Part 2 Building Skills 300 Questions 1-7 Listen to part of a lecture in a psychology class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 1. Whats the lecture mainy about? B® An anatysis of goneticaly caused mental disorders | ® A description of some common anxiety isorcers © An evaluation of the causes of some anviety disorders ‘A metho of comparing dierent mental | isorders | ] 3. What does the professor say about specific | phobias? B Their object is usually safe. | ®] The'r object is often dangerous, | ® They become worse with age. ® They usually startin childhood. 2. Why does the professor say that many people feel anxious when they visit a dentist? GB To emphasize the problems faced by social phobies To indicate that iis rational to have an anxiety attack in some situations To show that iti irrational to be anxious in many situations To give an example of a common anxiety rigger for most people Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question Why does the professor say this: GB To check thatthe students understand tho joke To express disapproval ofthe students’ behavior ® To emphasize her belief that this is truly bizarre D To imply that this phobia seems funny to ‘most people ®following fears? Fear of heights Fear of enclosed spaces Fear of eating in front of others D Fear of encountering dangerous animals L 5. Social phobia might include which ofthe | | Listening Section Practice Test 6. What does the professor imply when she says ths: ® The term may not be familiar to the students, ® The term is not relevant to the lecture. (© The students should already know the torm. (@ The students should know the term from their textbooks. 7. What does the professor imply about treatment of phobias? B Treatment rarely succeeds. ® Treatment is not usually necessary. ® Treatment is tong and cifcut © Treatment takes various forms. Questions 8-12 Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor. 301Part 2 Building Skills Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 8. Why does the student go to see his, 9. Why does the professor talk about frit and professor? vegetables? ® Toave the professor a questionnaire ® Toilustrate a point ® To ind out why the professor asked to ® To encourage a healthy diet see him © To highlight people's preferences ® Toask the professor how to write a ®D To ive an example of a good statement good questionnaire ®D Tolet the professor know the results of the questionnaire 10. According tothe professor what should the || 11. Listen again to part ofthe conversation student avoid in wring his questonnaire? Then answer the question. Why does the professor say thi = cae Sit Chace nD ® Tincicate that she needs to get some [3] Thinking about the statements crtealy exercise Helping the subjects answer the ® To encourage the student to run questions through the statements Alienating his subjects with statements ® Toexplain why she needs to answer that may be offensive the questionnaire Including statements for which he knows ® To indicate that she can't remember the probable response the exact difficulties 412, What can be inferred about the questionnaire? ® Wis a class assignment ® Itwill be passed out to classmates. ® thas annoyed the women subjects. ® Its part ofa larger research project. 302Questions 13-17 Listen to part of a discussion in a geology class. | | Listening Section Practice Test a Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 13, What isthe discussion mainly about? (B® The lack of moisture in the tundra ® The severe climate of the tundra © The characteristics of tundra plants ®D The availabilty of tundra soit 415. According to the professor, what features are typical of tundra regions? Choose 2 answers. [B) The landscape is relatively fat. {B} The summers tend to be hot and humic [G) The trees adapt tothe lack of rain. {B] The metted snow stays on the surface. “14. Why does the professor not want to discuss Alpine tundra’? @® The topics outside the course objectives. ® The topic warrants a lesson toitsett. ® The topic might confuse students at this stage, D The topic had been discussed previously. 16. According to the professor, why do tundra plants often cluster together in depressions? ® Tohelp themselves gain adequate amounts of water @® Tocompensate for the tack of nutrients inthe ground ® Toprotect themselves against the cold winds ® Toprovide shade against the prolonged summer sun 303Part 2 Building Skills 304 17. In the discussion, various facts about plants in the tundra are mentioned. Indicate | Whether each of the following describes tundra vegetation. | Check the correct box for each statement. No ® Plant roots are adapted to penetrate the frozen ground. ® Plants are protected from the cold by a snow covering ‘© Plant growth is dependent on heavy rainfall. ® Trees tend to be protected by the forest. © Plant growth is rapid in the summer. Questions 18-24 Listen to part ofa