Listening Practice 8

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 student go to see the professor?

To discuss the latest trends in the photography shows

To find out why some of her work was not selected for a show

To discuss how to get her photographs exhibited.

To find out about a student photography show on campus.

According to the professor, what is the best way to create work that is likely to be chosen for a show

By taking photographs that fit with current trends

By following one's own artistic views

By consulting experienced photographers

By learing what gallery owners interested in

What does the professor imply about photography created outside of classroom

It is usually technically stronger than work created for a class

It trends to be more interesting than class work

It is faces increased pressure to be trendy

It is more likely to be exhibited than is work created for a class

According to the professor, what are two ways young photographers can market their work. Click on 2 answers.

Share examples of their work with others

Hire a professional agent to sell their work

Display their work in places other than gallery

Ask a professor to recommend their work to gallery owners.

Listen again part of coversation. Then answer the question. Why does the student say this.

To ask the professor to reevaluate her work

To indicate that she understands the importence of sharing her work

To show that she disagrees with the professor's opinion

To suggest that her works has met the professor's criteria

What does the lecture mainly about.

Recent fossil evidence connecting whales and the hippopotamus

Difficulties in the determining the evolutionary histoy of whales

Similarities among ancient ancestors of whales

Similarities between whales and other modern-day animals

According to the professor, what three aspects of the Ambulocetus fossil make Ambulocetus a likely bridge between land mammals and sea mammals? Click on 3 answers

It had elongated skeletal structure

It syrongly resembled a modern hippopotamus

It had an unusually kind and thin tail for a whale

It had limbs that could have been used for walking

Its skull had ear bones charesteristic of land mammals

According to the professor, what does the discovery of Ambulocetus mean to researchers?

It fills a gap in the fossil evidence for whale evolution

It has becom less significant since the discovery of Basilosaurus

It calls into doubt the theory that whale evolved from land mammals

It suggests that whales envolved more recently than was previously belleved

What evidence suggests that whale are descandants of the hippopotamus

Similarities between hippopotamus fossils and the Ambulocetus fossil.

Similarities in the genes of hippopotamus and whales

Similarities in the habitats of modern hippopotamuses and ancient whales

Similarities in the skelatal structures of modern hippopotamuses and ancient whales

What is the professor's opinion about recent genetic studies relating to whale evulotion?

They solve a long- standing mystery involving fossil evidence

They contain significant errors

They present evidence that conflicts with fossil evidence

The finding of the various studies should not have suprised researchers

What does DNA evidence indicate about relationships among whales?

All modern whales descend from sperm whales

Diffirences among toothed whales are significant that was previously thought

Not all toothed whales are closely related

Sperm whale are more closely related to killer than was previously thought

What is the main purpose of the lecture?

To describe the trade in food crops between Europe and Americas

To describe the inroduction of American food crops to Europeans

To describe the influance of American food crops on traditional Europeans

To describe the difficulties of growing Amercan food crops in European climates

What is the professor imply about certain plants in the nightshade family?

They grow best in Mediterranean climates

Their leaves are high in nutritional value

They were mistakenly believed to be related to patatoes

They are dangerous when eaten by human beings

What does the professor imply about Thomas Jefferson's attitude toward tomatoes?

It was typical of his unconvetional way of thinking

It helped to advence his political career

It changed the eating habits of Noth Americans

It helped to make tomatoes popular in Europe

According to the professor, what was the long-effect of the introduction of American corn and patatoes to Europe?

It had a negative effect onthe nutitional intake of people living near the Mediterranean Sea.

It contributes to a shift in the balance of power from southern Europe to Northern Europe

It encouraged the develepment of new types of cuisine in southern Europe

It led to the failure of many native European grain crops

According to the professor, what is the one of the reasons why patatoes became popular in Ireland?

Patatoes were more nourshing than native Irish food crops

Patatoes grew better at higher altitudes than native Irish crops

Political leaders in Ireland encouraged the cultivation of patatoes

People in İreland were not aware that patatoes are members of the nightshade family

What can be inferred about the professor when she says this?

She expects the student to provide an answer to her question

She is suprised by the student's question

She thinks that she knows what the student was going to ask

She expects other students in the class to express their opinions

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