Listening Diagnostic Test

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.

Why does the man go to see the registrar?

To find out why he is not on the list of graduating students

To explain why he has not fulfilled his graduation requirements

To find out the exact requirements for graduation

To submit a document required for graduation

According to the registrar, what step is currently taken to ensure that students fulfill their graduation requirements?

Academic records are regularly checked by the registrar’s office.

Students meet with a department chairperson to plan their course work.

Students receive letters listing the courses that they still need to take.

Warning letters are sent to students who have fallen behind in their course work.

Why does the man mention his classmates?

To explain how he obtained information about field research

To point out that many students like to do field research

To show that it is difficult to get intermediate-level credits

To emphasize his motivation to do field research in two of his courses

Why does the registrar tell the man to contact his chairperson immediately?

A deadline has already passed.

The man has a limited time to resolve his problem.

The man first needs to find out if the chairperson will help him.

Issuing a new grade may take longer than expected.

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

What does the registrar imply, when she says this?

She is uncertain about the reliability of the computer.

She will approve the man’s form despite her doubts about it.

She needs more information about the man’s credits.

She needs to call someone to help her fix computer errors.

Why does the professor decide NOT to add more information to the diagram on the board?

She wants students to complete the diagram themselves as an assignment.

She needs to look up some information in order to complete the diagram accurately.

The additional information is not relevant to the topic that she wants to discuss next.

Students already have the additional information in their textbook.

According to the professor, what are two ways in which a moth might react when it detects the presence of a bat? Choose 2 answers.

The moth might stop beating its wings.

The moth might emit high-frequency sounds.

The moth might leave the area.

The moth might change its color to match its surroundings.

What surprising information did a recent experiment reveal about lesser spear-nosed bats?

They filter out echoes from some types of trees.

They can analyze echoes from stationary objects with complex surfaces.

They cannot analyze “jagged” echoes.

They cannot analyze echoes from certain types of small moving objects.

According to the professor, why does a pine tree produce a “smooth” echo?

Because it has a smooth trunk

Because it has large branches spaced at regular intervals

Because it has many small, densely packed needles

Because it remains stationary in all types of weather

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

Why does the professor say this?

To answer a question that Carol asked

To correct a statement that Carol made

To praise Carol for an example that she gave

To give an example of a principle that Carol stated

What is the lecture mainly about?

Political events that led to the invention of eyeglasses

A comparison of attitudes toward vision correction in Europe and China

The relationship between the printing press and literacy

An overview of vision correction over time

According to the professor, what was an advantage of using clear glass instead of quartz to make reading stones?

Clear glass was easier to find than quartz.

Clear glass was easier to cut to the appropriate size.

Clear glass magnified the letters more than quartz did.

Clear glass was less expensive than quartz.

What does the professor imply about the invention of eyeglasses?

Its historical records are more detailed than those of other inventions.

It had little impact on social attitudes toward vision correction.

Its occurrence in different places at approximately the same time is not unusual.

It contributed to a substantial increase in the number of literate people.

Which sentence best describes eyeglasses before the invention of the printing press?

They were available to everyone.

They were a symbol of wealth and wisdom.

They could not correct vision accurately.

They could be bought only from traveling peddlers.

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