Thai Street Food | IB English B Listening Test Practice

Thai Street Food for the IB English Language B Listening Test

You will hear a reporter who visited Bangkok where he sampled some Thai Street Food.

A. Identify true or false statements: According to the reporter, which of the following statements are true or false?

1. The reporter selects a very hot and spicy dish.

2. Street food is an important part of Bangkok life.

3. Half the people in Bangkok eat street food daily.

4. Many top chefs prefer visiting street food vendors rather than expensive restaurants.

5. The current government support the vendors selling food on the street.

6. Vendors are being allocated to new places in the city by the Thai government.

7. New shops and expensive restaurant will soon replace the street vendors.

B. Gap-fill. Complete the text.

The food writer believes that it is (8) to remove the street food as she feels that it is part of Bangkok’s (9). The reporter explained that many vendors have built a (10) customer base at a certain location and that they will (11) a lot of their customers if they move.

C. Multiple Choice Choose the correct statement.

12. The reporter believes

A. lots of people won’t bother to seek out their favourite food cart.

B. some people may switch to buying food from a convenience store.

C. many people will switch to eating in restaurants.

D. some people will change to cook at home.

More IB English Language B exercises associated with this type of question:

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Exploration Listening Exercise

Holiday Listening Exercise

Information Overload Listening Exercise

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Novel Listening Exercise

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