TPO 59 Listening

1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A.Students'concerns about the quality of life on campus
B.Funding for new equipment for the gymnasium
C.The university's academic reputation
D.A survey that the student wants to conduct
2.Why does the woman conduct the survey?
A.The dean of admissions asked her to conduct the survey
B.The survey fulfills a requirement for one of her classes
C.The survey is part of her new job duties
D.The Campus Life staff conducts a survey every year
3.What situation does the man think is related to the poor quality of life on campus?
A.The rise in the use of the athletics center
B.The decline in the quality of student s'academic work
C.The decrease in the number of applicants for admission
D.The increase in the number of students who transfer to other schools
4.According to the survey results,what aspects of campus life are the students least satisfied with?
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A.The auditorium
B.The lounges
C.The cafeteria
D.The gymnasium
5.Why does the man say this
A.To indicate that he is not certain about the results
B.To indicate that ho thinks the results are obvious
C.To help the student interpret the results
D.To point out an error in the results
1.What is the lecture mainly about?
A.Differences between tundra and grassland ecosystems
B.Reasons seabirds prosper in an island ecosystem
C.Why introduced species have difficulty adapting to a new ecosystem
D.How introduced species can affect ecosystems
2.What initially caused the ecosystem of some of the Aleutian Islands to change?
A.Traders brought a new species of mammal to some of the islands
B.Scientists introduced a new species of grass on some of the islands
C.The temperature of the soil suddenly decreased on some of the islands
D.The population of nest‐building seabirds increased on some of the islands
3.The professor mentions that some of the Aleutian Islands were deprived of ocean‐derived nutrients.What was the direct result of the deprivation?
A.A rise in the fox population
B.An absence of seabirds
C.A change in the vegetation
D.The exposure of volcanic rock
4.What does the professor imply when she points out that most seabirds have only one offspring per year?
A.It will take many years for the Aleutian ecosystem to be restored
B.Many species of seabirds are in danger of becoming extinct
C.Scientists should have been able to predict the foxes'impact
D.The seabirds would have become endangered even without the foxes
5.What is the professor's opinion regarding the introduction of nonnative species into an ecosystem?
A.It is almost always disastrous for the species native to that habit at
B.Its risks can be minimized if it is done with sufficient forethought
C.Its consequences are impossible to predict
D.Its scientific usefulness is questionable
6.What does the professor imply when she says this
A.She is excited by the implications of the student's idea
B.She wants the student to explain better what he means
C.The student's theory does not fit the facts
D.The student's explanation is probably correct
Listening L2
1.What does the professor mainly discuss?
A.The popularity of city scenes in nineteenth century paintings
B.A popular nineteenth‐century art form that is little known today
C.Techniques developed by nineteenth‐century artists to make t heir work look
realistic
D.Reasons that art became a popular form of entertainment in the nineteenth
century
2.What was one significant contribution that Robert Barker made to the development of panoramas?
A.He was the first person to create a panorama from photographs
B.He determined how to enlarge miniature panoramas
C.He constructed buildings for panoramas throughout Europe
D.He designed a building suitable for viewing panoramas
3.According to the professor,what are some of the reasons that panoramas seemed so realistic to viewers?
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A.They were displayed without frames
B.They were painted by skilled artists.
C.They were copied from photographs
D.They were shown in spaces with only artificial light
E.They were sometimes displayed together with plants
4.According to the professor,why were so many spectators interested in seeing a panorama titled A View of Paris from the Roof of the Tuileries?
A.It was a rare opportunity for London residents to see a realistic depiction of Paris
B.It was the first time that an artist had created a p ainting while working on the
roof of a high‐rise building
C.They had heard that it offered a view of Pans that no one had ever seen before
D.They knew that they would be able to confirm the accuracy of the painting's
details for themselves
5.Why does the professor mention the practice of charging admission to buildings that displayed panoramas?
