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z A lesson Matthew prepared for his studentsz A class Matthew has been observingz A term paper that Matthew has writtenz A problem in Matthew's classroom1. B2. A3. D4. BDE5. C6. B7. B8. AC 9. C 10. A 11. BDE 12. D 13. C14.Olympic: Is family …/ Eastern: Displays15. D 16. A 17. CTPO 021. Why does the man go to see his professorTo borrow some charts and graphs from herTo ask her to explain some statistical procedures To talk about report he is writing To discuss a grade he got on a paper1. C2. Include:ACD/ Not include: B3. A4. D5. B6. C7. B8. C9. C 10. A 11. D 12. D13. B 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. BDSection 2are the students mainly discussingClick on 2 answers Click on 2 answers.A.He does not know the publication date of some reviews he needs.B.He does not know the location of the librar y's vides collection of plays.C.He does not know how to find out where the play is currently being performed.D.He does not know how to determine which newspaper he should look at.1. AD2. C3. AD7.NO/YES/YES/NO 8. D12. B 13. D 14. CSection 2 1. What is theconversation mainly aboutA.Methods for finding appropriate sources for a project.B.Reasons the woman is having difficulties with a project.C.Criteria the professor uses to evaluate group projects.D.Ways to develop the skills needed to work in groups.1. B2. C3. D4. C5. AD6. C7. D8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. BD15. A 16. C 17. DTheir courses for next semesterTheir plans for the weekendA poetry clubA class assignment1. AC2. C3. D4. B5. A6. D7.only extrinsic: B/ only intrinsic: AD/ both: C8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. A14.AD 15. C 16. DTPO 03Why does the women come to the officez To notify the university of her change of addressz To find out where her physics class is being heldz To get directions to the science buildingz To complain about her physics class being canceled Section 11. B2. C3. A4. D .5 D 6. C 7. B8. C 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. CSection 2TPO 05Section 1 Q1: What do the speakers mainly discussA.Why the woman has little in common with her roommatesB.How thewoman can keepup in her academicstudiesC.The woman's adjustment to life at theuniversityD.The woman's decision to transfer to another university3. B4. ACTo sign up for a seminar on using electronic sources for research To report that a journal is missing from the reference areaTo find out the procedure for checking out journal articlesTo ask about how to look for resources for a class paper z To ask about a class assignmentz To find out about a midsemester project z To get information about summer jobs z To discuss ways to improve his grade1. D2. B3. C4. A5. B6. C7. C8. A9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. D14.The amount of …/The age of …/Zircon in the 15. B 16. A 17. BSection 2 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B 11. CD 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. BTPO 04Section 11. Why does the man need the woman 's assistanceis the conversation mainly about4. D5. B6. C9. B 10. C 11. C15. C 16. BD 17. D14. The Federal Art … / The National … / Arts councils … / The federal budget1. C2. A8. AD 9. B 14. B 15. C 5. D 6. B 7. C12. B 13. DQ1: What is the conversation mainly aboutA.An assignment about which the student would like adviceB.Concerns as to whether the student should be in the professor 's courseC.The selection of films to be viewed by students in a film theory courseD.The structure and sequence of courses in the Film Department10. D 11. A16.AB 17. DSection 21. B2.3. C4. BD5. B6. B7. C8. D9.A10. D 11. C 12. C 13. D 14.B15. A 16.Folk tales: BC/ Fairy tales: ADEF 17. ATPOSection 1Why does the student go to the career services office to confirm the date and time of the career fair to learn the location of the career fair to find outifhe is allowed to attend the career fair to get advice about interviewing at the career fair1. C 2 A 3. D 4. BC 5. B 6. B 7. A8. A 9 D 10. ABE 11. BC 12. AB13. D 14.D15. BC 16. B 17.ASection21. Why does student go to see the professorz She is having trouble finding topic for the term paperz She needs his help to find resource materialsz She wants to ask him for an extension on a paper z She wants him to approve her plans for a term paper1. D2. C3. AC4. C5. B6. B7. A8. A 9. D 10. C 11 . B 12. A 13. ACE14. 15. B 16. C 17. DTPO 07Section 1does the man go to see the professorz To hand in a late assignmentz To find out about jobs in the departmentz To discuss Dean Adam's current researchz To volunteer to help organize an event1. D2. C3. AC4. D5. B6. C7. D8. B 9. AC 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. D14. AC 15. B 16. C 17. BSection 21. Why does the student come to the libraryTo learn about the library's resourcesTo ask about interlibrary loansTo attend the new student orientationTo start work on a research project1. A2. B3. C4. BC5. D6. C7. AC8. AD 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A13.…/ liquid …/ …/glacier …14.AD 15. B 16. A 17. CTPO 08Section 11. Why does the man go to see the registrarA.To find out why he is not on the list of graduating studentsB.To explain why he has not fulfilled his graduation requirementsC.To find out the exact requirements for graduationD.To submit a document required for graduation1. D2. B3. D4. B5. C6. D7. C8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. D14. A 15. AB 16. D 17. BSection 2 1. What is the conversation mainly aboutA.Preparing for a testB. A strategy for attracting customersC.Business opportunities in the field of healthD.Differences between two business modelsI. B 2. A 3. NO/YES/YES/YES/NO 4. D 5. C6. D7. D8. C9. B10.first … / printing … / number … / inexpensive …II. C 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C TPO 09Section 11. Why does the woman go to see the professorTo get advice on the topic of a term paperTo discuss different types of food packagingTo find out if the university will offer courses in food packaging To ask about jobs in the food industry1. A2. D3. B4. C5. C6. B7. CD8. D9. C 10. BD 11. A 12. A 13. CD 14. B 15. 16. 17. CSection 21. What are the speakers mainly discussing— A book that the man is trying to find in the library — A book that the man already returned to the library — A book that the man is using to write his senior thesis — A book that the man lent to his sociology professor 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. D8. B 9. AD 10. A 11. C 12. C 13. C14. B 15. A 16. CD 17. BTPO 10Section 1does the student go to see the professorO To discuss the latest trends in the photography showsO To find out why some of her work was not selected for a show O To discuss how to get her photographs exhibitedO To find out about a student photography show on campus1. C2. B3. C4. AC5. D6. B7. ACD8. A 9. B 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. D14. A 15. 16. 17. CSection 21 Why does the student go to the bookstoreO To purchase a book by Jane bowlesO To find out which books he need for a courseO To return a book that was originally assigned for a courseO To find out how to order a book for a course1. C2. BD3. A4. A5. C6. D7. AD8. C 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. A14. B 15. YES/NO/YES/YES/NO 16. D 17. BTPO 11Section 1are the speakers mainly discussingWhat the gym pass is used forHow to try out for the swimming teamThe popularity of the new exercise at the gymThe schedule of exercise classes at the gym Howe to make a video for the classHow to reserve a study room in the library How to improve study habits1. A2. C3. AD4. B5. D6. D7. ACwhy does the professor want to see the student To find out the status of her job applicationWhy does the professor ask the man to come to her office to check on the man 'grsespsroon a paper he is writing Topics the student could write about for the school newspaper Comparing a major in journalism to other majorsTo show the man techniques for organizing his time To encourage the man to revise a paper he wroteTo clarify her comments on a paper the man wrotePreparing for a career in journalism1. D2. C3. BD4. AD5. C6. B7.D8. AD 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. 16. B 17. ATPO 15Section 11. Why does the student go to the campus newspaper officeWhat is the student ' s problemHe missed the tuition due date.He has not been paid.His bank lost his paycheck.His tuition payment got lost1. B2. C3. B4. D5. A6. AC7.8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. BD14. C 15.D 16. A 17. BTPOWhy does the student go to see the professorA.To turn in outlines of possible articlesB.To find out when his article will be printed in the newspaperC.To find out if he got a position as a reporterD. To get help with an assignment for his journalism course1. C2. D3. D4. A5. A6. D7.AD8. BC 9. A 10. C 11.D 12. A 13. B14. 1AC D 17. CSection 218. Why does the woman go to see her professorA.To tell him about an athletic achievement.A.Postpone a choir performance to allow more time for rehearsals.To discuss the student's grade on a paperTo invite the student to work on a committeeTo inform the student about a change in the class schedule To ask the student to become her research assistant To get help locating a book she needs for a classTo request a book that her professor put on the reserve listTo ask how to look up books on the library ' s computer system1. B2. C3. A8. A 9. C 10.D 14. B 15. 16.4. D11. A . CTPO 125. D6. C7. C17. A12. C 13. BD1. B2. A3. AD4. C5. BD6. D7.8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. CD14. B 15. 16. 17. BSection 1 Section 2What is the conversation mainly aboutThe advantages and disadvantages of a career in journalism1. C2. B3. A8. C 9. C 10.A 14. C 15. 1611. B 12. C 13. AB 17. A4. D5. A6. D7. BSection 2To report on the research he has done To ask for permission to observe a class To get help understanding an assignment To ask about a question on a recent test Section 11. C 2 B 3A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A8. AD 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. D 13. C14. C 15. A 16. D 17. DSection 2 B.To find out the best approach to studying for a test.C.To ask a question about a laboratory project.D. To discuss her performance on a biology exam1. D2. B8. B 9. C14. ATPO 16Section 13. C4. A5. C6. B7. AD10. CD 11. A 12. B 13. ABE15. A 16. B 17. BWhat does the woman want the man to do1. A2. B3. A4. D5. C6. C7. AD8. C 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. 16. 17. A 8. Chanson 1/3 Romance 2/4 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. AD 17. ATPO 14Section 1What are the speakers mainly discussingHow to use the language labSection 2 Why does the student go to see the manB.Change the rehearsal schedule at the music building.C.Give approval for her group to move a piano to a different room.D.The man's possible participation in a research projectD. Help her reserve a rehearsal space on campus.1. D2. C3. D4. B5. B6. D7. YNYYYN 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. A12. B13. A 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. DSection 218. Why does the student go to see the professorA.To find his grade on the midterm exam.B.To explain why he missed a classC.To get help writing an essay.D.To ask to take a test at a different time.1. D2. B3. B4. BC5. D.6. D7. D8. AC 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. BC14. A 15. AB 16. C 17. ATPO 17Section 1Why does the man visit the professorA.To get the professor ' s approval for his paper topic.B.To ask for source material for his paper.C.To ask the professor 'ospinion about a particular produc tion of a1. D2. C3. A4. A5. B6. B7. YYNYN8. AC9. D 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A14. C 15. AC 16. D 17. BTPO 19Section 1Why does the man go to see the professorA.To ask for heap in choosing a topic for his term paperB.To ask the professor to explain how to complete an assignmentC.To ask about a point raised in a recent lectureD.To offer to help the professor with her research project1. C2. C3. A4. B5. D6. B7. D8. A 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. B14. AD 15. C 16. AC 17. CSection 2What is the conversation mainly aboutA.Changes that will be made in food choices offered to studentsB.Food-safety procedures followed by the cafeteria staffC.Issues related to the cafeteria's food policymon complaints about the food served in the cafeteriaShakespeare play.D.To get help finding articles about a play.4. D5. B6. C7. B11. B 12. A 13. A17. ASection 21. Why does the man go to see the womanA.To complain about customers.B.To request an increase in his pay.C.To ask for a change in his work schedule.D.To apply for a job playing music in the dining hall1. C2. B3. A4. A5. D6. C7. B8. AD 9. D 10. BC 11. B 12. D 13. B14. CD 15. C 16. AB 17. BTPO 18Section1. Why does the student go to the university officeA.To apply for a work-study jobB.To get information about hosting an exchange studentC.To find out if there are any jobs available on campusD.To find out eh hours of the computer lab1. C2. A3. A4. D5. C6. C7. B8. A 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. C14. D 15. B 16. BC 17. DSection 218.What is the conversation mainly aboutA.The topic of the man's research paperB.Some current research projects in sociologyC.Effective ways of conducting sociology research1. C2. A3. AC4. BDE5. B6. B7. A8. D 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. BC14. B 15. C 16. D 17. BTPO1. Why does the man go to talk to the womanA.To find out if he can get extended borrowing privilegesB.To find out if he needs to immediately return a book he borrowedC.To find out why he has to pay a library fineD.To find out why his borrowing privileges have been suspended1. B2. AC3. C4. D5. A6. D7. A8. BAABA 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. AD14. D 15. AD 16. B 17. BSection 21. Why does the professor want to talk to the studentA.To discuss her application to graduate school.B.To discuss a possible internship at theschool ' s libraryC.To encourage her to increase the scope of her research projectD.To suggest some changes to improve her research project.1. C2. A3. B4. D5. B6. B7. B8. A 9. AC 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. A14. C 15. C 16. B 17. CTPO 21Section 1Why does the needs the professor's helpHe does not know the location of his general orientation session1. B2. C3. AD 8. BD 9. D 10. A 14. C 15. D 16. BHe lost the invitation to the engineering department 's orientation session He cannot locate the building for the engineering department 's orientation He needs help deciding which area of engineering he should specialize in 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. AC8. D 9. C 10. A 11. BD 12. C 13. B14. AD 15. C 16. D 17. ASection 2 18. Why does the woman go to see the professorTo ask which elective courses he will be teaching next semesterTo get more advice on which elective courses to take next semesterTo find out the difference between public relations and marketingTo get help deciding whether to pursue a graduate degree in marketing1. D2. C3. B4. D5. A6. B7. C8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. B14. CD 15. A 16. D 17. CTPO 22Section 11Why does the student go to the man office ' sA.To get some advice on an article that she is writingB.To find out about getting a job on the student newspaperC.To protest the university ' s decision about a statueD.To complain about an article in the student newspaper1. D2. AC3. B4. C5. D6. B7. AD8. D 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. C14. BC 15. 16. B 17. CSection 2Why does the man go to see the professorA.To discuss his impressions of a recent piano concertB.To ask how to revise a paper he is writingC.To get approval to write a paper about his grandmother 's lifeD.To find out why he received a poor grade on a paper he wrote1. B2. B3. C4. C5. B6. D7. AB8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. C14. D 15. B 16. D 17. BCTPO 23Section 1What is the cause of the student's problemA.She missed the deadline for submitting her announcement to the university web siteB.She did not include enough information in her announcement.C.The editors of the university web site did not post her announcementD.The university web site will not be available to students for several daysSection 2 18. Why does the man go to see the professorA.To discuss a grade he received on a paperB.To get advice about which course he should take next termC.To ask a question about a reading assignmentD.To request permission to take an advanced course1. B2. D3. B4. A5. C6. A7. D8. B 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. D14. AB 15. A 16. D 17. C TPO 24Section 11. Why can the man NOT find the book he needsA.The bookstore is sold out of the book.B.The bookstore he is in does not carry the book.C.His professor did not order enough copies of the book.D.The book is not being used for any course offered at the university.1. B2. AB3. D4. B5. B6. B7. BD8. C 9. A 10. D 11 . A 12. AD 13. C14. 15. 16. C 17. DSection 218. Why does the student go to speak with the professorA.To discuss material that might be on the final examB.To review his answers to the midterm examC.To get information about a class he missedD.To find out about the services of the tutoring center1. A2. AD3. B4. 122115. D6. D7. A8. C 9. BC 10. B 11. AD 12. A 13. BC14. 15. 16. 17. BTPO25Section 1What is the conversation mainly aboutA.The student 's eligibility to graduate next semesterB.The student 's difficulties in registering for classesC. A difficult class the student must take next semesterD.Possible elective choices in thestudent 'desgree program1. A2. B3. A4. C5. D6. c8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. B14. c 15. B 16. B 17. DSection 2Why does the man go to see the professorA.To find out how to distinguish between different types of whale songsB.To request permission to change the topic of his paperC.To discuss the difference between using the internet and using books to find sourcesD.To get help locating some information for his paper1. D2. B3. A4. C5. AD6. D7. B8. A 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. B14. C 15AD 16. CTPO26Section 1Why does the student go to speak to the manA.To discuss a job opportunity she had heard aboutB.To learn about options for advertising her businessC.To see if she can change a previous print orderD.To discuss a design idea that she has for business cards1. B2. D3. CD4. B5. A6. D7. A8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. D. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C8. A 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. D14. C 15. C 16. A 17. ADSection 2Why does the student go to see the professorA. To obtain notes from a class she missedB.To discuss a conference she attendedC.To ask about a possible topic for a research paperD.To clarify information about volunteering in the community1. C2. a3. B4. A5. B6. A7. Ac8. D 9. A 10. B 12. A 13. BC14. C 15. D 16. B 17. CTPO27Section 1What does the woman go to the information deskdoes not know where the library computers are located.does not know how to use a computer to locate the information she needs. does not have time to wait until a library computer becomes available. book she is looking for was missing from the library shelf.1. B2. D3. C4. A5. C6. B7. C8. D 9. AD 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B14. D 15. B 16. A 17. BSection 2why does the student come to see the professorA to find out her reaction to a paper he recently submittedB to point out a factual error in an article the class was assigned to readC to ask about the suitability of a topic he wants to write aboutD to ask about the difference between chinampas and hydroponics1. C2. B3. D4. A5. C6. B7. D8. D 9. AB 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A14. C 15. AC 16. A 17. DTPO28Section 1What is the conversation mainly aboutA. Criticisms of Dewey 's political philosophyB .Methods for leading a discussion groupchanges made to a reference documentwith the organization of a paper1. D2. A3. ACD4. c5. B6. C7. A8. B 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. C14. AD 15. B 16. D 17. CSection 2 Section 1what is the conversation mainly aboutA what the deadline to register for Japanese class isB why a class the woman chose may not be suitable for herC how the woman can fix an unexpected problem with her class scheduleD how first year student can get a permission to take an extra class1. C2. A3. D4. BC5. B6. A7. C8. ABD 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. C B14. C 15. AD 16. B 17. CSectionwhy does the student go to see the professorA to explain why he may need to hand in an assignment lateB to get instructions on how to complete an assignmentC to discuss a type of music his class is studyingD to ask if he can choose the music to write about in a listening journal1. B2. D3. A4. AC5. A6. C7.8. A 9. C 10. BD 11. C12.C 13. B14. D 15. 16. 17. CTPO30Section 11 why does the student go to speak with the womanA to get permission to organize a club eventB to arrange for a work space for his clubC to inquire about photography classD to reserve a room for photography exhibit1. B2. B3. D4. A5. C6. D7. C8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. CD14. A 15. A 16. D 17. CSection 2what are the speakers mainly discussingA the student's idea about his class assignmentsB the influence of one painter on anotherC the student's recent visit to museum in ConnecticutD the challenges associated with painting at night1. A2. B3. D4. AC5. B6. C7. B8. A 9. BD 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. C14. D 15. A 16. A 17. DWhy does the man go to see the professorlearn more about his student teaching assignment discuss the best time to complete his senior thesis discuss the possibility of changing the topic of his senior thesis find out whether the professor will be his advisor for his senior thesis1. B2. C3. C4. CD5. B6. C7. B8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. B14. B 15. c 1AC 17. DTPO29。

