Mexican side.

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

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Task 3: Ship

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will hear an interview with Sam King, one of the passengers of the Empire Windrush, a ship that took about 500 people from Jamaica to Great Britain in 1948.

While listening, fill in the missing information. You need not write complete sentences. Unless otherwise specified, name one aspect.

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Question / Prompt

Answer

1.

Why the economic situation in Jamaica was so serious in 1948

2.

What Sam King's father wanted his son to do

3.

Why Sam King had spent time away from Jamaica

4.

What Sam King realized when back in Jamaica

5.

What Sam King says about the fare for the passage

(Name one aspect.)

6.

What the journey of the Windrush led to

7.

Why some middle-aged passengers found it hard to leave Jamaica

8.

What some travellers did when learning a woman was on board illegally

9.

Why Sam considered the food on board bad

(Name one reason.)

10.

How people spent their time on board

(Name two activities.)

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11.

What some younger passengers worried about

Now listen to the recording again.