2018-12-05 TOEFL: reading inf, listening organization

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: finish the handout
(Do it now if you didn’t finish it at home.)
Passage 2
6 B - The “law” predicted a planet in that location (but it turned out to be asteroids), so the law is about where planets are expected to be.
7 C - “another astronomer” means he was not among the “celestial police” already mentioned
8 A - Piazzi discovered Ceres (the largest asteroid). Olbers was looking for Ceres when he accidentally discovered Pallas.
9 A
10 B - There’s a special name (Hiruzama asteroids) for families with a common origin, meaning not all families have a common origin.
11 B
12 A
13 D - Permanent names start with a number for the order of discovery.
14 A
15 C
Passage 3
16 B
17 A
18 A
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 A
23 D
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- purpose
- inference
- detail
- function
- prediction
- attitude
- organization
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Organization questions ask you how a lecture is organized
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Handout (Oxford) p. 300 - Listen to the lecture about sex selection and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 a
2 b
3 - 2 3 3 1 1 2
4 - 1 1 3 1 2
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p. 302 - Answer the pre-listening questions.
Listen to the discussion and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 c
2 a
3 - 2 1 1 2
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p. 204 - Listen to the lecture, then answer the questions.
1 c
2 d
3 - 2 1 2 1 1 2
4 - 2 2 1 2 1 1
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p. 306 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 d (It’s about a debate, not an essay.)
2 c
3 - 2 2 2 1 1 1
4 - 2 1 1 2
5 c
p. 307-8 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 c
5 - 1 1 2 1 2 2
6 - 3 2 1 3