Toefl ibt listening E part 21

‘AD Tectonic plates have stopped moving.. Tectonic plates cause the asthenosphere to move.. According to the lecture, how many plates are there?. ‘The lithosphere is the 0 _ Its the crus

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What can be inferred from the lecture?

‘AD Tectonic plates have stopped moving

The continents will soon stop moving

Earthquakes are related to events in the tithosphere and asthenosphere

Tectonic plates cause the asthenosphere to move

According to the lecture, how many plates are there?

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Which of the following statements best describes what it is like below the Earth's surface?

5 The asthenosphere is at the core of the Earth, 8) The interior of the Earth is very hot

‘The thickest part of the crust lies below the ocean floor

DD The asthenosphere is rockier than the surtace

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Unit 8 | Making inferences

4 Listen to the lecture, and fill in the blanks to complete the lecture notes

5 Complete the following summary with the words given below

‘The lithosphere is the 0) _ Its the crust, which includes the continents, the rocks, and the ocean floor It also includes °' _ of the asthenosphere, which {is located just below the crust On the continents, the crust is about 80km deep, but below the

‘ocean, i's only ® _-_.- The exterior of the earth is like a puzzle broken up into giant plates that fit around Earth like a jigsaw puzzle These giant pieces are called tectonic plates The continents rest on these plates Thay _ the upper part of the asthenosphere, which consists of a semi-plastic molten rock material, like sily putty It is more fluid, and it moves as it responds to the churning motions of ot the Earth below These movements inside the asthenosphere cause the tectonic plates to move as they glide or float on the moving asthenosphere There are ® and twelve minor plates Because the plates only move 2 year, it takes millions

of years for the continents to move But, at one time, the continents were mostly connected together

| © Integrated Listening & Speaking

Ba Listen to a different version of the previous lecture, and say the answers out loud © EID

1 How would you describe traditional Inuit sculptures?

2 Where do most of the Inuit live?

3 What are inuit carvings made of?

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Unit 8 | Making inferences:

Listen to a different version of the previous lecture, and say the answers out loud @=D

1, What is the main difference between autobiographies and memoirs?

2 How much research is required to write a memoir?

3 Historically, what kind of people wrote memoirs?

© TOEFL iBT Practice Test

Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a health club employee @ EE) q

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What is the woman's attitude toward the man?

BD She is disinterested in his questions

B) She is somewhat aggressive,

©) She is very patient with him

1D) She is concerned about his welfare,

What did the man say happened to him

at his previous school?

5 He had to pay several hundred dotiars

to join the gym

BE) He was allowed to use all the facilities

for free

©) He could use the basketball court when the team was not there

B) He was robbed once while he was exercising

Listen again to part of the conversation

‘Then answer the question

Why does the woman say this? ()

® To indicate that the man wiltnot have

to pay any money

To tel the man that he should consider the other gym

© To wam the man that mermbership is expensive

© To prove' that she can ahswer the

man’s questions

Unit & | Making inferences

4 According to the woman, what is on the fifth floor of the building?

® The swimming pool

@® The locker room

© The basketball courts ) Peterson Gym

5 What can be inferred about the man?

He will visit the gym again B) He will pay for a gym membership

© He wants to continue speaking with the woman

D> He enjoys working out every day

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Listen to part of a lecture in a zoology class ©

1 What can be inferred from the lecture?

@® Arachnologists are predators

5) Arachnologists are one species of spider

©) Arachnologists believe that over 100,000 existing species of spiders have not yet been discovered

B) The world’s total spider population is growing

According to the professor, where do spiders’ webs come from?

2Ð They come trom their feet and hands,

® They come from their tongue

© They come from their spinnerets

D) They make the webs by gathering sik

3 Listen again to part of the lecture Then answer the question

What is the professor talking about when

she says this? ()

® The development of spider webs 8) The feeding habits of spiders ) The death of spiders

The birth of spiders,

4, According to the professor, which of the following is a use of spider's silk?

Choose 2 answers

® Poisoning their prey

© Raising their young

© Assisting in motting

® Climbing structures

Unit & [ Making inferences

5 How does the professor organize the information about spiders sik that she presents to the clase?

® By explaining the process by which it

is formed

© By making note of its numerous uses

By listing the species thet make use oft

3) By refuting incorrect information students believe about it

6 Why does the professor mention

‘Spiderman?

“8Ò To say that he does not resemble a real spider

® To compare his characteristics with actual spiders

‘To make a joke about the student's, answer

“To lead into a physical description of spiders:

© Vocabulary Review

[BB Choose and.write the correct word that matches each definition

a liquid

to slide smoothly

aplan or strategy

tw grow wet ấ

_ Insufing,

" no longer useful or helpful; too old

to destroy something completely

to hint about what will happen in the future

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a home lor children with no parents

the contral part of an object

[BB Listen to the definitions, and fill in the blanks Then choose the correct word (7) ©

1 This is which deseribes only of your ife

2, These poopie —_ They produce including

3, This weather phenomenon brings _ to the west coast of and causes

all over the world

4 This is In the world and it uses silk to prey

' 5 This _ includes the crust, „ oooan floor, tectonic plates and the

= of the asthenosphere

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