Tài liệu The Complete Guide to the TOEFL iBTI Listening part 7 ppt

What does the woman mean when she says this?. G © That she is willing to risk not seeing the reserve material this evening © That she is concerned about reading the material before anoth

(Question 1 is from the conversation in Lesson 9 about checking out reserve mate- rials from the library.)

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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1 What does the woman mean when she says this? G)

©) That she is willing to risk not seeing the reserve material this evening

©) That she is concerned about reading the material before another student checks it out

©) That she doesn’t plan to eat dinner at her dorm this evening

©) That she’s certain no other student will check out the reserve material this evening

(Question 2 is from the conversation in Lesson 9 about an archaeological dig.)

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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2 What does the woman mean when she says this? G)

© Absolutely no artifacts were found

© The trip was not fun or interesting

© All the artifacts that they found were broken

© The expedition was extremely successful

(Questions 3 and 4 are from the conversation in Lesson 10 about the graduate art

exhibit.)

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3 What does the woman imply when she says this? G»

© The sculpture is not really very abstract

© She doesn't like the metal object

© She wants to know what the man thinks of the object

© She doesn’t know the name of the work of art

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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© His sister gets paint on her clothing when she teaches art classes to children

© The children who are in his sister’s class have affected the way she paints

© His sister has had a strong influence on the way that the children paint

© He thinks his sister would rather teach art than paint pictures herself (Question 5 is from the conversation in Lesson 10 about the Study Skills Center.)

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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5 What does the man mean when he says this? G)

©) He's pleased that the class is at a convenient location

© He doesn't care for the woman's suggestion

© He doesn’t have enough time to take another class

©) He thinks this class sounds perfect for him

(Question 6 is from the conversation in Lesson 10 about the Resident Advisor

position.)

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6 What does the man imply when he says this? GP

He is interested in the position but has not definitely decided to apply

He is probably not going to apply, but he does not want to be impolite to

Ms Delfino

He has definitely decided that he can’t accept the position

He assumes that he will not be offered the position even though he would

like to have it

(Questions 7 through 9 are from the conversation in Lesson 11 about the problems

of the debate team.)

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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7 What does the man mean when he says this? @)

©) He doesn’t want to discuss the budget cuts

© He doesn’t have any solution to the woman's problem

© He agrees with the woman's ideas but not with her methods

©) He's afraid the woman will be offended by his opinion

» Listen again to part of the conversation Then answer the question

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8 What does the woman mean when she says this? G)

©) She doesn’t know how to respond to the man’s question

©) What the man is asking her is not really clear

© There are many reasons why the debate team is worthwhile

©) She does not wish to begin another discussion with the man

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9, What does the man mean when he says this? GP

©) He's already convinced by the woman's arguments

© He would like to contribute to the debate team

© He wants to hear some more reasons

© He thinks the woman should quit the debate team

(Questions 10 through 13 are from the conversation in Lesson 11 about the geology

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10 Why does the woman say this? G)

© To complain about the fact that the man’s test will be so difficult

©) To explain similar experiments on mineral samples that she has done herself

© To indicate surprise that one can identify minerals through tests

©) To ask about the difference between minerals and rocks

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11 What does the woman mean when she says this? Gp

©) She wants to know what other types of tests the man must take

© She wants to see the scale

© She doesn’t think the man is using the correct name for the scale

©) She's unfamiliar with the Mohs scale

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12 What does the man mean when he says this? G)

© He's completely contradicting what he said before

©) He's explaining why he made a mistake earlier

©) He's clarifying what he said earlier with new information

© He's apologizing for confusing the woman earlier

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13 Why does the woman say this? @

© To indicate that she does not wish to see any more photos of minerals

©) To express satisfaction with the man’s explanation

©) To indicate confusion about the information the man just gave her

©) To request more specific examples

EXERCISE 12.3

Focus: Answering replay questions about lectures and discussions

Directions: Listen to short portions of lectures and discussions and questions

about them Then mark the answer choices that correctly answer the questions

You may take notes on the lectures in the space allowed in the book or on another

sheet of paper You may use your notes to help you answer the questions

Note: These short portions of lectures and discussions are taken from lectures that you pre-

viously heard in the Listening Preview Test and in Lessons 9 through 11

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(Question 1 is from the student presentation about Venus in the Preview Test.)

