2018-06-20 TOEFL: listening attitude/purpose

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-hearing-douglas-l-oliver
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Homework: new handout (Cengage) - do all of it
Compare your answers with your partner. Convince your partner of your answers if you disagree.
exercise 3.1
1 B (not A - it’s about the process, not the metal; not C - the text isn’t about metalworking in general)
2 C
3 C (the key word is “only”)
4 C (not A - the Sun is the closest star; not B - Proxima is the one you need a telescope for)
5 A
6 B (If depth corresponds to danger, then the tree with the middle danger has the middle depth.)
7 A
8 C
9 B
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 C (“it” means silk, because “webs” is plural)
15 A
exercise 3.2
1 D
2 A
3 D
4 B
5 C
6 B
7 C
8 A
9 A - They thought asteroids were not of interest, so astronomers should work on other things.
10 B - “even tighter clusters” means they’re closer together than groups
11 B - The third one is the most commonly accepted today, implying the other two are no longer commonly accepted.
12 A - year + 2 letters is a temporary name, # discovered + name is the permanent name
13 D (# + name means it’s the number of the discovery)
14 A
15 C
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Listening Question Types:
- detail
- main idea / gist
- attitude
- purpose
- inference
- prediction
- function
- organization (how is the lecture organized?)
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DELTA p. 215-216 describes purpose and attitude questions
p. 219-220 exercise 2.3.C - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions
1 D
2 B
3 B
4 B, C
5 A
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 D
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BREAK
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Handout (Oxford) p. 374 - Do you think animals should be granted personhood under the law? Why or why not?
exercise 6L5 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 d
2 b
3 d
4 a
5 c
6 b
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I couldn’t agree more. = I agree the most possible (100%).
You couldn’t be more wrong. = You are the most wrong possible (100%).
I couldn’t have been happier. = I was the most happy possible.
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Many TLA (three-letter acronyms) have multiple meanings.
MFA = Museum of Fine Arts / Master of Fine Arts (degree)
CBT = cognitive behavioral therapy / Computer-Based Test
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What is an MBA?
exercise 6L6 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 b
2 c d
3 a
4 a c e
5 d
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What is fair trade?
exercise 6L7 - Listen to the lecture and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 d
2 c
3 - 3 1 2
4 d
5 c
6 - 1 2 2 1 1 2
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Handout (Longman) p. 152 - Listen to part of a conversation and answer the questions.
1 B
2 C
p. 153 - Do the same for passage 2
3 D
4 A
p. 154 - passage 3
5 B
6 D
p. 155 - passage 4
7 D
8B
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Homework: finish the handout. Audio is at http://bit.do/gmalivuktoeflhw