LISTENING EXERCISE 1: Listen to each passage and the questions that follow. Then choose the best answers to the questions. PASSAGE ONE (Questions 1-2) Listen as a student consults with a professor, Consultation ‘An Engineering Course PASSAGE TWO (Questions 3-4) Listen as a student consults with a university ‘employee, Consultation ‘The Grade Report 4. Why does the student go to see the professor? @ Toask the professor for a form © Tofind out what will be taught © To get a signature on a form © To ask a question about some course ‘material 2. What does the student want to do? @ Repeat a course Sign a form © Find out his grade © Learn about a course 128 LISTENING + 8. Why does the student go to the office? ® To learn about a university policy © To find a solution for a problem © Toile a form before the deadline © Toask when something will happen 4, What is the topic of the conversation? @ Using the computer system © Filing a change of address form © Learning when grades will be sent out © Finding a missing documentPASSAGE THREE (Questions 5-6) Listen to some students having a discussion. PASSAGE FOUR (Questions 7-8) Listen as a professor leads a class discussion, OOGO®| Discussion Lakes Discussion Meteorology What are the students discussing? @ Various ways that major lakes formed © The world’s largest body of water © Where various lakes are located © Lakes that formed in the same way 6. Why are the students discussing this material? ® They have just seen a presentation about it, © They are preparing for an exam on it. © They must present it to their classmates. © They are writing a research paper. 7, What is the topic of this discussion? © Two contrasting theories on storms © The function of centripetal force in storms © The history of meteorology © Like theories by two different scientists 8. Why is this topic being discussed? © It was introduced by the professor. © Itwas on an exam the students took. © It was assigned to the students for homework. © It was brought up by a student. USTENING SKILLS 129