托福TPO30口语Task6听力文本+题目+满分范文

托福TPO30口语Task6听力文本+题目+满分范文

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托福TPO30口语Task6听力文本: Listen to part of a lecture from a Biology class. When we humans walk from place to place, we move on the Earth's surface, across the Earth's surface. Many animals of course do the same thing. Horses and dogs and cows and so on, all move on the surface, across the surface of the Earth. But there are also quite a few animals that have the ability to move from place to place underground, beneath the Earth's surface. This moving around underground is called subsurface locomotion. Sub surface location has a number of benefits.One benefit of subsurface locomotion is that it enables animals to minimize their exposure to extreme temperatures. This is very helpful to animals that live in areas with harsh climates, where it could be very dangerous to spend large amounts of time on the surface. For example, in the Sahara Desert, in Africa, there's a type of lizard that's able to move beneath the surface, through the sand, very quickly. Because this lizard can move so easily and so quickly underground, it doesn’t have to travel on the surface, where it would be exposed to dangerously high temperatures.Another benefit of subsurface locomotion is that it can help animals capture prey. That’s because animals on the surface can’t see predators approaching underground. Our lizard in the Sahara Desert is again, a good example. The way it works is, when an insect is walking nearby on the surface, it produces very subtle vibrations in the sand. When the lizard senses these vibrations, it moves very quickly. Underground, where it can’t be seen, toward the source of the vibrations. It then pops up directly under the insect and catches it by surprise." 托福TPO30口语Task6题目: Using the example of the lizard form the lecture, explain two benefits of subsurface locomotion. 托福TPO30口语Task6满分范文: One benefit of subsurface locomotion is to allow animals minimize their exposure to extreme temperatures, especially those that could be very dangerous. A good example of this is a kind of lizard that lives in Sahara Desert in Africa. The lizard can move quickly underground to keep from the dangerously high temperature. Another is that it can help the animals catch their preys more easily because the preys above the ground usually fail to see them when they moves beneath. Back to our lizard, it preys on small insects that move above the ground, and the movement produces subtle vibration that can be detected by the lizard. So the lizard moves quickly through the sand toward the source of the vibration, and then pops up from the soil to captureand eat the prey. (135 words) 以上是给大家整理的托福TPO30口语Task6听力文本+题目+满分范文,希望对你有所帮助!。

TPO30听力解析section2

TPO30听力解析section2

TPO30听力Conversation-2What are the speakers mainly discussing?A.The student’s idea about his class assignmentsB.The influence of one painter on anotherC.The student’s recent visit to museum in ConnecticutD.The challenges associated with painting at night答案:A解析:从整个conversation来看,教授和学生在讨论paper的主题,与A对应。

Why is the student unable to write about the painting by Van Gogh?A.It is not on the list of approved paintings that the professor provided.B.It is not available for the student to study in person.C.The student does not have enough background knowledge to write about it.D.Another student has already chosen to write about it.答案:B解析:当学生去museum去看Van Gogh的画作时,画作不在了,所以与B对应。

What does the student say about the painting by Millet?A.It seemed brighter than he expected.B.It is on loan to a distant museum.C.It is his favorite painting.D.It is located near his family’s house.答案:D解析:Millet’s painting is located near my family.对应DAccording to the speakers, what two features do the Van Gogh painting and the Millet painting have in common? (Click on 2 answers)A.They have the same name.B.They exemplify Postimpressionist styleC.They depict a nighttime scene with a lot of lightD.They depict the same star constellation.答案:AC解析:Not just the name......amazing light effects 对应AC。

