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Listening Practice 12

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 woman go to see the professor?
To get advice on the topic of a term paper
To discuss different types of food packaging
To find out if the university will offer courses in food packaging
To ask about jobs in the food industry
Why does the professor mention his previous jobs?
To explain why the woman should study physics, math, and chemistry
To recommend that the woman get a summer job on a fishing boat
To point out that industry jobs can lead to a teaching career
To confirm an assumption the woman made about finding a job
The woman mentions a research study of milk packaging. What was the finding of the study?
Plastic containers may change the flavor of milk.
Light may negatively affect the quality of milk
People prefer to buy milk in see-through containers
Opaque containers are effective in protecting milk from bacteria
What does the professor imply about the dairy in Chelsea?
It has plans to start bottling milk in opaque containers
Some of its employees attended the university
Employees there might be able to provide useful information
He worked there before joining the university faculty.
Listen again part of coversation. Then answer the question. What does the woman mean when she says this.
She has read conflicting information
She has been too busy to begin her research indicate that she understands the importence of sharing her work
The topic she is researching is too broad
The information she needs is not available
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 about.
The history of set design in English theater
A French painter's innovations in set design
A kind of play popular in eighteenth-century English theater
A leading playwright of the eighteenth century
According to the professor, how did Loutherbourg create a feeling of greater depth on the stage. Click on 2 answers
He enlarged the stage area.
He used mainly dark colors in the painted backgrounds.
He carefully spaced separate pieces of scenery.
He used three-dimensional objects in his set.
What can be inferred about theatergoers in eighteenth- century England?
They did not accept Loutherbourg's set designs at first.
They were accustomed to sitting in dark theaters.
Most of them attended the theater mainly to see popular actors.
Some of them used the theater as a substitute for travel.
What is the professor's opinion about the relationship between English landscape painters and Loutherbourg?
He thinks English landscape painters were unfair in the criticism of Lougherbourg's work
He thinks Loutherbourg's relationship with English landscape painters was less important than most experts think.
He thinks Loutherbourg's and the English landscape painters probably influenced each other .
He thinks landscape painters helped Loutherbroug's work gain in popularity.
What are two notable features of the Eidophusikon? Click on 2 answers.
It was identical to the Drury Lane Theather.
It did not make use of actors.
It used paintings made by Gainsborough.
It had a small stage.
Why does the professor mention a storm that passed over Loutherbourg's home?
To demostrate the authenticity of Lotherbourg's sound effects.
To provide context in a discussion about lighting effects.
To mention one of the problems the Eidophesikan faced.
To explain how Loutherbourg got an idea for a theater set.
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?
Factors involved in the increased growth of shrubs in Arctic Alaska.
How temprature increase might be affecting the permafrost in Arctic Alaska
Why nutrient production of microbes in the soil in Arctic Alaska.
Reasons that grasslands are turning into tundra in Arctic Alaska
According to professor, what are two features of shrubs that allow them to grow well in Arctic regions? Click on 2 answers.
They have roots that can penetrate permafrost.
Their height allows them to absorb more sunlight.
They absorb nutrients from the sol efficiently.
They have a shallow root system.
What is one reason for the increase in shrubs growth in Arctic Alaska?
Decreases in grass and moss growth have altered the balance of nutrients in the soil.
Increase in ground temprature have led to increased microbial activity.
Increase in avarage winter tempratures have permafrost permeable to water.
Increase in snowfall have provided more water for shurbs.
Why are nutrients in the soil NOT carried away by spring runoff?
The roots of shrus prevent nutrient-filled soil from being washed away.
Most nutrients are not in the area of the soil most affected by runoff.
Most nutrients remain frozen in the permafrost when spring runoff is at its peak.
Most nutrients have been absorbed by vegetation before the runoff period begins.
Why does the professor mention shrub expansion into other environments, such as semiarid grasslands?
To suggest that new shrubland may not convert back to tundra.
To explain how shrubland can expand in warm climate.
To cite a similarity between the types of shrubs in semiarid grassland and tundra environments.
To explain how a biological loop can cause shrub expansion.
What does the professor imply when she says this?
The information she gave is importatnt enough to be repeated.
Climate scientists are asking the wrong questions.
The phenomenon she is more complex that it appears.
Students be able to solve the puzzle easily.
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