lecture in a cultural studies class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. | 18. Whats the lecture mainly about? | | 19. what does the professor imply about other B The importance of isadora Duncan to | artists of Duncan's time? modern dance | ®D The failure of nineteenth-century dance conventions ® The innovations in ballet dancing in the twentieth century express themselves. | @ lsadora Duncan's use of costume in D Most were content to make only a few modern dance new contributions. | ®] Most were very conventional ® Many were looking for different forms oe (of movement Many were looking for new ways to 0) EEListening Section Practice Test 20. Which ofthe following may have been an |. Which of the following does the professor influence on Duncan's art? consider a contribution of Duncan's? @® Audience participation ® Ritualizes step movements ® Fok dancing Performance in the open air ® Modem batet dance ® Copying of theatrical impuises D Other artists D Classical music in performances 22. In the lecture, the professor describes some of the main contributions made by Isadora Duncan to modern dance. Indicate whether each of the following is a contribution made Yes No eT (@ Tightfitting shoes are worn, ® Loose-fiting gowns are worn, ‘© Mainly the arms are used for expression. (® A variety of popular music forms accompany the dancing © Emotional expression is important. 23, Whats the professor's attitude toward 24. What does the professor imply about Isadora Duncan's innovations? Duncan's curent status? ® Heisironic. B® Itmay not always be fully appreciated. ® teiseriteal. ® totien excites erica scorn. G Hes appreciative Ithas stimulated anger and geet. ® Hes unconcerned. ®D Its less esteemed than previously. 305Part 2 Building Skills Questions 25-30 Listen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your nates to help you answer, 25. What is the main topic ofthe lecture? @® How the solar system formed [ 26. wy does the professor say this: © (® She rejects most of the traditional ‘Competing theories about the i] views of planetary formation. omit ts ] cB She hopes the cudents wil review the (© The stratification of the Earth's interior traditional theory. D> How gravity helped heat the Earth tl © She thinks new theories offer a better explanation of planetary formation | | © she betoves that scientific theories are | ‘open to challenge. formation of the Earth? distributed before differentiation? Its familiar to some of the students. > Alt of background reading is necessary, The theory has explanatory gaps. @ A later course will deal with it in detail, In various layers | @D | ® Randomly © With the heaviest near the surface l= | | 2 What does te petesorimplyabou the |_| 29. Accoring oe rotator ow was ok | | Heavy teal was aad 306Listening Section Practice Test 30. What two points are true according to the lecture? Choose 2 answers. 29. According to the professor, which is probably the main reason for the heating of the Earth? ® Pressure due to the force of gravity Solar radiation ‘The core ofthe planet has the densest material Differentiation occurred when the planetary sphere formed ‘The atmosphere was formed during the process of citferentiation. [D) The heating of the Earth produced a | random distribution of material LU © The impact of objects from space Radioactive decay Questions 31-35 Listen to part of a conversation between a student and an advisor at the University Learning Center. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 31. What does the student need from the | | 32. Where will the student and the advisor look advisor? | forthe information the student needs on ‘® Advice on how to apply for funding for university degree programs? sraduate research ®D onthe interet ® Help in finding universities that offer | @ inthe biology department marine biology degrees | ©) Inreference books | ® Application forms for the graduate ®D tnmarine biology artcies program in marine biology ® Information on meeting the requirements to apply to graduate school 307Part 2 Building Skills 33, What can be inferred about applying to 34. Listen again to part of the conversation graduate school? ‘Then answer the question. @® There is an application fee. Why does the advisor say this: € (® There are too many to apply to. ® To help the student narrow his search © There are no research opportunites, (® To advise the student of the D There are no restrictions on applicants. ‘competition © To find out about the student's hobbies D To suggest some articles to read in his field 35. Why does the advisor suggest that the student read some of the published articles about intertidal zones? ® To get more information about the ‘marine environment ® Tolocate the universities where people do marine research ® Tofind professors who might be helpful in his field of intorest ® To make decisions about going on for 2 doctorate in marine biology sTOP mL 308