Listening Practice 13

Listening Section
 
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.
 
Listen to each recording only one time. Next, answer the questions. The questions typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers. Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
 
You have 10 minutes to answer all the questions in the Listening section.  

Now begin the Listening section.
Listening Section
 
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.
 
Listen to each recording only one time. Next, answer the questions. The questions typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers. Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
 
You have 10 minutes to answer all the questions in the Listening section.  

Now begin the Listening section.
Listening Part 1
 
After listening to the conversation, click next to proceed to the questions.
Listening Part 1
 
After listening to the conversation, click next to proceed to the questions.
What are the speakers mainly discussing?
Abook that the man is trying to find in the library.
A book that the man already returned to the library.
Abook that the man using to write his senior thesis
A book that the man lent to his sociology professor.
What does the woman offer to do for the man?
Let the man know when a book he needs is returned to the library.
Photocopy a chapter of a book for him.
Ask a professor to return a book the man needs.
Find a copy of a book for him at another library.
What is the woman trying to explain when she mentions students who have lost their borrowing privileges?
Why the man should not photocopy part of the book.
The reason for one of the library's policies
What will happen if the man does not return the book
The reason the man has to fill out a form
How does the man probably feel at the end of the conversation?
Annoyed that he has a fine on the book
Upset that he will lose his library privileges
Glad that he can keep the book for two more weeks
Appreciative that the woman is helping him
Listen again part of coversation. Then answer the question. Why does the woman say this.
To make sure she understands what the man's problem is
To encourage the man to return the book to the library soon
To check whether the man has already returned the book
To explain to the man a change in the library's policies
Listening Part 2
 
After listening to the lecture, click next to proceed to the questions.
Listening Part 2
 
After listening to the lecture, click next to proceed to the questions.
What is the lecture mainly about?
Reasons that geologists study lake fossils in desert regions
A comparison of ancient and present-day lakes in desert environments
Geological evidence for the formation of ancient sand dunes
A hypothesis for how some ancient desert lakes formed
What is the professor's opinion about the conclusions of the recent study of the limestone formations in the Empty Quarter?
They have changed the way geologists study desert environments.
They contradict findings about similar desert lakes.
They explain the causes of monsoons in the desert.
They need to be confirmed by additional studies.
According to the professor, what feature of the sand dunes made the formation of the lakes possible?
The degree of slope of the sides of the dunes
The presence of clay and silt particles in the dunes.
The position of the dunes relative to the wind and rain
The narrowness of the valleys between the dunes
How is it possible to determine in which rainy period a lake was formed? Click on two answers.
By examining the location of the lake bed
By measuring the amount of sand covering the lake bed
By examinig the color of the limestone formation
By identifying the types of fossils found in the limestone
What does the professor imply about the lack of water buffalo and hippotamus fossils in the more recent lakes?
The level of water in the lake was not sufficient for these animals.
The buttoms of the lakes were too sandy for these animals to stand in.
The location of the lakes made them too difficult of these animals to reach.
The vegetation near the lakes did not attract these animals.
What possible explanation does the professor give for the apparent absence of fish in the most ancient lakes?
The presence of predators
Lack of appropriate food
Lack of suitable water
Extreme desert temperatures
Listening Part 3
 
After listening to the lecture, click next to proceed to the questions.
 
Listening Part 3
 
After listening to the lecture, click next to proceed to the questions.
 
What does the professor mainly discuss?
The findings of a study on prairie dog communication
The way that mammals learn to make warning cries
Features that distinguish language from animal communication systems
Various types of signal used by animals to communicate with each other
Why does the student mention a research project she studied in a biology class?
To point out similarities in the behavior of rodents and monkeys
To explain how she first became interested in animal communication
To introduce an instance of an animal species that might have language
To show how she applied her knowledge of linguistics in another course
What is the professor's opinion of a recent study of prairie dogs?
She finds the study interesting but is not convinced that prairie dogs can communicate.
She thinks that some claims made by the researchers are not supported by their findings.
She sees the study as proof that mammals other than humans possess a form of language
She thinks the researchers misinterpreted the high-pitched barks as warming signals.
What does the professor say about the individual units that make up human languages?
They can be combined to create an infinite number of new messages.
They are not capable of being reproduced by members of any other species.
They function in the same way as the signals use to communicate.
They are acquired instinctively without having to be learned.
The professor uses the sentence, "Move the large coyote fast", in order to illustrate two feature of language. What are they? Click on two answers.
Displacement
Learnability
Productivity
Discreteness
Why does the professor say this?
To see if anyone knows the answer to the student's question
To suggest that the student is using the wrong terminology
To express frustration because she has already answered a similar question
To determine whether she has been speaking clearly enough
Name:
{"name":"Listening Practice 13", "url":"https://www.quiz-maker.com/QPREVIEW","txt":"Listening Section   This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.   Listen to each recording only one time. Next, answer the questions. The questions typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers. Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.   You have 10 minutes to answer all the questions in the Listening section.   Now begin the Listening section., After listening to the converstaion, click next to proceed to the questions., Why does the man go to see the registrar?","img":"https://cdn.poll-maker.com/29-1031438/55889-puppets-lg.gif?sz=1200-00000000001000005300"}
Powered by: Quiz Maker