托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本+题目+答案解析

托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本+题目+答案解析

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托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本 Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and his art history professor. Professor: How was the museum? Student: Great. I hadn’t been there for a few years. Professor: Did you enjoy the Van Gogh painting? Student: That’s the thing. Looks like I have to change my topic. Professor: Hmm… we are getting close to the deadline. You were writing about the theme of night in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. It’s a wonderful topic. Student: I know. People don’t usually think of Van Gogh as an artist of nocturnal themes. They think of brightness, sunshine, all that yellow and orange. Professor: You are right of course about the intense light associated with his daytime paintings. But his night paintings don’t exactly lack brightness. Student: That’s the paradox that I really like, the paradox of painting a nighttime scene using so much color and light. So I was planning to focus mostly on his painting Starry Night. Professor: But? [Student: When I went to the museum to look at the actual painting, like you told me to. It wasn’t there. Professor: Really? Isn’t it part of the permanent collection? Student: Yes. But it’s on loan right now to a museum in Europe. Professor: Ah, I see. Well, I am strict about having students write about paintings they can observe firsthand. Student: Well, I found another painting I could study instead. Professor: OK. Student: I read that there are two paintings called Starry Night.The first one was done by the French realist painter Millet.It may have been the inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting. Millet’s painting is located near my family’s house in Connecticut.And I am going there this weekend and could study it then. I made sure it’s not out on loan. Professor: That definitely would work then. Van Gogh copied many of Millet’s compositions. We know that he really admired Millet’s work. And a lot of us think Van Gogh saw this particular painting by Millet in Paris in the late 1700s. Student: Yeah. Although Millet was a realist painter, and Van Gogh a post-impressionist, the two paintings still share lots of features, not just the name. The most striking shared feature has got to be the amazing light effects. I am excited to go see it. But one other thing … Professor: Uh-huh. Student: I was thinking about getting a head start on my next assignment while I am at the gallery in Connecticut, the assignment on miniatures. They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection. Professor: American miniatures? Student: Yeah. So I figured I could also get started on that essay, study a few while I am there. I’d focus on the meaning of the objects that some of the children are holding, some are holding flowers, one child has a rattle, another a toy violin… Professor: That would be fine. Uh, those objects…we call them attributes. The attributes chosen to be included in a particular miniature was often meant to communicate parents’ hopes and dreams for their child. So I think you’ll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done. 托福TPO30听力Conversation2题目 1.What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. The student's idea about his class assignments. B. The influence of one painter on another. C. The student's recent visit to museum in Connecticut. D. The challenges associated with painting at night.。

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TPO 30Section1Conversation1NarratorListen to a conversation between a student and an employee at the student activity center.StudentThis is the administrative office, right?EmployeeUh-huh. How can I help you?StudentWell, I am stopping by to reserve a place for my school club that meet and work, pretty much on a regular basis. Ideally, our preference would be to have our own office.EmployeeHmm…well, we are out of private offices. But we do have some semi-private options still available.StudentWhat do you mean?EmployeeWell, it’s a setup where you’ll have a larger workspace shared by two other clubs. In other words, each club would have its own work area within that one room.StudentOh. Are there any divider, walls or anything?EmployeeOh, yes. There will be a couple of dividers, so there’s some privacy.StudentUm. We’ll work with that then. I wouldn’t want to be without an office.EmployeeOK. Here are the two forms you have to fill out. Why don’t you do it now while I set that up through out computer system.OK.EmployeeSo what’s your club’s name? And the last name of the club president.StudentOh, it’s the photography club. And it’s Williams. That’s me. John Williams.EmployeeHmm…that’s not pulling up anything on my screen. Um…let me try something else. Uh, how about your faculty advisor’s name?StudentSarah Baker. She is in the Arts Department.EmployeeHmm…No. Strange. You know your club is just not showing up in my online records. Is this an established club?StudentNo. Actually it’s a brand-new one.EmployeeHmm…have you completed the registration process?StudentYeah, last week. That was my very first step.EmployeeRight. Well, for my purposes, a club definitely has to be registered before I can proceed further. At the moment, however, it appears that there’s no record of your club’s registration.StudentReally? I thought everything was finalized last week.EmployeeWell, it is surprising. Usually there’s a 24-hour turnaround in our computer database. So then do you have the registration approval letter from the review committee? That would give me the verification I need.StudentYeah. I do. I mean, well, I don’t have it with me. But … I… I, uh, can get it from my dorm room, bring it back with me and submit it with those forms you need from me.Great! That’ll work. And just so you are aware, there’re lots of benefits to being registered.StudentOh, yeah. I think the university will give us permission to set up a website, right? I want to get students sharing their ideas on the website, you know, establish a photography blog.EmployeeYes. You’ll be able to do that. And…um…actually there’s more. You’ll be allowed the use of audiovisual equipment at no cost. You’ll receive a club mailbox and a club email address. You’ll be allowed to post your flyers and posters around the campus for publicity. And you could be eligible for funding for club events.StudentWell, we are definitely interested in hiring a professional speaker at one of our campus events at some point in the semester. And speakers almost always charge a fee. So I’ll definitely follow up on that.Lecture1NarratorListen to part of a lecture in a psychology class.ProfessorWe’ve been talking about animal cognition—the study of animal intelligence. Now, much of the research in this area is motivated by the search for animal analogues, or parallels to human cognitive processes. And one of the processes we’ve been investigating is metacognition.What is metacognition? Well, it’s being aware of what one knows or feels, uh, um… having an awareness of one’s state of mind. And making decisions about behavior based on what one knows. Researchers have long been interested in whether animals possess this capability, but…but couldn’t test it because animals aren’t able to report their feelings.But recently one group of researchers found a way to solve this problem. They did studies with…with monkeys and dolphins that provide evidence that these animals have the ability to feel uncertainty, to feel unsure about something and…and…well, to know that they are uncertain.So how could these researchers figure out if an animal feels uncertainty. Well, it began with a study one of them did on a dolphin, who had been trained to recognize a particular high-pitched tone. The dolphin was taught to press one of two paddles depending on whether it heard the high tone or one that was lower. Food was a reward for a correct response. But if the wrong paddle was pressed, the dolphin had to wait several seconds before it could try again. The task varied in difficulty according to the pitch of the second tone. The closer it came in pitch to the first one, the hard it became for the dolphin to correctly identify it as low. And the researcher noted that the dolphin is quite eager to press the paddle when it was sure of the answer, but exhibited hesitation during difficult trials.Next the researcher introduced a third option, a third paddle that would initiate a new trial, giving the dolphin the choice of passing on difficult trials. Once the dolphin figured out the result of pressing this new paddle, it did choose it frequently when the trial was difficult. The researcher took that as an indication that the animal wanted to pass because it didn’t know the answer and knew it didn’t know.But there was a problem. Other researchers protested that the…the opt-out response was simply a learned or conditioned response. You remember intro to psychology, right? In other words, by pressing the pass paddle, the dolphin avoided having to wait and hasten the possibility of a full reward by moving directly to the next trial. So the experiment didn’t necessarily indicate that the dolphin had knowledge of its own uncertainty, just that it wanted to avoid negative consequences.So more recently, our researcher and his colleagues devised a new study, this time using monkeys. In this experiment, the monkeys had to identify certain patterns displayed on a computer screen. These patterns were analogous to the tones used in the dolphin study. One type of pattern was of a specific density and was to be classified as dense, while the second type of pattern could vary in density, but was always less dense than the first one. And the monkeys’task was to identify this second type as sparse. So the denser the second type of pattern was, the more difficult the task became.And as in a previous study, the monkeys were given a third choice that would allow them to pass on to a new trial. But unlike in the dolphin experiment, the monkeys had to complete four trials before they got any feedback. They didn’t know if they responded correctly or incorrectly after each trial because there was no reward or punishment. At the end of four trials, feedback was given. The monkeys received a full reward for each correct response. And a time-out during which a buzzer was sounded for each incorrect response. But the monkeys had no way to tell which reward or punishment was associated with which response. And they didn’t get either reward or punishment for choosing the pass option, the…um…the uncertainty response. But nevertheless they still chose this option in the appropriate circumstances when the trial was particularly difficult. And this is evidence that it wasn’t a conditioned response, because that response didn’t guarantee a faster reward.So what does all this tell us about animal consciousness or animals’ awareness of themselves and their state of mind? Can we really know what’s going on in the minds of animals? No. Of course not. But exploring the metacognitive capacity of animals could become an important criterion in highlighting the similarities and differences between human and animal minds.HumanBy Michael S. Gazzanigabooks.google./books?id=nD4u-YdmX88C&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=metacognition+dolphi n+press+paddles&source=bl&ots=co2_Da3oLo&sig=FSfz5EeoUh0j-sPyqmOfbCiSNys&hl=en& sa=X&ei=D_bjUcn9E6T7ygHE4oGQCw&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=metacognition%2 0dolphin%20press%20paddles&f=falseLecture2-PaleontologyNarratorListen to part of a lecture in a paleontology class.ProfessorAs we’ve discussed, birds are apparently descendants of dinosaurs and shared many commonalities with some dinosaur species, like…um…feathers and maybe even flight and of course egg laid. OK.So, many paleontologists, myself included, have wondered about other similarities between dinosaurs and birds. Since adult dinosaur fossils have sometimes been discovered near or on top of nests, we’ve been looking at the dinosaur parenting behavior.StudentParenting behavior, well, that sounds so gentle and caring. But dinosaurs were ferocious reptiles and reptiles don’t take care of their young, do they?ProfessorWell, some reptiles incubate their eggs, crocodiles do. And as for popular attitudes towards dinosaurs…well, take the Oviraptor for instance.In the 1920s, a paleontologist discovered the fossil remains of a small dinosaur near a nest containing eggs. He assumed the dinosaur was stealing the eggs, so he named it Oviraptor that means egg thief in Latin, which fueled the generally negative public image of such dinosaurs.But by the 1990s, other experts had convincingly made the case that instead of robbing the nest; the Oviraptor was probably taking care of the eggs. You see, dinosaurs’ closest living relatives –birds and crocodiles –display nesting behavior. And dinosaur fossils have been found in postures that we now believe to indicate brooding behavior, that is, sitting on the eggs until they hatch.So we are curious about the type of care dinosaurs gave to their young. And we’d like to figure out which dinosaur parent, the male or the female gave the care.StudentShouldn’t the behavior of crocodiles and birds give us some clues then?ProfessorWell, with crocodiles, it is the female who guards the nest, and with birds, it depends on the species, it can be the male or the female that takes care the eggs, or both. In over 90 percent ofall bird species, both parents take care of the eggs and the young birds.StudentBut sometimes it’s just the male?ProfessorWell, exclusive care by the male parent is much less common, but it does occur. Now, for animals other than birds, the care of young by both parents is pretty unusual in the animal kingdom. Males contribute to parental care in fewer than five percent of all mammalian species. It’s even less frequent among reptiles. And exclusive care by the male is very rare. So researchers have wondered about the evolution of male parenting behavior in birds for quite some time. And now there’s research showing that for some of the birds’ dinosaur relatives, it’s likely that the male parent was also in charge of taking care of the eggs.StudentHow did they figure that out?ProfessorWell, first they looked at clutch volume, that’s the number of eggs in the nest of crocodiles, birds and three types of dinosaurs, including Oviraptors that are thought to be closely related to the dinosaur ancestors of birds.So when researchers examined fossilized remains of nests, they found that the dinosaurs had larger clutch volumes, more eggs in the nests that is, than most of the crocodiles and birds that were studied. But, and this is important, their clutch volumes matched those of birds that have only male parental care. You see, bird species in which only the males take care of the nest tend to have the largest clutches of eggs.StudentSo what’s the connection between bird and dinosaur behavior?ProfessorWell, researchers now believe, because of this study, that the male parenting behavior of these birds might have its origins in the behavior of dinosaurs.StudentBased only on evidence of clutch volume size, the number of eggs?ProfessorNo, there’s more. They also examined the fossilized bones of those three types of dinosaurs that were found on or near nests to determine their sex. You see, adult female birds during egg production produce a layer of spongy bone tissue inside certain long bones. And so did female dinosaurs of the kinds that were investigated. This spongy tissue serves as a source of calcium for eggshell formation. But when the dinosaur fossils were examined, there were no spongy bone deposits.StudentMeaning that those dinosaurs on the nests were probably adult males who wouldn’t have needed calcium for making eggshells.ProfessorExactly. And then there’s this: birds like the kiwi, the ostrich and the emu; they share certain physical characteristics with these dinosaurs. And interestingly, they also show a consistent pattern of nest care by the male./wiki/Origin_of_birdsAre Bird really Dinosaurs?/diapsids/avians.html.wbu./chipperwoods/photos/dinos.htm.dino-web./birds.html9e.devbio./article.php?ch=16&id=161.%22.enchantedlearning./subjects/dinosaurs/Dinobirds.html.sciencedaily./releases/2013/04/4.htmnews.nationalgeographic./news/2008/04/080424-trex-mastodon.htmlanswers../question/index?qid=910AAkxv2nSection2Conversation2NarratorListen to a conversation between a student and his art history professor.ProfessorHow was the museum?StudentGreat. I hadn’t been there for a few years.ProfessorDid you enjoy the Van Gogh painting?StudentThat’s the thing. Looks like I have to change my topic.ProfessorHmm… we are getting close to the deadline. You were writing about the theme of night in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh.It’s a wonderful topic.StudentI know. People don’t usually think of Van Gogh as an artist of nocturnal themes. They think of brightness, sunshine, all that yellow and orange.ProfessorYou are right of course about the intense light associated with his daytime paintings. But his night paintings don’t exactly lack brightness.StudentThat’s the paradox that I really like, the paradox of painting a nighttime scene using so much color and light. So I was planning to focus mostly on his painting Starry Night.ProfessorBut?StudentWhen I went to the museum to look at the actual painting, like you told me to. It wasn’t there.ProfessorReally? Isn’t it part of the permanent collection?StudentYes. But it’s on loan right now to a museum in Europe.ProfessorAh, I see. Well, I am strict about having students write about paintings they can observe firsthand.StudentWell, I found another painting I could study instead.ProfessorOK.StudentI read that there are two paintings called Starry Night. The first one was done by the French realist painter Millet. It may have been the inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting. Millet’s painting is located near my family’s house in Connecticut. And I am going there this weekend and could study it then. I made sure it’s not out on loan.ProfessorThat definitely would work then. Van Gogh copied many of Millet’s compositions. We know that he really admired Millet’s work. And a lot of us think Van Gogh saw this particular painting by Millet in Paris in the late 1700s.StudentYeah. Although Millet was a realist painter, and Van Gogh a post-impressionist, the two paintings still share lots of features, not just the name. The most striking shared feature has got to be the amazing light effects. I am excited to go see it. But one other thing …ProfessorUh-huh.StudentI was thinking about getting a head start on my next assignment while I am at the gallery in Connecticut, the assignment on miniatures. They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection.ProfessorAmerican miniatures?StudentYeah. So I figured I could also get started on that essay, study a few while I am there. I’d focus on the meaning of the objects that some of the children are holding, some are holding flowers,one child has a rattle, another a toy violin…ProfessorThat would be fine. Uh, those objects…we call them attributes. The attributes chosen to be included in a particular miniature was often meant to communicate parents’ hopes and dreams for their child. So I think you’ll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done.Lecture3-AstronomyNarratorListen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class.ProfessorThere’s been a lot of talk recently about life on Mars, at the level of microorganisms anyway, mainly because of a few important discoveries and inventions.For example, one major discovery was that at one point water was present on Mars. How do we know? Well, in 2004, an exploration robot discovered jarosite there.Jarosite is a yellowish brown mineral with a crystalline structure that’s also found on Earth. It contains iron, potassium and hydroxide. The interesting thing is that on Earth at least it needs highly acidic water to form. So we’ve got water or had it at one point. And since most planetary scientists believe that water is essential to life, the presence of jarosite means that one prerequisite for life was once present on Mars.But there’s another thing about jarosite. One step in its formation on Earth involves microorganisms; they actually speed up the formation of jarosite dramatically. Now, theoretically it is possible for jarosite to form without the help of biological life forms. But we don’t really know for sure if this happens ‘cause… well, because every corner of Earth has some form of biological life.But jarosite on Earth incorporates all kinds of microorganisms into its crystalline structure. So it’s possible that if the jarosite on Mars was also formed with the help of microorganisms, we might be able to detect remnants of them in the samples we find. And we have instruments now that will enable us to try to do this. For example, there’s a new instrument called the microfabricated organic analyzer, or M.O.A.The organic analyzer is an amazing tool. It will be able to collect soil samples and analyze them right there on Mars, pure, untouched samples. It will let us eliminate the risk we would take of contaminating the samples if they were brought back to Earth. And what they’ll look for specifically in the soil is amino acids.Amino acids, as you may know, are the building blocks of proteins. In fact, there are twenty standard amino acids involved in making proteins and lots more that aren’t.And here’s the important thing. Amino acids are what we call handed. They can exist in two forms, which are mirror images of each other like hands. Right and left hands have the same number of fingers in the same order plus one thumb. But right and left hands are not the same; they are mirror images. Well, like hands, amino acids can be right or left-handed. And thetwenty that make up the proteins on Earth are all left-handed.Now, one reason the M.O.A., the organic analyzer is so impressive is that it tests not just for the presence of amino acids but also for the handedness of amino acids. If amino acids are found, it would be especially interesting if they show a prevalence of one type of handedness, either left, like amino acids on Earth, or right.See, other physical processes in space, processes that don’t involve living organisms, can create amino acids. But the ones synthesized through abiotic processes, which is to say not involving microorganisms, occur in equal numbers of right- and left-handed.So, a prevalence of left-handed amino acids would indicate they were biological in origin, which would be amazing! A prevalence of right-handed ones…well, that would be really amazing!! Because the organisms that created them would be unlike anything we have on Earth, which produce only left-handed ones.Lecture4-Music HistoryNarratorListen to part of a lecture in a music history class. The professor has been discussing music of the twentieth century.ProfessorAnd what instrument comes to mind when you think of rock ‘n’ roll?StudentThe electric Guitar?ProfessorExactly. I think it’s fair to say that the sound of the electric guitar typifies the rock ‘n’ roll genre, which became popular in the 1950s. But really the instrument we know today was the result of a continuing development that started for our practical purposes in the 1920s.But long before that even, people were experimenting with ways to modify traditional acoustic guitars. The first guitars were wooden. This is the Spanish guitar and the strings were made from animal products. Then came steel strings. And that led to the lap guitar, which is also called the steel guitar because the player slides a steel rod up and down the neck. And those are all acoustic guitars. OK?But then eventually we have electric guitars. Over the years, many inventors and musicians contributed to the design of these instruments. And each design was intended to alter the sound in some way, at first at least with the electric guitar, to make it louder.So let’s get back to when the steel guitar was first introduced in the United States. It was right after the Spanish-American war in the late 1890s. US sailors who were stationed in Hawaii—then a US territory—were very enamored with the music they heard there. Uh, Hawaiian music was based on the steel guitar I just described. Some sailors learned how to play the steel guitar and brought it home to the States. Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage1 in the mainland US. It actually had a strong influence on the development of several musical genres, rock ‘n’ roll most notably, but also jazz and blues.Anyway, by the 1920s, with the advent of the public dance movement, people were gathering in large groups to listen to steel guitar music. But they had trouble hearing it, especially in large public settings. As I mentioned, the instrument was played horizontally, on the lap. Since the strings faced upward, the sound was projected toward the ceiling rather than outward toward1a widespread temporary enthusiasm or fashion: computer games are all the rage .the audience. Something had to be done, because the music venues and the audience kept getting larger and larger. So what would you do?StudentFind a way to amplify the sound?ProfessorYes. And to do that, inventors started attaching electronic devices, electrical coils to the acoustic guitars. And the electronics worked! But attaching electronics didn’t just affect how loudly you could play. It also changed the quality of the sound. These early electric guitars were hollow and these early amplifiers caused vibrations in the bodies of the instruments. So as the sound got louder, it became more distorted, fuzzy-sounding. And what musicians at the time wanted was a pure, clean sound.StudentSo where does Les Paul fit in? Wasn’t he the first to electrify acoustic guitars?ProfessorUh…no. Electrified guitars already existed by the time Les Paul came into the picture around 1940. What Paul did was experiment with ways of removing the distortions and he succeeded. He designed a guitar with a solid body that relied solely on electronics. Paul’s solid body eliminated the vibrations, and thus the distortions.StudentExcuse me. But when I think of electric guitar music, I think of Jimi Hendrix.ProfessorJimi Hendrix, one of my favorites.StudentBut Hendrix’s style really was all about distortion, that’s what’s so great about his music, all those special effects. I think a lot of rock ‘n’ roll fans prefer that to a pure sound.ProfessorYeah. You are getting ahead of me here. But good, because the point I was going to make is that the sound of rock ‘n’ roll changed over the years. And the designs and technology of electric guitars made those changes possible.So whereas Les Paul’s goal was to remove the distortion, later musicians wanted to produce it. And by the time Jimi Hendrix came around. Well, essentially, Hendrix reinvented the electric guitar, in the sense that he created amazing effects and vibrations that changed the sound of rock ‘n’roll completely. So eventually, people tried to improve on Les Paul’s model, well, to modify it I should say.。

