Abitur Niedersachsen Englisch 2026 · LK · Kiwi (HV)

Task 1: Guarding the art [6 BE]

Preparation time: 45 seconds

You will hear extracts from a radio report about six security guards at the Baltimore Museum of Art, who explain their choices of art works selected for an exhibition.

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

Headings

Guard:

Task 2: New Zealand

Preparation time: 1:30 minutes

You will hear a radio report about New Zealand.

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: Purple Hibiscus [9 BE]

Preparation time: 1 minute

You will hear an excerpt from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Purple Hibiscus. The story, set in Nigeria during a time of political unrest, is told by 15-year-old Kambili Achike. Kevin is the family's driver and Jaja is the narrator's brother.

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

1

What has caused a change in public mood

2

How Kevin tries to avoid confrontation

3

What Kambili thinks when encountering the demonstrators

4

How the growing tension in the country is noticeable

5

What the description of the mother reveals

6

What Kambili notices about the visiting priest during mass

(Name two aspects.)

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7

How the visiting priest's attitude towards St. Agnes differs from that of other priests

8

How the congregation's reaction to the visiting priest compares with that of Kambili's family