» Listen again to the professor’s comment Then answer the question

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1 Why does the professor say this? G)

© To explain to the class why Venus was the goddess of love

© To contradict what Charlie said about why the planet is named Venus

© To urge students to look at Venus both in the morning and in the evening

© To supply some information that was missing from Charlie's presentation (Question 2 is from the lecture in Lesson 9 about computerized choreography.)

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

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2 What does the woman mean when she says this? GD

© Computers used children’s pictures to choreograph dance

© The first choreography programs used very simple graphic images

© Computers have been used to choreograph dances for children

© The dancers used as models for the figures were not very talented

(Questions 3 and 4 are from the discussion in Lesson 9 about extra-sensory percep-

tion [ESP].)

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3 What does the professor mean when he says this? G)

© He is not sure what most researchers think of the results of Rhine's

experiments

© He thinks the language Rhine used to describe his own experiments was

confusing

© He does not agree with the opinion of most scientists about Rhine's

experiments

© He could use much stronger language to attack Rhine's conclusions

» Listen again to part of the discussion Then answer the question

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4 Why does the professor say this? G)

© To summarize his opinion on the validity of ESP

©) To explain why many people believe in ESP

© To contradict what he said earlier about ESP

© To admit that he has never carefully examined the proof for ESP (Question 5 is from the discussion in Lesson 9 about the painter Edward Hopper.)

» Listen again to part of the discussion Then answer the question

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5 What does the professor mean when she says this? @)

©) She agrees that the man has given the correct name for the painting but prefers to use the shorter name in class

© She wants the students to know that the painter himself preferred the title Nighthawks at the Diner

© She is pointing out that the man has made a common mistake about the title of the painting

© She is indicating that she is not sure which of the two titles for the painting

is correct

(Questions 6 and 7 are from the lecture in Lesson 9 about the Iliad and the

Odyssey.)

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

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6 What does the professor mean when she says this? G)

© The point that she makes about epic poems is not important to the lecture

© The students are probably familiar with the concept of epic poems

©) The class has probably already read the epic poems she is discussing

© She doesn't have time to discuss the concept of epic poems today

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

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7 What does the professor mean when she says this? GD

© She is giving a reason why Odysseus is considered a strong warrior

©) She's telling the class why the Trojan War lasted so long

©) She's explaining why she prefers the characters in the Iliad to Odysseus

© She is giving an example of how clever Odysseus could be

(Question 8 is from the lecture in Lesson 9 about Hot Dry Rocks [HDR].)

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

Notes:

8 Why does the professor say this? G)

©) To indicate that, in reality, it is not possible to get energy from HDR

©) To stress that the process of obtaining energy from HDR is quite simple

© To suggest that, in practice, getting energy from HDR might not be easy

©) To indicate that the theory of getting energy from HDR is not hard to understand

(Question 9 is from the discussion in Lesson 10 about potlatches.)

» Listen again to part of the discussion Then answer the question

Notes:

9 What does the student mean when he says this?

© He still doesn’t understand the concept of a potlatch

© He didn't hear the last thing that the professor said

© He wants to apologize for making a mistake

© He thinks the professor must be mistaken

(Questions 10 and 11] are from the discussion in Lesson 10 about the hula.)

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10 What does the student mean when she says this? G)

© She thinks that the hula must be an easy dance to perform

© She finds the professor's question simple to answer

© She is sure that the topic of traditional dance is easily understood

©) She believes that the professor's explanation is too simplistic

» Listen again to part of the discussion Then answer the question

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11 What does the professor mean when she says this? @)

© She has absolutely no idea why the ukulele was given its name

© No one knows why the name “jumping flea” was given to the ukulele

© She is not sure if ukulele really means “jumping flea.”

© She is explaining why she has not been telling the truth

(Questions 12 and 13 are from the discussion in Lesson 11 about Civil War battle sites.)

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