BUSINESS ENGLISH: Free Listening Comprehension Exercises
Exercise 3 (News report on a donation by IBM to the US military)




Here's what you do:

1. Click on the video below.
2. Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
3. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
4. Check your answers.

QUESTIONS:

1. What did IBM donate to the military?
  $45 million
  $45 million dollars of translation technology
  $35 million dollars of translation technology

2. How does the woman describe IBM?
  as a "computer giant"
  as a "large corporation"
  as "the big I"

3. IBM donated the money in honor of ____________________.
  an IBM employee
  an IBM employee's son
  an IBM employee's father

4. And what happened to this person?
  He was wounded
  He was killed
  He lost his job

5. The woman says that employees who served in Iraq ____________________ about the lack of Arabic translators.
  was concerned
  voiced concerned
  voiced concern

Check answers



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