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PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-3) 2 Is each of these kinds of tropism described
in the passage?
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© YES or NO column
Listen to a lecture in a biology class
YES | NO
The way plants respond to water
The way plants respond to cold Biology The way plants respond to geography
The way plants respond to gravity The way plants respond to height
Tropism
The way plants respond to light
For each item, click in the correct column
Phototropism | Geotropism | Hydrotropism
A response
to light
A response
to water
A response
fo gravity
1 How is the information in the passage organized?
®) Various types of plants are explained
@® Various ways that plants respond to Stimuli are classified
© Various plants that survive in different environments are described
@®) Various areas where plants grow best are outlined
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PASSAGE TWO (Questions 4-6) 5 The professor explains the steps in the
process of animal fossil formation Put Listen to a lecture isten to ure in an in an archeology class these steps in order :
For each step in the process,
click in the correct column
STEP | STEP | STEP | STEP
Hard tissues become
Archeology buried
The animal dies
Minerals replace the bones
Soft tissues decompose
Fossils
6 Indicate whether each of these steps occurs as an animal becomes a fossil
For each statement, click in the
.YES or:NO column
YES | NO
After an animal dies, its hard tissues
decompose
Layers of sediment cover the remains of a Be
{ii Minerals from the bones dissolve in
Hard tissue is replaced by minerals
4 How is the information in the passage Earth movements cause the fossils to
) The steps in a process are outlined
Various types of fossils are classified
©) The history of a particular fossil is
described
@ The formation of plant and animal fossils
is contrasted
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PASSAGE THREE (Questions 7-9) 8 Do the students discuss each of these : 2 Listen to a discussion by a group of cases in which Darrow participated’
students taking a law class _, For each case, click in the _
A case involving a railway union president
Cen
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A case involving coal miners having an accident
Law A case involving the murder of a teenager
A case involving a high-school biology
Clarence Darrow teacher
A case involving the owner of some
monkeys
9 The students discuss a number of cases in
which Clarence Darrow was involved What was each of these cases about?
For each case, click in the correct column
Railroad |; Evolution ; Murder
strike in the trial
classroom
The Scopes case
The Loeb-
Leopold case
7 How do the students organize their discussion?
@® They contrast cases by different defense lawyers
They explain how a lawyer defended his clients
© They talk about examples of different types of cases
chronological order
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PASSAGE FOUR (Questions 10-14) 11 What does each type of fracture describe?
“Bor Bach type of fracture, na
“click in the correct column
Listen to a discussion in a physiology class
amount of} number | neither damage | of breaks
Simple fracture
Single fracture
Physiology
Compound
Fractures fracture
Complex fracture Double fracture
Multiple fracture
Greenstick fracture
12 How can each type of fracture be described?
_ or each type of fracture, Click in the-correct column
Partial | Complete | Complete
fracture | fracture | fracture
with no with broken | broken
skin skin Simple fracture
Compound
10 How is the information in the discussion fracture
) Simple and compound fractures are
contrasted
©) Various types of fractures are classified
according to the number of breaks
© Different ways that bones can break are
described
Medical conditions are categorized
according to seriousness
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For each type of fracture, -
“click in the correct column.- ;- 7
One Two Numerous
break breaks breaks
Single fracture
Double fracture
Multiple
fracture
14 How serious is each type of fracture?
For each type of fracture,
‘click in the correct column
Less | Serious; More
serious serious
Simple fracture
Compound fracture
Greenstick fracture
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Listening Skill 6: UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS
Relationship questions ask you to recognize how different ideas or pieces of information in the
passage are related As you listen to a passage, you should listen to the different ideas that are
presented and focus on how the ideas are interrelated You may, for example, be asked to draw
a conclusion, predict an outcome, make an inference, recognize a sequence, or determine the
cause for a certain effect It is important to understand that the answer to this type of question
is based upon a number of ideas or pieces of information from the passage rather than on a
single detail Look at an example
Example
You see on the computer screen: You hear:
(narrator) Listen as two students discuss campus parking
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just gotten a car, and I’m going to be parking on campus I’m so glad I don't have to be riding nv
Conversation (woman) Parking is kind of difficult on campus because
there just arent enough spaces for all the people Campus Parking who want to park You do know that if you're
going to park on campus, you'll need a parking sticker?