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Conversation11. What is the conversation mainly about?A) Reasons that the man wants to sell his textbookB) How to find out which books are on the buyback listC) The bookstore¡¯s policies for buying back textbooks from studentsD) The student¡¯s deadline for selling old textbooks2. According to the woman, when are textbooks added to the buyback list?A) After students have registered for the next semester¡¯s classesB) After professors receive student evaluations of textbooksC) After professors inform the bookstore what textbooks they will use the following semesterD) After the bookstore determines what price to charge3. According to the woman, what is a reason the man¡¯s textbook may not be added to the buyback list?A) The bookstore may already have ordered too many copies of the textbook.B) The price of the textbook may have changed significantly since last semester.C) Professor Murphy may not be teaching economics next semester.D) A newer edition of the textbook may be available next semester.4. What does the woman suggest the man should do to have the best chance of selling his book to the bookstore? [Choose two answers]A) Ask his professor if the same book will be used next semesterB) Sell the book back as soon as the buyback period beginsC) Make sure the book is in good conditionD) Bring the original sales receipt with the book5. Why does the woman say this?A) To confirm that cleaning up the book is importantB) To suggest it might be easier to sell the book to another studentC) To indicate that she sets the price the bookstore will pay for booksD) To acknowledge that the man¡¯s book is in good shapeLecture16. What is the lecture mainly about?A) The history of archaeology in AfricaB) Traditional methods of archaeological researchC) Controversial new archaeological findingsD) The study of archaeology in Southeast Asia7. What excites the professor about the field of archaeology?A) Established theories can be challenged by new evidence.B) The technology used in archaeology is always improving.C) Archaeology deals with basic issues of human societies.D) Archaeologists often work in interesting parts of the world.8. According to the professor, what can scientists learn by examining ancient phytoliths?。

