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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #856 Medium Community problems
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In places where there've been serious community tensions - I mean Brickendon's a good example of this. There were 250 reported incidents there in 2009… often to do with neighbours and arguments, but criminal activity too, um and the police will tell you that if you leave residents to sort things out for themselves the number of incidents rises - it doesn't fall. So the local council realized that they had to do something, so they went round to people's houses and met them and their neighbours and talked to everyone and got a general idea of what the local concerns were. If there were extended families involved, they looked at those particular families more closely and all the relatives and got some of the family intervention services to talk to them. And there were some very positive results. I mean, you can pick out the hotspots - you know, the main areas for crime but the hotspots don't tell you what causes the crime in the first place and so don't address the issues. So this proactive, more direct approach by the council worked well. And this was followed up with other quite practical solutions like cleaning up the area, getting rid of debris in alleyways and just making the place somewhere more agreeable - more liveable.

According to the speaker. which of the following measures helped reduce community problems in Brickendon?

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Option 2: "Interviewing residents about the problems"

Explanation: This option is correct as the text states that the local council went around to people's houses and talked to them to understand their concerns. This direct engagement helped identify community issues and contributed to reducing tensions.

Option 1: "Allowing residents to patrol the area"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention residents patrolling the area as a measure taken by the local council. Instead, it focuses on the council's proactive approach of engaging with residents directly.

Option 3: "Organizing regular community meetings"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention organizing regular community meetings. The focus is on direct conversations with residents rather than formal meetings.

Option 4: "Giving families financial support"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not indicate that financial support was provided to families. Instead, it discusses family intervention services without mentioning financial aid.

Option 5: "Identifying hotspots for crime"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because while the text mentions identifying hotspots for crime, it clarifies that this alone does not address the underlying causes of crime, thus not contributing to reducing community problems.

Option 6: "Removing litter from the streets"

Explanation: This option is correct as the text states that practical solutions included cleaning up the area and removing debris, which contributed to making the environment more agreeable and livable, thereby helping to reduce community problems.

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