2018-11-28 TOEFL: listening inference

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-fire-a-solid-a-liquid-or-a-gas-elizabeth-cox
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Homework: finish the handout and do exercise 1.7.A on p. 129-132 in your DELTA book
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Check your homework with your partner. Convince your partner of your answers if you disagree.
Handout
13 B
14 B (or D)
15 B (The original name was “Sphairistike”, and that name later was replaced with “lawn tennis”.)
16 C
17 A (“This process” is photosynthesis, and the new sentence introduces chlorophyll.)
18 C
19 B (“Then” comes after “first”, and the following sentence gives examples of yips for specific predators.)
20 D
21 C
22 C (“In fact” connects to the previous sentence, which is also about money.)
DELTA exercise 1.7.A
1 A (This is a specific detail about how kindergartners are quite skillful with language. It’s also more general than the following sentence about “sharing time”.)
2 B (“However, the ground surface is...wet” contrasts with “They appear relatively dry”)
3 C (in D it would break the connection between need for air conditioning and “this”)
4 D (The flute has no reed, so the new sentence cannot be about the flute.)
5 C
6 D
7 C (The new sentence is more general than the last sentence of the paragraph.)
8 A
9 D (The sentence before D is more general than the new sentence.)
10 B
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- detail
- purpose
- function
- inference
- prediction
- organization
- attitude
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BREAK
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Handout (Cambridge) exercise L18 - Identify whether the statement is a correct inference from the excerpt.
1 Yes
2 No
3 No
4 Yes
exercise L19 - Choose the correct inference that can be made from each statement.
1 B
2 D
3 A
4 B
exercise L20 - In your own words, answer each question.
1 She is an art major.
2 To give examples of low-tech toys that children don’t get bored with as quickly.
3 To hear different authentic Spanish accents.
4 There has been a recent assault on campus.
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p. 295-298 Listen and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 A
5 D
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6 B
7 D
8 A
9 B
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10 A
11 A
12 A
13 A
14 D
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Homework: finish the handout (the audio is in the link I emailed to you)