2017-08-16 TOEFL: listening function, biology vocab

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Handout p. 35-42 (the end of the handout) - Read the passages and answer the fact and negative fact questions.
Compare your answers with your partner’s. Try to convince them your answer is correct if you disagree (point to evidence in the text that supports your answer).
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 B (or C, if the sentence at the end of the 4th paragraph also refers to paragraph 3)
5 C
6 B (maybe C)
7 D
8 C
9 A
10 B
11 C
12 D
13 D
14 C
15 A (The santir is mentioned in paragraph 1 as an ancestor of all dulcimers.)
16 B
17 A
18 C
19 A
20 C
21 D
22 B
23 A
24 C
25 C
26 D
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Listenin Section: second section, after reading
- 6 or 9 passages divided into 2 or 3 sets of three
- each set includes one conversation and two classroom settings
- 10 minutes to choose the answers for each set
Listening Question Types:
- main idea (content or purpose)
- detail
- purpose
- attitude
- inference
- prediction
- function
- organization
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Function (and attitude) questions usually involve listening again to part of the conversation or lecture, and then identifying why the speaker says something or how they feel about something.
DELTA p. 246 - Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer.
p. 247 - Look at the functions in the second box. What might someone say to indirectly perform these functions? With your partner, try to come up with at least one for each.
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Handout (Cengage) p. 321 - Listen to the excerpts from lectures or conversations and decide if each statement is true or false.
1 T (They’re both being sarcastic.)
2 F
3 T (seldom = rarely)
4 T
5 F (She thinks he should take time and clean it really well.)
6 T
7 T
8 F
9 T
10 F
11 T
12 F (Most of them were too long.)
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p. 322-325 exercise 12.2 - Listen to the parts of the conversations and answer the questions.
1 A
2 A
3 B
4 B
5 D (“Right up my alley” = perfect for me)
6 A
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Listen to a few more excerpts (not on the handout) and answer the questions in your own words.
7 He doesn’t want to be rude and he thinks what he will say will upset her.
8 She has a lot to say about this topic.
9 She has convinced him (and doesn’t need to say any more).
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Handout (Oxford) p. 370 - What are “in-groups” and “out-groups”?
Listen to the lecture and take notes.
1 d
2 d
3 a (b and c are more or less the same, which means both are wrong)
p. 371 - Listen and take notes. Then compare your notes with your partner. Did you notice the same information?
Answer the questions about the conversation.
1 c
2 b
3 b
4 c
5 b
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p. 372 - What do you know about mummification?
Listen and take notes about the lecture. Compare your notes with your partner’s.
Answer the questions about the conversation.
1 d
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 d
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p. 373 - Listen to the conversation and take notes. Then answer the questions.
1 c
2 d
3 c
4 d
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Biology Vocabulary
With your partner, identify the word in each sentence that has the given meaning.
1 distinguish (distinct, distinction, distinguished, distinguishing)
2 evolved (evolution, evolutionary)
3 estimate (estimation)
4 cell (cellular)
5 vary (variation, variety, various, variable)
6 genetic (gene, genetics, geneticist)
7 factor
8 identify (identification, identical, identity)
9 DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid; RNA is ribonucleic acid)
10 process
11 nutrients (nutrition)
12 adapt (adaptive, adaptation, adaptable, adaptability)
13 system (systematic)
14 survive (survival, survivable, survivability)
15 layer (It doesn’t need to cover the surface, it can be under the surface.)
16 classify (classification)
17 characteristic (characterize, characterization)
18 organism (organic)
19 microscopic
20 link
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Homework: DELTA p. 249-250 exercises 2.5.A and B