托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本+题目+答案解析

托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本+题目+答案解析

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托福TPO30听力Conversation2文本Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and his art history professor.Professor: How was the museum?Student: Great. I hadn’t been there for a few years.Professor: Did you enjoy the Van Gogh painting?Student: That’s the thing. Looks like I have to change my topic.Professor: Hmm… we are getting close to the deadline. You were writing about the theme of night in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. It’s a wonderful topic.Student: I know. People don’t usually think of Van Gogh as an artist of nocturnal themes. They think of brightness, sunshine, all that yellow and orange.Professor: You are right of course about the intense light associated with his daytime paintings. But his night paintings don’t exactly lack brightness.Student: That’s the paradox that I really like, the paradox of painting a nighttime scene using so much color and light. So I was planning to focus mostly on his painting Starry Night.Professor: But?[Student: When I went to the museum to look at the actual painting, like you told me to. It wasn’t there.Professor: Really? Isn’t it part of the permanent collection?Student: Yes. But it’s on loan right now to a museum in Europe.Professor: Ah, I see. Well, I am strict about having students write about paintings they can observe firsthand.Student: Well, I found another painting I could study instead.Professor: OK.Student: I read that there are two paintings called Starry Night.The first one was done by the French realist painter Millet.It may have been the inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting. Millet’s painting is located near my family’s house in Connecticut.And I am going there this weekend and could study it then. I made sure it’s not out on loan.Professor: That definitely would work then. Van Gogh copied many of Millet’s compositions. We know that he really admired Millet’s work. And a lot of us think Van Gogh saw this particular painting by Millet in Paris in the late 1700s.Student: Yeah. Although Millet was a realist painter, and Van Gogh a post-impressionist, the two paintings still share lots of features, not just the name. The most striking shared feature has got to be the amazing light effects. I am excited to go see it. But one other thing …Professor: Uh-huh.Student: I was thinking about getting a head start on my next assignment while I am at the gallery in Connecticut, the assignment on miniatures. They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection.Professor: American miniatures?Student: Yeah. So I figured I could also get started on that essay, study a few while I am there. I’d focus on the meaning of the objects that some of the children are holding, some are holding flowers, one child has a rattle, another a toy violin…Professor: That would be fine. Uh, those objects…we callthem attributes. The attributes chosen to be included in a particular miniature was often meant to communicate pa rents’ hopes and dreams for their child. So I think you’ll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done.托福TPO30听力Conversation2题目1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. The student's idea about his class assignments.B. The influence of one painter on another.C. The student's recent visit to museum in Connecticut.D. The challenges associated with painting at night.。

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以提高学习效率,环球托福祝你早日成功!托福听力TPO30原题What does the professor mainly discuss?A. How the parenting behavior of Oviraptors may have differed from that of other dinosaursB.Evidence that parenting behavior in birds may have originated with dinosaursC.Physical traits shared by dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birdsD.The changing attitudes of the public toward dinosaurs答案:B解析: We will be looking at dinosaurs parenting behavior. 与这个 Topic Sentence 相关的只有B项。

What is the professor's attitude toward the name "Obiraptor" ? Click on 2 answers.A. It accurately represents the behavior of the dinosaurB.It resulted from an incorrect translation of the original Latin termC.It was based on a misunderstanding of the fossil evidenceD.It influenced popular attitudes toward dinosaurs答案:CD解析: He assumed the dinosaur was stealing the eggs...... Leave generally negative influence on such dinosaurs......the oviraptor was probably taking care of the eggs.According to the professor, what behavior is very rare among reptiles?A.Parenting of the young by malesying eggs in a nestC.Returning to the same nest site year after yearD.Stealing eggs from the nests of other reptiles答案:A解析:Well, exclusive care by the male parent is much less common, but it dose occur......males contribute to parental care in fewer than 5% ...... It is even less frequent on reptiles. 说明有父亲看护孩子很少见。

