Listening Comprehension task connected with a Ted Talk -The Unexpected Benefits of Celebrating Failure

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A- Listening Comprehension
1- Great dreams aren´t just visions because
a- You make a plan
b- They are possible
c- You design a strategy
2-When the speaker mentions the strategy of brainstorming, he does so
a-to dream up technologies
b-to make the world a wonderful place
c-to dream up technologies to make the world a wonderful place
3-The key word the team uses to keep their visions big is
a-factory
b-eponymous
c-moonshot
4-The motivation starts with
a- A big problem
b- Finding a solution for solving a big problem
c- Finding a huge problem in the world that affects millions of people

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5- To solve a big problem you need
a-to find a solution
b-to propose a radical solution
c-to build technology
6-The secret of the moonshot factory consists of
a-avoiding huge problems
b-making a mess
c-make the mess a strength
7-The project in automated vertical farming requires
a-using ten times less water and a hundred times less land than conventional
farming
b-growing food close to where it is consumed
c-transporting the food large distances
8- The team killed the project because
a-they could get good transport
b-there was no efficient lightning
c-they coud not get ice to grow that way

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9-Killing a project means
a-ending the project
b- a major flow
c-getting on to a more productive path
10- The way the team deals with finding the Achilles´s heel in their
projects is
a-killing the project
b-postponing dealing with it
c-dealing with it right away
11-Self-driving vehicles
a- met with the users approval
b- were rejected
c- was a really bad plan
12-One of X mantras is to
a-shifting your perspective pays
b-shifting your perspective makes you smarter
c-Shifting your perspective is more powerful than being smart

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13- Wind energy is one of his favourite examples of perspective shifting
because
a-they have built the best wind turbine
b-they get access to faster,more consistent winds
c-they have not yet found a way to kill that project
14-Project Loon is the craziest sounding project they have because
a-its name reminds them of how crazy the vision sounds
b-they are likely to kill the project
c-they have busted a lot of balloons
15-Their balloons today
a-are doing pretty very much everything a complete system needs to do
b-are good enough to navigate through the world
c-have a bandwidth high enough so it was a real internet connection