(man) A parking sticker? What kind of parking sticker?
; (woman) Well, ifyou're only going to park on campus once [staf in awhile, vou can get a daily sticker each day cóc that you park But if you're going to be parking
on campus often, then you should really get a permanent sticker
(man) I have classes alinost every day of the week, so I
know what I've got to do
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After you listen to the conversation, a question and answer choices appear on the computer
screen as the narrator states the question This is a relationship question that asks you to
predict an outcome
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(narrator) What will the man most likely do?
1 What will the man most likely do?
© Get a new car
©) Ride his bike to campus
©) Get a daily sticker
©) Get a permanent sticker
In the lecture, the woman says you do know that if you're going to park on campus, you'll need
a parking sticker and if you're going to be parking on campus often, then you should really get a permanent sticker, and the man replies I have classes almost every day of the week, so I know what I’ve got to do It can be inferred from this that the man will most likely get a permanent sticker The last answer is therefore the best answer to this question
The following chart outlines the key points you should remember about detail questions
QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
HOW TO IDENTIFY What is most likely .?
THE QUESTION What is implied ?
What can be inferred ?
WHERE TO FIND Information to answer relationship questions is not directly stated in the passage
THE ANSWER It is necessary to understand the main points and draw a conclusion based on the
HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
Listen carefully to each of the points in the passage
Consider how these points might be related
Look for an answer that shows how the points are related
Eliminate the definitely wrong answers, and choose the best answer from the remaining choices
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LISTENING EXERCISE 6: Listen to each passage and the questions that follow Then choose
the best answers to the questions
Listen as a student asks her advisor about Listen as a student meets with his professor
a placement test to discuss a term paper he is writing
Placement Test A Term Paper
1 What is implied about the math placement 3 How was this meeting most likely initiated?
@) It is really difficult The student stopped by the office for an
It is required for all students unscheduled meeting
©) The advisor does not recommend it > The meeting happened by chance #
2 What is the student most likely going to do?
) Try to score well on the test
Take the beginning math class
© Speak to a different advisor
© Skip the placement test
4 What is the professor’s overall assessment
of the outline?
@) There is no room for improvement
It is not as good as it could be
© Nothing about it is right
@® It is too organized
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PASSAGE THREE (Questions 5-6) Listen to a lecture in a botany class
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Botany
Conifers
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5 What does the professor imply about conifers in the lecture?
©) The vast majority of the world’s trees are conifers
One reason for the long survival of conifers is their ability to survive drought
©) All conifers have needle-shaped leaves
© Some conifers have flowers instead of cones
6 What are the students most likely supposed
to do for the next class?
C) Outline the material in Chapter 23 Discuss the questions in the text
© Turn in written answers to questions
@®) Prepare a written assignment about conifers
PASSAGE FOUR (Questions 7-9)
Listen as a professor talks to a group of students in an economics class
Economics
Presentation
7 What topic would be most acceptable to the professor?
) An in-depth analysis of the theoretical model of diminishing returns ) A detailed comparison of the theoretical model of diminishing returns and
a theoretical model of diminishing marginal utility
© An analysis of the failure of National Bank based on the theoretical model
of diminishing returns
@® A detailed comparison of the failure
of National Bank and the failure of Independence Bank
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8 Which would most likely get a good grade?
© A presentation so thorough and long ˆ
that there are no questions
@ A presentation full of lots of questions
for the audience
© A short presentation with lots of time for
questions
@ A concise presentation and an equal
amount of time for questions
LISTENING
9 Which of the following would the professor most likely say?
© “Get as involved in asking questions as you can.”
“Take all the time you want asking and answering questions.”
© “Ask questions only if something is really unclear.”
@ “Don’t waste the speaker’s time with too many questions.”