Listening Practice 19

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.

What is the conversation mainly about?

Methods for finding appropriate sources for a project.

Reasons the woman is having difficulties with a project.

Criteria the professor uses to evaluate group projects.

Ways to develop the skills needed to work in groups.

Why does the professor mention the 'free-rider' problem?

To review a concept he explained in class.

To give the student a plan to solve her problem.

To clarify the problem the student is facing.

To explain the benefit of working in groups.

What is the professor's opinion of other students in the woman's group?

They try to take credit for work they did not do.

They did not perform well in the previous courses with him.

They are more motivated when they are working in a group.

They do good work when they are interested in the subject.

Why did the woman choose property rights as a topic?

The professor recommended the topic.

She already had a lot of reference materials on the subject.

She wanted to learn something new.

It was easy to research at the school library.

What mistakes does the professor imply the woman has made while working on the project? Click on 2 answers.

Finding sources for her group partners.

Writing the weekly progress reports for her group.

Forgetting to pay attention to the project's deadlines.

Failing to involve the group members in the selection of a topic.

What does the professor mainly discuss?

His plans for research involving moving rocks.

A difference between two geological forces that cause rocks to move.

Theories about why desert rocks move.

Reasons why geologists should study moving rocks.

The professor mentions experiments on the wind speed necessary to move rocks. What is the professor's attitude toward the experiment?

Their results were decisive.

They were not carried out carefully.

They were not continued long enough to reach a conclusion.

The government should not have allowed the experiments.

What important point does the professor make about the area where the rocks are found?

It has been the site of Earth's highest wind speeds.

It is subject to laws that restrict experimentation.

It is accessible to heavy machinery.

It is not subject to significant changes in temperature.

What is the professor's purpose in telling the students about moving rocks?

To teach a lesson about the structure of solid matter.

To share a recent advance in geology.

To give an example of how ice can move rocks.

To show how geologists need to combine information from several fields.

What does the professor imply when he says this?

The movement pattern of the rocks was misreported by researchers.

The rocks are probably being moved by people.

The movement pattern of the rocks does not support the wind theory.

There must be differences in the rocks' composition.

What is the lecture mainly about?

Reasons the United States government should not support the arts.

The history of government support for the arts in the United States.

Strengths and weaknesses of different government-sponsored arts programs.

Different ways in which governments can help support artists.

According to the talk, in what two ways was the Federal Art Project successful. Click on 2 answers.

It is established standards for art schools.

It provided jobs for many artists.

It produced many excellent artists.

It gave many people greater access to the arts.

The class discusses some important events related to government support for the arts in the United States. Put the events in order from earliest to latest. The earliest one is "The government provided no official support for the arts." This question is worth 2 points.

Why does the professor mention the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center?

To give examples of institutions that benefit from corporate support.

To illustrate why some artists oppose the building of cultural centers.

To show how two centers were named after presidents who supported the arts.

To name two art centers built by the government during the depression.

What does the professor say about artists' opinions of government support for the arts?

Most artists believe that the government should provide more funding for the art.

Most artists approve of the ways in which the government supports the arts.

Even artists do not agree on whether the government should support the arts or not.

Even artists have a low opinion of government support for the arts.

What does the professor imply when she says this?

Other students should comment on the man's remark.

Most people would agree with the man's opinion.

Artwork funded by the government is usually of excellent quality.

The government project was not a waste of money.

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