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TPO 30Section1Conversation1NarratorListen to a conversation between a student and an employee at the student activity center.StudentThis is the administrative office, right?EmployeeUh-huh. How can I help you?StudentWell, I am stopping by to reserve a place for my school club that meet and work, pretty much on a regular basis. Ideally, our preference would be to have our own office.EmployeeHmm…well, we are out of private offices. But we do have some semi-private options still available. StudentWhat do you mean?EmployeeWell, it’s a setup where you’ll have a larger workspace shared by two other clubs. In other words, each club would have its own work area within that one room.StudentOh. Are there any divider, walls or anything?EmployeeOh, yes. There will be a couple of dividers, so there’s some privacy.StudentUm. We’ll work with that then. I wouldn’t want to be without an office.EmployeeOK. Here are the two forms you have to fill out. Why don’t you do it now while I set that up throu gh out computer system.StudentOK.EmployeeSo what’s your club’s name? And the last name of the club president.StudentOh, it’s the photography club. And it’s Williams. That’s me. John Williams.EmployeeHmm…that’s not pulling up anything on my screen.Um…let me try something else. Uh, how about your faculty advisor’s name?StudentSarah Baker. She is in the Arts Department.EmployeeHmm…No. Strange. You know your club is just not showing up in my online records. Is this an established club?StudentN o. Actually it’s a brand-new one.EmployeeHmm…have you completed the registration process?StudentYeah, last week. That was my very first step.EmployeeRight. Well, for my purposes, a club definitely has to be registered before I can proceed further. At the moment, however, it appears that there’s no record of your club’s registration.StudentReally? I thought everything was finalized last week.EmployeeWell, it is surprising. Usually there’s a 24-hour turnaround in our computer database. So then do you have the registration approval letter from the review committee? That would give me the verification I need.StudentYeah. I do. I mean, well, I don’t have it with me. But … I… I, uh, can get it from my dorm room, bring it back with me and submit it with those forms you need from me.EmployeeGreat! That’ll work. And just so you are aware, there’re lots of benefits to being registered.StudentOh, yeah. I think the university will give us permission to set up a website, right? I want to get students sharing their ideas on the website, you know, establish a photography blog.EmployeeYes. You’ll be able to do that. And…um…actually there’s more. You’ll be allowed the use of audiovisual equipment at no cost. You’ll receive a club mailbox and a club email address. You’ll be allowed to post your flyers and posters around the campus for publicity. And you could be eligible for funding for club events.StudentWell, we are definitely interested in hiring a professional speaker at one of our campus events at some point in the semester. And speakers almost always charge a fee. So I’ll definitely follow up on that.Lecture1NarratorListen to part of a lecture in a psychology class.ProfessorWe’ve been talking about animal cognition—the study of animal intelligence. Now, much of the research in this area is motivated by the search for animal analogues, or parallels to human cognitive processes. And one of the processes we’ve been investigating is metacognition.What is metacognition? Well, it’s being aware of what one knows or feels, uh, um… having an awareness of one’s state of mind. And making decisions about behavior based on what one knows. Researchers have long been interested in whether animals possess this capability, but…but couldn’t test it becau se animals aren’t able to report their feelings.But recently one group of researchers found a way to solve this problem. They did studies with…with monkeys and dolphins that provide evidence that these animals have the ability to feel uncertainty, to fee l unsure about something and…and…well, to know that they are uncertain.So how could these researchers figure out if an animal feels uncertainty. Well, it began with a study one of them did on a dolphin, who had been trained to recognize a particular high-pitched tone. The dolphin was taught to press one of two paddles depending on whether it heard the high tone or one that was lower. Food was a reward for a correct response. But if the wrong paddle was pressed, the dolphin had to wait several seconds before it could try again. The task varied in difficulty according to the pitch of the second tone. The closer it came in pitch to the first one, the hard it became for the dolphin to correctly identify it as low. And the researcher noted that the dolphin is quite eager to press the paddle when it was sure of the answer, but exhibited hesitation during difficult trials.Next the researcher introduced a third option, a third paddle that would initiate a new trial, giving the dolphin the choice of passing on difficult trials. Once the dolphin figured out the result of pressing this new paddle, it did choose it frequently when the trial was difficult. The researcher took that as an indication that the animal wanted to pass because it didn’t know the answer and knew it didn’t know. But there was a problem. Other researchers protested that the… the opt-out response was simply a learned or conditioned response. You remember intro to psychology, right? In other words, by pressing the pass paddle, the dolphin avoided having to wait and hasten the possibility of a full reward by moving directly to the next trial. So the experiment didn’t necessarily indicate that the dolphin had knowledge of its own uncertainty, just that it wanted to avoid negative consequences.So more recently, our researcher and his colleagues devised a new study, this time using monkeys. In this experiment, the monkeys had to identify certain patterns displayed on a computer screen. These patterns were analogous to the tones used in the dolphin study. One type of pattern was of a specific density and was to be classified as dense, while the second type of pattern could vary in density, but was always less dense than the first one. And the monkeys’ task was to identify this second type as sparse. So the denser the second type of pattern was, the more difficult the task became.And as in a previous study, the monkeys were given a third choice that would allow them to pass on to a new trial. But unlike in the dolphin experiment, the monkeys had to complete four trials before they got any feedback. They didn’t know if they responded correctly or incorrectly after each trial because there was no reward or punishment. At the end of four trials, feedback was given. The monkeys received a full reward for each correct response. And a time-out during which a buzzer was sounded for each incorrect response. But the monkeys had no way to tell which reward or punishment was associated with which response. And they didn’t get either reward or punishment for choosing the pass option, the…um…the uncertainty response. But nevertheless they still chose this option in the appropriate circumstances when the trial was particularly difficult. And this is evidence that it wasn’t a conditioned response, because that response di dn’t guarantee a faster reward.So what does all this tell us about animal consciousness or animals’ awareness of themselves and their state of mind? Can we really know what’s going on in the minds of animals? No. Of course not. Butexploring the metacognitive capacity of animals could become an important criterion in highlighting the similarities and differences between human and animal minds.HumanBy Michael S. Gazzaniga-YdmX88C&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=metacognition+dolphin+press+paddles&source=bl&ots=c o2_Da3oLo&sig=FSfz5EeoUh0j-sPyqmOfbCiSNys&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D_bjUcn9E6T7ygHE4oGQC w&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=metacognition%20dolphin%20press%20paddles&f=false Lecture2-PaleontologyNarratorListen to part of a lecture in a paleontology class.ProfessorAs we’ve discussed, birds are apparently descendants of dinosaurs and shared many commonalities with some dinosaur species, like…um…feathers and maybe even flight and of course egg laid. OK. So, many paleontologists, myself included, have wondered about other similarities between dinosaurs and birds. Since adult dinosaur fossils have sometimes been discovered near or on top of nests, we’ve been looking at the dinosaur parenting behavior.StudentParenting behavior, well, that sounds so gentle and caring. But dinosaurs were ferocious reptiles and reptiles don’t take care of their young, do they?ProfessorWell, some reptiles incubate their eggs, crocodiles do. And as for popular attitudes towards dinosaurs…well, take the Oviraptor for instance.In the 1920s, a paleontologist discovered the fossil remains of a small dinosaur near a nest containing eggs. He assumed the dinosaur was stealing the eggs, so he named it Oviraptor that means egg thief in Latin, which fueled the generally negative public image of such dinosaurs.But by the 1990s, other experts had convincingly made the case that instead of robbing the nest; the Oviraptor was probably taking care of the eggs. You see, dinosaurs’ closest living relatives – birds and crocodiles – display nesting behavior. And dinosaur fossils have been found in postures that we now believe to indicate brooding behavior, that is, sitting on the eggs until they hatch.So we are curious about the type of care dinosaurs gave to their young. And we’d like to figure out which dinosaur parent, the male or the female gave the care.StudentShouldn’t the behavior of crocodiles and birds give us some clues then?ProfessorWell, with crocodiles, it is the female who guards the nest, and with birds, it depends on the species, it can be the male or the female that takes care the eggs, or both. In over 90 percent of all bird species, both parents take care of the eggs and the young birds.StudentBut sometimes it’s just the male?ProfessorWell, exclusive care by the male parent is much less common, but it does occur. Now, for animals other than birds, the care of young by both parents is pretty unusual in the animal kingdom. Males contribute to parental care in fewer than five percent of all mammalian species. It’s even le ss frequent among reptiles. And exclusive care by the male is very rare. So researchers have wondered about the evolution of male parenting behavior in birds for quite some time. And now there’s research showing that for some of the birds’ dinosaur relatives, it’s likely that the male parent was also in charge of taking care of the eggs.StudentHow did they figure that out?ProfessorWell, first they looked at clutch volume, that’s the number of eggs in the nest of crocodiles, birds and three types of dinosaurs, including Oviraptors that are thought to be closely related to the dinosaur ancestors of birds.So when researchers examined fossilized remains of nests, they found that the dinosaurs had larger clutch volumes, more eggs in the nests that is, than most of the crocodiles and birds that were studied. But, and this is important, their clutch volumes matched those of birds that have only male parental care. You see, bird species in which only the males take care of the nest tend to have the largest clutches of eggs.StudentSo what’s the connection between bird and dinosaur behavior?ProfessorWell, researchers now believe, because of this study, that the male parenting behavior of these birds might have its origins in the behavior of dinosaurs.StudentBased only on evidence of clutch volume size, the number of eggs?ProfessorNo, there’s more. They also examined the fossilized bones of those three types of dinosaurs that were found on or near nests to determine their sex. You see, adult female birds during egg production produce a layer of spongy bone tissue inside certain long bones. And so did female dinosaurs of the kinds that were investigated. This spongy tissue serves as a source of calcium for eggshell formation. But when the dinosaur fossils were examined, there were no spongy bone deposits.StudentMeaning that those dinosaurs on the nests were probably adult males who wouldn’t have needed calcium for making eggshells.ProfessorExactly. And then there’s this: birds like the kiwi, the ostr ich and the emu; they share certain physical characteristics with these dinosaurs. And interestingly, they also show a consistent pattern of nest care by the male./Origin_of_birdsAre Bird really Dinosaurs?.edu/diapsids/avians.html/photos/dinos.htm/birds.html/dinosaurs/Dinobirds.html/2013/04/4324.htm/2008/04/080424-trex-mastodon.html/index?qid=204910AAkxv2nSection2Conversation2NarratorListen to a conversation between a student and his art history professor.ProfessorHow was the museum?StudentGreat. I hadn’t been there for a few years.ProfessorDid you enjoy the Van Gogh painting?StudentThat’s the thing. Looks like I have to change my topic.ProfessorHmm…we are getting close to the deadline. You were writing about the theme of night in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh.It’s a wonderful topic.StudentI know. People don’t usually think of Van Gogh as an artist of nocturnal themes. They think of brightness, sunshine, all that yellow and orange.ProfessorYou are right of course about the intense light associated with his daytime paintings. But his night paintings don’t exactly lack brightness.StudentThat’s the paradox that I really like, the paradox of painting a nighttime scene using so much color and light. So I was planning to focus mostly on his painting Starry Night.ProfessorBut?StudentWhen I went to the museum to look at the actual painting, like you told me to. It wasn’t there. ProfessorReally? Isn’t it part of the permanent collection?StudentYes. But it’s on loan right now to a museum in Europe.ProfessorAh, I see. Well, I am strict about having students write about paintings they can observe firsthand. StudentWell, I found another painting I could study instead.ProfessorOK.StudentI read that there are two paintings called Starry Night. The first one was done by the French realist painter Millet. It may have been the inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting. Millet’s painting is located near my family’s house in Connecticut. And I am going there this weekend and could study it then. I made sure it’s not out on loan.ProfessorThat definitely would work then. Van Gogh copied many of Millet’s compositions. We know that he really admired Millet’s work. And a lot of us think Van Gogh saw this particular painting by Millet in Paris in the late 1700s.StudentYeah. Although Millet was a realist painter, and Van Gogh a post-impressionist, the two paintings still share lots of features, not just the name. The most striking shared feature has got to be the amazing light effects. I am excited to go see it. But one other thing …ProfessorUh-huh.StudentI was thinking about getting a head start on my next assignment while I am at the gallery in Connecticut, the assignment on miniatures. They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection.ProfessorAmerican miniatures?StudentYeah. So I figured I could also get started on that essay, study a few while I am there. I’d focus on the meaning of the objects that some of the children are holding, some are holding flowers, one child has a rattle, another a toy violin…ProfessorThat would be fine. Uh, those objects…we call them attributes. The attributes chosen to be included in a particular miniature was often mean t to communicate parents’ hopes and dreams for their child. So I think you’ll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done.Lecture3-AstronomyNarratorListen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class.ProfessorThere’s been a lot of talk recently about life on Mars, at the level of microorganisms anyway, mainly because of a few important discoveries and inventions.For example, one major discovery was that at one point water was present on Mars. How do we know? Well, in 2004, an exploration robot discovered jarosite there.Jarosite is a yellowish brown mineral with a crystalline structure that’s also found on Earth. It contains iron, potassium and hydroxide. The interesting thing is that on Earth at least it needs highly acidic water to form. So we’ve got water or had it at one point. And since most planetary scientists believe that water is essential to life, the presence of jarosite means that one prerequisite for life was once present on Mars.But there’s another thing about jarosite. One step in its formation on Earth involves microorganisms; they actually speed up the formation of jarosite dramatically. Now, theoretically it is possible for jarosite to form without the help of biological life forms. But we don’t really know for sure if this happens ‘cause… well, because every corner of Earth has some form of biological life.But jarosite on Earth incorporates all kinds of microorganisms into its crystalline structure. So it’s possible that if the jarosite on Mars was also formed with the help of microorganisms, we might be able to detect remnants of them in the samples we find. And we have instruments now that will enable us to try to do this. For example, there’s a new instrument called the microfabricated organic analyzer, orThe organic analyzer is an amazing tool. It will be able to collect soil samples and analyze them right there on Mars, pure, untouched samples. It will let us eliminate the risk we would take of contaminating the samples if they were brought back to Earth. And what they’ll look for specifically in the soil is amino acids.Amino acids, as you may know, are the building blocks of proteins. In fact, there are twenty standard amino acids involved in making proteins and lots more that aren’t.And here’s the important thing. Amino acids are what we call handed. They can exist in two forms, which are mirror images of each other like hands. Right and left hands have the same number of fingers in the same order plus one thumb. But right and left hands are not the same; they are mirror images. Well, like hands, amino acids can be right or left-handed. And the twenty that make up the proteins on Earth are all left-handed.Now, one reason the , the organic analyzer is so impressive is that it tests not just for the presence of amino acids but also for the handedness of amino acids. If amino acids are found, it would be especially interesting if they show a prevalence of one type of handedness, either left, like amino acids on Earth, or right.See, other physical processes in space, processes that don’t involve living organisms, can create amino acids. But the ones synthesized through abiotic processes, which is to say not involving microorganisms, occur in equal numbers of right- and left-handed.So, a prevalence of left-handed amino acids would indicate they were biological in origin, which would be amazing! A prevalence of right-handed ones…well, that would be really amazing!! Because the organisms that created them would be unlike anything we have on Earth, which produce only left-handed ones.Lecture4-Music HistoryNarratorListen to part of a lecture in a music history class. The professor has been discussing music of the twentieth century.ProfessorAnd what instrument comes to mind when you think of rock ‘n’ roll?StudentThe electric Guitar?ProfessorExactly. I think it’s fair to say that the sound of the electric guitar typifies the rock ‘n’ roll genre, which became popular in the 1950s. But really the instrument we know today was the result of a continuing development that started for our practical purposes in the 1920s.But long before that even, people were experimenting with ways to modify traditional acoustic guitars. The first guitars were wooden. This is the Spanish guitar and the strings were made from animal products. Then came steel strings. And that led to the lap guitar, which is also called the steel guitar because the player slides a steel rod up and down the neck. And those are all acoustic guitars. OK?But then eventually we have electric guitars. Over the years, many inventors and musicians contributed to the design of these instruments. And each design was intended to alter the sound in some way, at first at least with the electric guitar, to make it louder.So l et’s get back to when the steel guitar was first introduced in the United States. It was right after the Spanish-American war in the late 1890s. US sailors who were stationed in Hawaii—then a US territory—were very enamored with the music they heard there. Uh, Hawaiian music was based on the steel guitar I just described. Some sailors learned how to play the steel guitar and brought it home to the States. Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage1 in the mainland US. It actually had a strong influence on the development of several musical genres, rock ‘n’ roll most notably, but also jazz and blues.Anyway, by the 1920s, with the advent of the public dance movement, people were gathering in large groups to listen to steel guitar music. But they had trouble hearing it, especially in large public settings. As I mentioned, the instrument was played horizontally, on the lap. Since the strings faced upward, the sound was projected toward the ceiling rather than outward toward the audience. Something had to be done, because the music venues and the audience kept getting larger and larger. So what would you do?StudentFind a way to amplify the sound?ProfessorYes. And to do that, inventors started attaching electronic devices, electrical coils to the acoustic guitars. And the electronics worked! But attaching electronics didn’t just affect how loudly you could play. It also changed the quality of the sound. These early electric guitars were hollow and these early amplifiers caused vibrations in the bodies of the instruments. So as the sound got louder, it became more distorted, fuzzy-sounding. And what musicians at the time wanted was a pure, clean sound. StudentSo where does Les Paul fit in? Wasn’t he the first to electrify acoustic guitars?ProfessorUh…no. Electrified guitars already existed by the time Les Paul came into the picture around 1940. What Paul did was experiment with ways of removing the distortions and he succeeded. He designed a guitar with a solid body that relied solely on electronics. Paul’s solid body eliminated the vibrations, and thus the distortions.StudentExcuse me. But when I think of electric guitar music, I think of Jimi Hendrix.1a widespread temporary enthusiasm or fashion: computer games are all the rage .ProfessorJimi Hendrix, one of my favorites.StudentBut Hendrix’s style really was all about distortion, that’s what’s so great about his music, all those special effects. I think a lot of rock ‘n’ roll fans prefer that to a pure sound.ProfessorYeah. You are getting ahead of me here. But good, because the point I was going to make is that the sound of rock ‘n’ roll changed over the years. And the designs and technology of electric guitars made those changes possible.So whereas Les Paul’s goal was to remove the distortion, later musicians wanted to produce it. And by the time Jimi Hendrix came around. Well, essentially, Hendrix reinvented the electric guitar, in the sense that he created amazing effects and vibrations that changed the sound of rock ‘n’ roll completely. So eventually, people tried to improve on Les Paul’s model, well, to modify it I should say.。

tpo-30听力 最详细的全新答案更新 (2)

