Compréhension de l’oral– Entraînement – B1
Divorce is bad for the environment

Divorce is bad for the environment



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audio source : Breakingnews English



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Questions

1. Listen to the document and answer the following questions.

1. Who carried out this study about the consequences of divorce ?
American ecologists
 British scientists
 American students

2. This group of researchers found out that divorced people create a bad environment in schools and offices.
True
 False

3. Researchers say divorce increases the demand for our resources.
True
 False

4. The research was carried out on couples in
112 countries
 12 countries
 10 countries

5. The research team discovered that divorce...
reduced demand for water.
 increased demand for water

6. Divorce rates are going down in many countries around the world.
True
 False

7. The problem is that divorce is rarely looked at as a factor of environmental change.
True
 False

8. As a result of the extra households created in 2005 when people divorced, Americans...
spent an extra 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
saved 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity

9. Divorcees use 16 percent more resources than married people.
True
 False

10. With regard to the use of resources (land, water, energies), married couples are more ___________ than divorcees.
concerned
 efficient
 careless



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