A.To help explain why many panoramas no longer exist
B.To illustrate the high construction costs typical of the period
C.To describe how artists were paid for their paintings
D.To explain why panoramas were not popular
6.Why does the professor say this
A.To suggest that the development of panoramas could not have been predicted
B.To give examples of nineteenth‐century inventions that were more important
than the panorama
C.To emphasize the point that people were beginning to see their surroundings in
a new way
D.To indicate that he is not certain which of the inventions he mentions came first
1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A.The student's opinion of the professors class
B.The student's grade on a recent test
C.The professors idea about starting a French club
D.The upcoming events scheduled for the French club
2.How does the student know about the Spanish club?
A.He has seen flyers about the club's events
B.He helped start the club last semester
C.His Spanish professor asked him to join it
D.His roommate told him about it
3.What does the student imply about his high school French classes?
A.They were not as comprehensive as the current
B.They were more interesting than the current class
C.They did not help prepare him for college‐level classes.
D.They helped him become interested in French films
4.How does the student first react when the professor asks him to organize a French club?
A.He is enthusiastic about planning activities
B.He is afraid that the professor will not help him
C.He is confident that many students will join
D.He is doubtful that he has enough time
5.What factors influence the student's decision to start the club?
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A.He wants to get a good grade in the class
B.He wants to improve his resume
C.He enjoys speaking French outside of the classroom
D.He has prior experience running a club
1.What is the lecture mainly about?
A.The various well‐known effects of mass wasting
B.The processes involved in slower types of mass wasting
C.The characteristics of mass wasting in permafrost regions
D.The practice of building in areas where mass wasting occurs
2.What is one condition that the professor mentions that is necessary for creep to occur?
A.A hill or mountain has a steep slope
B.Water is present to move loose soil down the slope
C.There must be trees growing on the side of the slope
D.There is a soil layer that expands and contracts on a periodic basis
3.According to the professor,how is solifluction different from creep?
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A.Solifluction requires less soil moisture than creep
B.Solifluction is more difficult to measure
C.Solifluction moves soil in one mass
D.Solifluction requires cold temperatures
4.What does the professor imply when he apologizes for using Spitsbergen as an example?
A.He does not think it is the best example of the process of solifluction
B.He knows that the students would prefer to hear about the local area
C.He has talked about Spitsbergen in previous classes
D.He is sorry that the students are unfamiliar with Spitsbergen
5.What does the professor think is the reason for slow solifluction rates in some areas of Spitsbergen?
A.Differences in the thickness of the permafrost
B.The effect of wind on the accumulation of snowfall
C.The varying amount of snowfall from year to year
D.The use of slope stabilization techniques m those areas
6.What is the professor's opinion of the construction of buildings in permafrost areas?
A.It is well worth the risks
B.It always speeds up the process of solifluction
C.It should be done only if specific guidelines are followed
D.It's safe because the ground is permanently frozen
1.What aspect of the Middle Ages is the lecture mainly about?
A.Ways in which craftspeople improved their productivity
B.The increasing dependence of towns on one another for economic stability
C.Reasons why trade expanded in medieval society
D.How businesses were organized and regulated
2.According to the professor,what was one of the benefits that guilds provided?
A.They established rules for how things should be made
B.They established a standardized system of banking
C.They promoted competition between merchants from different towns.
D.They paid wages to retired craftspeople
3.The professor describes the process by which someone m the Middle Ages became a master of a trade Put the steps in the correct order
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Answer Choices
Become a guild member
Work as a journeyman
Perform seven years of apprenticeship
Produce a masterpiece
4.What does the professor imply about women guild members
A.They were required to pay higher membership fees than men
B.Their jobs were often related to their husbands jobs
C.They were restricted to food‐making guilds
D.Their apprenticeship took longer than that of men
5.Why does the student say this
A.He thinks the professor may have made a mistake
B.He would like the professor to speak more slowly
C.He is surprised by what the professor just said
D.He wants to know the professors opinion of the practice she describes
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