2018-04-18 TOEFL: reading inf, listening funct

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-surprising-reasons-animals-play-dead-tierney-thys
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Homework: finish the handout (if more than two people don’t, we’ll do a full-length speaking test tomorrow where you record all your answers and we listen to at least one from each person)
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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
16 B
17 A
18 A
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 A “looks like” = has a similar shape
23 D - A fountain geyser has a pool at the surface, which implies that a columnar geyser (like Old Faithful) doesn’t.
24 A - “most of these early airports” means they have operated for a long time
25 C
26 C
27 A
28 B
29 C
30 A
31 D
32 B
33 C
34 D
35 C
36 D
37 B
38 B
39 A
40 C
41 D
42 C
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Listening Question Types:
- detail
- main idea
- function
- inference
- prediction
- attitude
- organization
- purpose
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DELTA CD 4.1 - Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
p. 247 - With your partner, think of one or two ways people perform these functions (in the second box).
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BREAK
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DELTA p. 249 exercise 2.5.A - Listen to the conversations and answer the questions.
1 D
2 B
3 B
4 C
5 A
6 B
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p. 250 exercise 2.5.B
1 B
2 D
3 D
4 A
5 C
6 B
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Handout (Oxford) p. 370 - Listen and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 d
2 d
3 a
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p. 371 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 c
2 b
3 b (“afraid” is too strong a word, more like anxious)
4 c
5 b
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p. 372-3 - What do you know about mummification? Listen to the talk and answer the questions.
1 d
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 d
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p. 373 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 c
2 d
3 c
4 d