Listening Practice 14

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 woman come to the office?

To notify the university of her change of address.

To find out where her physics class is being held

To get directions to the science building

To complain about her physics class being canceled

Why was the woman's physics class canceled?

Not enough students signed up to the class

No professor were available to teach the class

The university changed its requirements for physics students

There were no classrooms available in the science building at the hour

What does the man suggest the woman do before the beginning of next semester?

Consult with her advisor about her class schedule

Check with the registrar's office about the location of the class

Call the physics department

Listen again part of coversation. Then answer the question. What does the man imply when he says this.

He know the physics class has been canceled

He is not sure where the science building

Many of the room assignments have been changed

The woman can check for herself where her class is

What does the professor mainly discuss?

Major changes in the migratory patterns of hummingbirds.

The adaptation of hummingbirds to urban environments.

Concern about the reduction of hummingbird habitat

The impact of ecotourism on hummingbird populations.

What does the professor imply might cause a decrease in the hummingbird population?

An increase in the ecoturism industry.

An increase in the use of land to raise crops and cattle

A decrease in banding studies

A decrease in the distance traveled during migration

What does the professor say people have done to help hummingbirds survive?

They have built a series of hummingbird feeding stations

They have supported new laws that punish polluters of wildlife habitats

They have replanted native flowers in one polluted areas

They have learned to identify various hummingbird species

What way of collecting information about migrating hummingbirds does the proessor mention?

Receive radio signals from electronic tracking devices

Being contracted by people who recapture banded birds

Counting the birds that return to the same region every year

Comparing old and young birds migration routes

What does the professor imply researchers have learned while studying hummingbird migration?

Hummingbirds have totally disappeared from some countries due to recent habitat destruction

Programs to replant flowers native to hummingbird habitats are not succeeding

Some group of hummingbirds have changed their migration patterns

Some plant species pollinated by hummingbirds have become extinct

What does the professor imply when she says this

There is disagreement about the idea she has presented

She does not plan to discuss all the details

Her next point may seem to contradict what she has just said

The point she will make next should be obvious to the students

What is the main purpose of the lecture?

To discuss the style of an early filmmaker

To discribe different types of filmmaking in the 1930s

To discuss the emergence of the documentary film

To describe Painleve's influence on today's science-fiction films

According to the professor, how did Painlve's film confuse the audience?

They show animals out of their natural habitat

They depict animals as having both human and animal characteristics

Their narration is scientific and difficult to understand

The audience of the 1920s and 1930s were not used to films shot underwater

Why does the professor mention sea horses?

To explain that they were difficult to film in the 1930s

To point out that Cousteau made documentaries about them

To illustrate Painleve's fascination with unusual animals

To explain why Painleve's underwater films were not successful

Why does the professor compare the film style of Jacques Cousteau and Jean Painleve?

To explain how Painleve influenced Cousteau

To emphasize the uniqueness of Painleve's Filming style

To emphasize the artistic value of Cousteau's documentary films

To demostrate the superiority of Painleve's filmmaking equipment

What does the student imply when he says this?

He does not like Jean Painleve's films

He thinks that the professor should spend more time discussing Jacques Cousteau's film

He believes high quality filmmakers are usually well know

He believes Jean Painleve's films have been unfairly overlooked

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