Listening Practice 2

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.
Why does the professor ask the man to come to her office?
To check on the man's progress on a paper he is writing.
To show the man techniques for organizing his time.
To encourage the man to revise a paper he wrote.
To clarify her comments on a paper.
Why does the man hesitate before agreeing to the professor's request?
He is not sure his effort would be successful.
He feels overwhelmed by all his schoolwork.
He is unclear about what the professor wants his to do.
He does not like to work on more than one assignment at a time.
What is the professor's main criticism of the man's paper?
It included unnecessary information.
It did not include enough examples to illustrate the main point.
The main point was expressed too abstractly.
The paper ignored a key historical fact.
Why does the professor suggest that the student change the introduction of his paper?
To make it less repetitive.
To more learly state the man's point of view.
To correct spelling and grammar mistakes.
To reflect change made elsewhere in the paper.
Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question.
 
What does the professor mean when she says this?
She understands the student's problem.
She wants the student to explain his comment.
She did not hear what the student said.
She does not accept the student's excuse.
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 does the professor mainly discuss?
How genes control human development.
Why various types of human cells divide at different rates.
How human chromosomes differ from one another.
Why most human cells cannot keep dividing successfully.
The professor discusses research about the percentage of a chromosome's DNA that contains genetic information. How did she feel about this research?
She doubted its accuracy.
She was suprised by its conclusion.
She was concerned about its implications.
She thought it was unnecessary.
What does the professor say about the DNA in a telomere?
It causes a cell begin dividing.
It separates one gene from another.
It is genetically meaningless.
It has no function.
Why does the professor mention shoelaces?
To point out the chromosomes are arranged in pairs.
To describe the coiled shape of a chromosome
To illustrate how chromosomes are protected from damage.
To explain how chromosomes are joined before dividing.
What does the professor imply about the length of the telomeres on a cell's chromosomes?
Longer telomeres allow the cell to divide more times.
Longer telomeres contain more genetic information.
Shorter telomeres are wound into tighter coils.
Shorter telomeres are less likely to break.
According to the professor, how is the chemical telomerase related to the telomere?
It resembles the telomere in structure.
It helps repair broken telomeres.
It is produced at the end of telomere.
It prevents telomeres from becoming too long.
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 is the lecture mainly about?
Two competing theories of business management.
Tools that business manager can use to improve the efficieny of their employees.
A method for business to learn about the needs of their customers.
A way that business manager can better relate to their employees.
According to the discussion, what is a potential drawback of MBWA?
MBWA provide information about the opinions of a small number of people.
MBWA can provide conflicting information.
Customers are often reluctant to share their opinion.
Customers may be annoyed about beingobserved while they shop.
What does the professor say about the relationship between MBWA and market research?
MBWA is a refined version of a market research technique
Market research information is more valuable than information from MBWA
Information provided by MBWA complements information collected from market research.
Business managers should replace market research with MBWA
Why does the professor mention Dalton's soup and Elkin Jeans?
To illustrate that the success of MBWA often depends on the product involved.
To give examples of two companies that were resistant to trying MBWA
To contrast a successful use of MBWA with an unsuccessful use.
To give examples of how the technique of MBWA is used in practice.
Why does the professor discuss the mayor of Baltimore?
To explain the origins of the method of MBWA.
To demonstrate that MBWA can sometimes fail.
To provide an example of MBWA can sometimes fail.
To give an example where market research and MBWA provide similar types of information.
 
What does the professor imply when she says this?
It is surprising that Dalton's tried to use MBWA.
It is surprising that MBWA was successful for Dalton's
She does not have a high opinion of the quality of Dalton's soups
Dalton's positive experience with MBWA led many other companies to try MBWA.
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