Listening Task 2. Charles Dickens — uzdevums. Eksāmens angļu valodā, Angļu valoda II (Augstākais līmenis).

Listening task 2

Listen to a university professor discussing Charles Dickens and his work. Choose two answers for each question (1–4) based on what you hear. The task starts with an example (0).

Read the questions before you listen to prepare yourself on the content. You can listen to as many times as you need, but during the real exam you will hear the recording twice.

Charles Dickens

0. What does Robert do in the introduction?
Robert:

$•$	mentions a book he has written.
	talks about ways of collecting information.
	discusses his career in teaching.
$•$	contrasts reality with its representation.
	talks about writing his own autobiography.

1.What does Robert express with regard to Dickens in his final remark?

Dickens’ ideas are less accessible to modern readers.
People underestimate Dickens’ relevance nowadays.
Dickens’ books can help us explore the past.
Victorian political and social problems are still current.
Dickens equips us with ways to reflect on life.

2.Robert uses an analogy to illustrate how Dickens shifts his focus from the broader crowd to specific individuals. What is this analogy?

A historian concentrating on a specific event after outlining the broader context.
A writer narrowing the scope of their narrative from a wide landscape to a single house.
A painter focusing on a single figure in a large composition.
He zooms not just onto that individual, but into them.
A movie director zooming in on individuals or he zooms in on families or on social groups.

3.What is one of the fundamental reasons Robert finds value in examining the lives of individual Victorians?

Because observing other people's lives can prompt a more thoughtful consideration of one's own life.
Even if Victorians aren't necessarily perfect examples, their lives offer insights.
Because Victorian life was simpler and provided clearer moral guidance.
To understand historical events solely from the perspective of individuals.
To find flawless individuals to perfectly emulate in modern society.

4.What is the significance of Dickens "zooming out again" at the end of his novels, according to Robert?

It provides a clear resolution to all the individual storylines.
It suggests that individual stories have no real impact on the larger society.
It emphasizes the ultimate importance of the main characters' lives over others.
It highlights that lots of people are faceless to us unless we invest them with a sense of personality and dignity and trust.
It reminds us that Dickens could have chosen anyone else in that crowd to write about.

Atsauce:

https://www.visc.gov.lv. Centralizētais eksāmens par vispārējās vidējās izglītības apguvi angļu valoda (augstākais mācību satura apguves līmenis), 2023

10. Listening Task 2. Charles Dickens

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