Listening Practice 16

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.

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 student go to see the librarian?

To sign up for a seminar on using electronic sources for research

To report that a journal is missing from the reference area

To find out the procedure for checking out journal articles

To ask about how to look for resources for a class paper

What does the librarian say about the availability of journals and articles in the library?

They are not easy to find if a professor put them on reserve

Most of them are accessible in an electronic format

Most of them can be checked out for three weeks

Printed versions from the past three years are located in the reference section

What does the librarian suggest the student should do to save time?

Choose an easier research topic

Concentrateon five journals

Read the summaries of the articles first

Install a new program on her home computer

What can be inferred about why the woman decides to use the computer in the library?

She thinks she might need additional help from the man

She does not have a computer at home

She has to hand in her assignment by the end of the day

She will be meeting a friend in the library later on

Why does the woman say this?

She had forgotten about the information

She is surprised she was not aware of the information

She annoyed that the information was published only recently

She is concerned that librarian gave her incorrect

Listening Part 2

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Listening Part 2

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What is the purpose of the lecture?

To explain the difference between two artistic styles

To describe a new art gallery to the class

To introduce an artist's work to the class

To show how artists' styles can evolve over time

What does the professor say about Frantzen's painting of a farm scene?

It resembles a photograph

It may be Frantzen's best known painting

It was painted in the impressionist style

It was painted while Frantzen live abroad

Why did Frantzen go to the Sales Barn?

To study human form and movement

To earn money by painting portraits

To paint farm animals in an outdoor setting

To meet people who could model her painting

What does the professor imply about painting of the young woman surrounded by pumpkins?

It was painted at an art fair

It combines impressionism with Realism

It convinced Frantzen that she was a good illustrator

It was originally meant to be used in an advertisement

Why does the professor discuss Frantzen's difficulties as a young painter?

He wants to point out mistakes that young artists commonly make

He thinks her example can inspire the students in their own lives

Her difficulties remind him of the difficulties he himself experienced as a young girl

Her difficulties are the subject of some of the paintings in the gallery that the students will visit

What does the professor imply when he says this?

The students can understand Frantzen's art without knowing about her life

The students should pay very close attention to what he is going to say

Some of his students are already familiar with Frantzen's life story

Some of his students may not appreciate Frantzen's work

Listening Part 3

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Listening Part 3

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What does the professor mainly discuss?

The difference in age among American mountain ranges

The importance of a technique used for dating geological materials

The recent discovery of an ancient canyon

A comparison of various minerals used for dating

Before the use of uranium-lead analysis, where did most geologists think the Grand Canyon sandstone came from??

An ancient lake located in the American Southwest

A desert that one connected two continents

Sands carried by a river from the Appalancian Mountains

A nearby mountain range that had flattened out over time

In the talk, the professor describe the sequence of uranium-lead dating.Summarize the sequence by putting the events in the correct order.

Zircon in the sandstone is matched to the zircon in a particular mountain rage

The amount of lead in sandstone zircon is measured

The age of zircon in a sandstone sample is determined

According to the professor, what change has caused uranium-lead dating to gain popularity recently?

It can be performed outside a laboratory

It can now be done more efficently

It no longer involves radioactives elements

It can be used in fields other than geology

Why does the professor talk about the breaking apart of Earth's continents?

To give another example of how uranium-lead dating might be useful

To explain how the Grand Canyon was formed

To demostrate how difficult uranium-lead dating is

To disprove a theory about the age of Earth's first mountain ranges

What does the professor imply when he says this?

The class is easier than other geology classes

The class has already studied the information he is discussing

Some students should take a course in geological dating techniques

He will discuss the topic later in the class

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