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T P O 1z To sign up for a seminar on using electronic sources for research z To report that a journal is missing from the reference areaz To find out the procedure for checking out journal articlesz To ask about how to look for resources for a class paper1. D2. B3. C4. A5. B6. C7. C8. A 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. D14.The amount of…/ The age of…/ Zircon in the…15. B 16. A 17. BSection 21.What is the conversation mainly aboutz A lesson Matthew prepared for his studentsz A class Matthew has been observingz A term paper that Matthew has writtenz A problem in Matthew's classroom1. B2. A3. D4. BDE5. C6. B7. B8. AC 9. C 10. A 11. BDE 12. D 13. C14. Olympic: I s family…/ Eastern: Displays….15. D 16. A 17. CTPO 021.Why does the man go to see his professorTo borrow some charts and graphs from herTo ask her to explain some statistical procedures To talk about report he is writingTo discuss a grade he got on a paper1. C2. Include:ACD/ Not include: B3. A4. D5. B6. C7. B8. C9. C 10. A 11. D 12. D13. B 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. BDSection 21.What are the students mainly discussing?Click on 2 answersTheir courses for next semesterTheir plans for the weekendA poetry clubA class assignment1. AC2. C3. D4. B5. A6. D7. only extrinsic: B/ only intrinsic: AD/ both: C8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. A14. AD 15. C 16. DTPO 03Why does the women come to the office?z To notify the university of her change of addressz To find out where her physics class is being held z To get directions to the science buildingz To complain about her physics class being canceledSection 11. B2. C3. A4. D .5 D 6. C 7. B8. C 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D14. B 15. C 16. B 17. CSection 2Why does the student go to see the professor?z To ask about a class assignmentz To find out about a midsemester projectz To get information about summer jobsz To discuss ways to improve his grade1. B2. A3. C4. A5. C6. A7. D8. A 9. B 10. B 11. CD 12. C 13. D14. B 15. A 16. A 17. BTPO 04Section 11. Why does the man need the woman’s assistance?Click on 2 answers.A. He does not know the publication date of some reviews he needs.B. He does not know the location of the librar y’s vides collection of plays.C. He does not know how to find out where the play is currently being performed.D. He does not know how to determine which newspaper he should look at.1. AD2. C3. AD4. D5. B6. C7. NO/YES/YES/NO 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. C12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. BD 17. DSection 21. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Methods for finding appropriate sources for a project.B. Reasons the woman is having difficulties with a project.C. Criteria the professor uses to evaluate group projects.D. Ways to develop the skills needed to work in groups.1. B2. C3. D4. C5. AD6. C7. D8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. BD14. The Federal Art…/ The National…/ Arts councils…/ The federal budget…15. A 16. C 17. DTPO 05Section 1Q1: What do the speakers mainly discuss?A. Why the woman has little in common with her roommatesB. How the woman can keep up in her academic studiesC. The woman’s adjustment to life at the universityD. The woman’s decision to transfer to another university1. C2. A3. B4. AC5. D6. B7. C8. AD 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. D14. B 15. C 16. AB 17. DSection 2Q1: What is the conversation mainly about?A. An assignment about which the student would like adviceB. Concerns as to whether the student should be in the professor’s courseC. The selection of films to be viewed by students in a film theory courseD. The structure and sequence of courses in the Film Department1. B2. A3. C4. BD5. B6. B7. C8. D 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. C 13. D 14. B15. A 16. Folk tales: BC/ Fairy tales: ADEF 17. ATPO 06Section 1Why does the student go to the career services office ??to confirm the date and time of the career fairto learn the location of the career fairto find out?if?he is allowed to attend the career fair???to get advice about interviewing at the career fair1. C2. A3. D4. BC5. B6. B7. A8. A 9. D 10. ABE 11. BC 12. AB13. D 14. D 15. BC 16. B 17. ASection 21. Why does student go to see the professor?z She is having trouble finding topic for the term paperz She needs his help to find resource materialsz She wants to ask him for an extension on a paperz She wants him to approve her plans for a term paper1. D2. C3. AC4. C5. B6. B7. A8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. ACE14. BD 15. B 16. C 17. DTPO 07Section 11.why does the man go to see the professorz To hand in a late assignmentz To find out about jobs in the departmentz To discuss Dean Adam's current researchz To volunteer to help organize an event1. D2. C3. AC4. D5. B6. C7. D8. B 9. AC 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. D14. AC 15. B 16. C 17. BSection 2 1.Why does the student come to the library? ??To learn about the library's resources?To ask about interlibrary loans?To attend the new student orientation?To start work on a research project1. A2. B3. C4. BC5. D6. C7. AC8. AD 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A13. 1.pressure…/2.a liquid…/3.friction…/4.the glacier…14. AD 15. B 16. A 17. CTPO 08Section 11. Why does the man go to see the registrar?A. To find out why he is not on the list of graduating studentsB. To explain why he has not fulfilled his graduation requirementsC. To find out the exact requirements for graduationD. To submit a document required for graduation1. D2. B3. D4. B5. C6. D7. C8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. D14. A 15. AB 16. D 17. BSection 21. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Preparing for a testB. A strategy for attracting customersC. Business opportunities in the field of healthD. Differences between two business models1. B2. A3. NO/YES/YES/YES/NO4. D5. C6. D7. D8. C9. B10. 1.B-the first…/2.D-the printing…/3.C-the number…/4.A-a inexpensive…11. C 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C TPO 09Section 11. Why does the woman go to see the professor?To get advice on the topic of a term paperTo discuss different types of food packagingTo find out if the university will offer courses in food packagingTo ask about jobs in the food industry1. A2. D3. B4. C5. C6. B7. CD8. D 9. C 10. BD 11. A 12. A 13. CD14. B 15. B 16. A 17. CSection 21. What are the speakers mainly discussing?— A book that the man is trying to find in the library— A book that the man already returned to the library— A book that the man is using to write his senior thesis— A book that the man lent to his sociology professor1. C2. B3. C4. D5. A6. D7. D8. B 9. AD 10. A 11. C 12. C 13. C14. B 15. A 16. CD 17. BTPO 10Section 11.Why does the student go to see the professor?○To discuss the latest trends in the photography shows○To find out why some of her work was not selected for a show ○To discuss how to get her photographs exhibited○To find out about a student photography show on campus1. C2. B3. C4. AC5. D6. B7. ACD8. A9. B 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. D14. A 15. B 16. A 17. CSection 21 Why does the student go to the bookstore○To purchase a book by Jane bowles○To find out which books he need for a course○To return a book that was originally assigned for a course○To find out how to order a book for a course1. C2. BD3. A4. A5. C6. D7. AD8. C9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. A14. B 15. YES/NO/YES/YES/NO 16. D 17. B TPO 11Section 11.What are the speakers mainly discussing? What the gym pass is used for? How to try out for the swimming team? The popularity of the new exercise at the gym? The schedule of exercise classes at the gym1. A2. B3. A4. D5. C6. C7. AD8. C 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B14. C 15. BD 16. A 17. ASection 2why does the professor want to see the student?? To discuss the student's grade on a paper? To invite the student to work on a committee? To inform the student about a change in the class schedule ? To ask the student to become her research assistant1. B2. C3. A4. D5. D6. C7. C8. A 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. BD14. B 15. D 16. C 17. ATPO 12Section 1? Why does the professor ask the man to come to her office? ? to check on the man’s pro gress on a paper he is writing? To show the man techniques for organizing his time? To encourage the man to revise a paper he wrote? To clarify her comments on a paper the man wrote1. C2. B3. A4. D5. A6. D7. B8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. A14. C 15. D 16. B 17. ASection 2? What is the student’s problem?? He missed the tuition due date.? He has not been paid.? His bank lost his paycheck.? His tuition payment got lost1. B2. C3. B4. D5. A6. AC7. B8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. BD14. C 15. D 16. A 17. BTPO 13Why does the student go to see the professor?To report on the research he has doneTo ask for permission to observe a classTo get help understanding an assignmentTo ask about a question on a recent testSection 11. C 2 B 3A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A8. AD 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. D 13. C14. C 15. A 16. D 17. DSection 2What are the speakers mainly discussing?How to use the language labHowe to make a video for the classHow to reserve a study room in the libraryHow to improve study habits1. A2. C3. AD4. B5. D6. D7. AC8. Chanson 1/3 Romance 2/4 9. B 10. B 11. A12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. AD 17. ATPO 14Section 1? Why does the student go to see the man?? To find out the status of her job application? To get help locating a book she needs for a class? To request a book that her professor put on the reserve list? To ask how to look up books on the library’s computer system 1. B 2. A 3. AD 4. C 5. BD 6. D 7. A8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. CD14. B 15. A 16. C 17. BSection 2? What is the conversation mainly about?? The advantages and disadvantages of a career in journalism? Topics the student could write about for the school newspaper ? Comparing a major in journalism to other majors? Preparing for a career in journalism1. D2. C3. BD4. AD5. C6. B7. D8. AD 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. D14. D 15. C 16. B 17. ATPO 15Section 11. Why does the student go to the campus newspaper office?A. To turn in outlines of possible articlesB. To find out when his article will be printed in the newspaperC. To find out if he got a position as a reporterD. To get help with an assignment for his journalism course1. C2. D3. D4. A5. A6. D7. AD8. BC 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. B14. AD 15. AC 16. D 17. CSection 218. Why does the woman go to see her professor?A. To tell him about an athletic achievement.B. To find out the best approach to studying for a test.C. To ask a question about a laboratory project.D. To discuss her performance on a biology exam1. D2. B3. C4. A5. C6. B7. AD8. B 9. C 10. CD 11. A 12. B 13. ABE14. A 15. A 16. B 17. BTPO 16Section 1What does the woman want the man to do?A. Postpone a choir performance to allow more time for rehearsals.B. Change the rehearsal schedule at the music building.C. Give approval for her group to move a piano to a different room.D. Help her reserve a rehearsal space on campus.1. D2. C3. D4. B5. B6. D7. YNYYYN 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. B13. A 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. DSection 218. Why does the student go to see the professor?A. To find his grade on the midterm exam.B. To explain why he missed a classC. To get help writing an essay.D. To ask to take a test at a different time.1. D2. B3. B4. BC5. D.6. D7. D8. AC9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. BC14. A 15. AB 16. C 17. ATPO 17Section 1Why does the man visit the professor?A. To get the professor’s approval for his paper topic.B. To ask for source material for his paper.C. To ask the professor’s opinion about a particular production of a Shakespeare play.D. To get help finding articles about a play.1. B2. C3. AD4. D5. B6. C7. B8. BD 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. A14. C 15. D 16. B 17. ASection 21. Why does the man go to see the woman?A. To complain about customers.B. To request an increase in his pay.C. To ask for a change in his work schedule.D. To apply for a job playing music in the dining hall1. C2. B3. A4. A5. D6. C7. B8. AD 9. D 10. BC 11. B 12. D 13. B14. CD 15. C 16. AB 17. BTPO 18Section 11. Why does the student go to the university office?A. To apply for a work-study jobB. To get information about hosting an exchange studentC. To find out if there are any jobs available on campusD. To find out eh hours of the computer lab1. C2. A3. A4. D5. C6. C7. B8. A 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. C14. D 15. B 16. BC 17. DSection 218. What is the conversation mainly about?A. The topic of the man's research paperB. Some current research projects in sociologyC. Effective ways of conducting sociology researchD. The man's possible participation in a research project1. D2. C3. A4. A5. B6. B7. YYNYN8. AC 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A14. C 15. AC 16. D 17. BTPO 19Section 1Why does the man go to see the professor?A. To ask for heap in choosing a topic for his term paperB. To ask the professor to explain how to complete an assignmentC. To ask about a point raised in a recent lectureD. To offer to help the professor with her research project1. C2. C3. A4. B5. D6. B7. D8. A 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. B14. AD 15. C 16. AC 17. CSection 2What is the conversation mainly about?A. Changes that will be made in food choices offered to studentsB. Food-safety procedures followed by the cafeteria staffC. Issues related to the cafeteria's food policyD. Common complaints about the food served in the cafeteria1. C2. A3. AC4. BDE5. B6. B7. A8. D 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. D 13. BC14. B 15. C 16. D 17. BTPO 201. Why does the man go to talk to the woman?A. To find out if he can get extended borrowing privilegesB. To find out if he needs to immediately return a book he borrowedC. To find out why he has to pay a library fineD. To find out why his borrowing privileges have been suspended1. B2. AC3. C4. D5. A6. D7. A8. BAABA 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. AD14. D 15. AD 16. B 17. BSection 21. Why does the professor want to talk to the student?A. To discuss her application to graduate school.B. To discuss a possible internship at the school’s libraryC. To encourage her to increase the scope of her research projectD. To suggest some changes to improve her research project.1. C2. A3. B4. D5. B6. B7. B8. A 9. AC 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. A14. C 15. C 16. B 17. CTPO 21Section 1Why does the needs the professor’s help?He does not know the location of his general orientation sessionHe lost the invitation to the engineering department’s orientation session He cannot locate the building for the engineering department’s orientationHe needs help deciding which area of engineering he should specialize in1. C2. C3. B4. D5. A6. B7. AC8. D 9. C 10. A 11. BD 12. C 13. B14. AD 15. C 16. D 17. A Section 218. Why does the woman go to see the professor?To ask which elective courses he will be teaching next semesterTo get more advice on which elective courses to take next semesterTo find out the difference between public relations and marketingTo get help deciding whether to pursue a graduate degree in marketing 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. B14. CD 15. A 16. D 17. CTPO 22Section 11Why does the student go to the man’s office?A. To get some advice on an article that she is writingB. To find out about getting a job on the student newspaperC. To protest the university’s decision about a statueD. To complain about an article in the student newspaper1. D2. AC3. B4. C5. D6. B7. AD8. D 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. C14. BC 15. A 16. B 17. CSection2Why does the man go to see the professor?A. To discuss his impressions of a recent piano concertB. To ask how to revise a paper he is writingC. To get approval to write a paper about his grandmother’s lifeD. To find out why he received a poor grade on a paper he wrote1. B2. B3. C4. C5. B6. D7. AB8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. C14. D 15. B 16. D 17. BCTPO 23Section 1What is the cause of the student's problem?A. She missed the deadline for submitting her announcement to the university web siteB. She did not include enough information in her announcement.C. The editors of the university web site did not post her announcementD. The university web site will not be available to students for several days. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. C8. A 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B14. A 15. B 16. D 17. DSection 218. Why does the man go to see the professor?A. To discuss a grade he received on a paperB. To get advice about which course he should take next termC. To ask a question about a reading assignmentD. To request permission to take an advanced course1. B2. D3. B4. A5. C6. A7. D8. B 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. D14. AB 15. A 16. D 17. CTPO 24Section 1 1. Why can the man NOT find the book he needs?A. The bookstore is sold out of the book.B. The bookstore he is in does not carry the book.C. His professor did not order enough copies of the book.D. The book is not being used for any course offered at the university.1. B2. AB3. D4. B5. B6. B7. BD8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. AD 13. C14. BD 15. A 16. C 17. DSection 218. Why does the student go to speak with the professor?A. To discuss material that might be on the final examB. To review his answers to the midterm examC. To get information about a class he missedD. To find out about the services of the tutoring center1. A2. AD3. B4. 122115. D6. D7. A8. C 9. BC 10. B 11. AD 12. A 13. BC14. AC 15. D 16. A 17. BTPO25Section 1What is the conversation mainly about?A. The student’s eligibility to graduate next semesterB. The student’s difficulties in registering for classesC. A difficult class the student must take next semesterD. Possible elective choices in the student’s degree program1. A2. B3. A4. C5. D6. c7.A8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. B14. c 15. B 16. B 17. DSection 2Why does the man go to see the professor?A. To find out how to distinguish between different types of whale songsB. To request permission to change the topic of his paperC. To discuss the difference between using the internet and using books to find sourcesD. To get help locating some information for his paper1. D2. B3. A4. C5. AD6. D7. B8. A 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. B14. C 15AD 16. CTPO26Section 1 Why does the student go to speak to the man?A. To discuss a job opportunity she had heard aboutB. To learn about options for advertising her businessC. To see if she can change a previous print orderD. To discuss a design idea that she has for business cards1. B2. D3. CD4. B5. A6. D7. A8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. D14. C 15. C 16. A 17. ADSection 2Why does the student go to see the professor?A. To obtain notes from a class she missedB. To discuss a conference she attendedC. To ask about a possible topic for a research paperD. To clarify information about volunteering in the community1. C2. a3. B4. A5. B6. A7. Ac8. D 9. A 10. B 11.C 12. A 13. BC14. C 15. D 16. B 17. CTPO27Section 1What does the woman go to the information desk?A.She does not know where the library computers are located.B.She does not know how to use a computer to locate the information she needs.C.She does not have time to wait until a library computer becomes available.D.The book she is looking for was missing from the library shelf.1. B2. D3. C4. A5. C6. B7. C8. D 9. AD 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B14. D 15. B 16. A 17. BSection 2why does the student come to see the professor?A to find out her reaction to a paper he recently submittedB to point out a factual error in an article the class was assigned to readC to ask about the suitability of a topic he wants to write aboutD to ask about the difference between chinampas and hydroponics1. C2. B3. D4. A5. C6. B7. D8. D 9. AB 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A14. C 15. AC 16. A 17. DTPO28Section 1What is the conversation mainly about?A. Criticisms of Dewey’s political philosophyB .Methods for leading a discussion groupC.Recent changes made to a reference documentD.Problems with the organization of a paper1. D2. A3. ACD4. c5. B6. C7. A8. B 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. A 13. C14. AD 15. B 16. D 17. CSection 2Why does the man go to see the professor?A.To learn more about his student teaching assignmentB.To discuss the best time to complete his senior thesisC.To discuss the possibility of changing the topic of his senior thesisD.To find out whether the professor will be his advisor for his senior thesis1. B2. C3. C4. CD5. B6. C7. B8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. B14. B 15. c 16. AC 17. DTPO29Section 1what is the conversation mainly about?A what the deadline to register for Japanese class isB why a class the woman chose may not be suitable for herC how the woman can fix an unexpected problem with her class scheduleD how first year student can get a permission to take an extra class1. C2. A3. D4. BC5. B6. A7. C8. ABD 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. C 13.A B14. C 15. AD 16. B 17. CSection 2why does the student go to see the professor?A to explain why he may need to hand in an assignment lateB to get instructions on how to complete an assignmentC to discuss a type of music his class is studyingD to ask if he can choose the music to write about in a listening journal1. B2. D3. A4. AC5. A6. C7. A8. A 9. C 10. BD 11. C 12. C 13. B14. D 15. B 16. A 17. CTPO30Section 11 why does the student go to speak with the woman?A to get permission to organize a club eventB to arrange for a work space for his clubC to inquire about photography classD to reserve a room for photography exhibit1. B2. B3. D4. A5. C6. D7. C8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. CD14. A 15. A 16. D 17. CSection 2what are the speakers mainly discussing?A the student's idea about his class assignmentsB the influence of one painter on anotherC the student's recent visit to museum in ConnecticutD the challenges associated with painting at night1. A2. B3. D4. AC5. B6. C7. B8. A9. BD 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. C14. D 15. A 16. A 17. D。

TPO30听力解析section1

TPO30听力解析section1

TPO30听力Section1 Conversation-1Why does the student go to speak with the woman?A.To get permission to organize a club event.B.To arrange for a work space for his club.C.To inquire about a photography class.D.To reserve a room for photography exhibit.答案:B解析:Our preference is to have our own office.对应arrange work spaceWhat is the student's attitude toward the room he is offered?A.He thinks that sharing a room is a good way to find out about other clubs.B.He considers a semiprivate room to be acceptable.C.He is concerned that there will not be enough storage space in a semiprivate room.D.He is surprised that there are not enough private rooms for all the clubs.答案:B解析:学生在听到semiprivate的建议之后说We’ll work with then.后面又说他更加不想没有办公场所,所以semiprivate也是可以接受的。

Why does the woman ask the student for an approval letter?A.All new clubs must submit an approval letter to the student activities center.B.She needs it to request funding for the club on his behalf.C.She needs proof that the new club has a faculty advisor.D.The approval letter can serve as verification of the club's registration.答案:D解析:Assistant:Do you have the registration approval letter from the committee?That would give verification I need.Near the end of the conversation,what does the student indicate he will have to do?A.Retrieve a letter from his dormitory roomB.Reschedule some club eventsC.Ask a committee to review his registrationD.Pay a registration fee to start a new club答案:A解析:Student:I don’t have it with me but I’ll get it from my dorm room.说明他要去拿信回来。

托福TPO30听力L4文本

托福TPO30听力L4文本
TPO Lecture 4 Music History
Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a music history class. The professor has been discussing music of the twentieth century. Professor And what instrument comes to mind when you think of rock ‘n’ roll? Student The electric Guitar? Professor Exactly. I think it’s fair to say that the sound of the electric guitar typifies the rock ‘n’ roll genre, which became popular in the 1950s. But really the instrument we know today was the result of a continuing development that started for our practical purposes in the 1920s. But long before that even, people were experimenting with ways to modify traditional acoustic guitars. The first guitars were wooden. This is the Spanish guitar and the strings were made from animal products. Then came steel strings. And that led to the lap guitar, which is also called the steel guitar because the player slides a steel rod up and down the neck. And those are all acoustic guitars. OK? But then eventually we have electric guitars. Over the years, many inventors and musicians contributed to the design of these instruments. And each design was intended to alter the sound in some way, at first at least with the electric guitar, to make it louder. So let’s get back to when the steel guitar was first introduced in the United States. It was right after the Spanish-American war in the late 1890s. US sailors who were stationed in Hawaii—then a US territory—were very enamored with the music they heard there. Uh, Hawaiian music was based on the steel guitar I just described. Some sailors learned how to play the steel guitar and brought it home to the States. Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US. It actually had a strong influence on the development of several musical genres, rock ‘n’ roll most notably, but also jazz and blues. Anyway, by the 1920s, with the advent of the public dance movement, people were gathering in large groups to listen to steel guitar music. But they had trouble hearing it, especially in large public settings. As I mentioned, the instrument was played horizontally, on the lap. Since the strings faced upward, the sound was projected toward the ceiling rather than outward toward the audience. Something had to be done, because the music venues and the audience kept getting larger and larger. So what would you do? Student Find a way to amplify the sound? Professor Yes. And to do that, inventors started attaching electronic devices, electrical coils to the acoustic guitars. And the electronics worked! But attaching electronics didn’t just affect how loudly you could play. It also changed the quality of the sound. These early electric guitars were hollow and these early amplifiers caused vibrations in the bodies of the instruments. So as the sound got louder, it became more distorted, fuzzy-sounding. And what musicians at the time wanted was a pure, clean sound. Student So where does Les Paul fit in? Wasn’t he the first to electrify acoustic guitars? Professor Uh...no. Electrified guitars already existed by the time Les Paul came into the picture around 1940. What Paul did was experiment with ways of removing the distortions and he succeeded. He designed a guitar with a solid body that relied solely on electronics. Paul’s solid body eliminated the vibrations, and thus the distortions. Student Excuse me. But when I think of electric guitar music, I think of Jimi Hendrix. Professor Jimi Hendrix, one of my favorites. Student But Hendrix’s style really was all about distortion, that’s what’s so great about his music, all those special effects. I think a lot of rock ‘n’ roll fans prefer that to a pure sound. Professor Yeah. You are getting ahead of me here. But good, because the point I was going to make is that the sound of rock ‘n’ roll changed over the years. And the designs and technology of electric guitars made those changes possible. So whereas Les Paul’s goal was to remove the distortion, later musicians wanted to produce it. And by the time Jimi Hendrix came around. Well, essentially, Hendrix reinvented the electric guitar, in the sense that he created amazing effects and vibrations that changed the sound of rock ‘n’ roll completely. So eventually, people tried to improve on Les Paul’s model, well, to modify it I should say.

托福听力TPO30真题文本 MP3 解析

托福听力TPO30真题文本 MP3 解析

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Lecture3-AstronomyNarratorListen to part of a lecture in an astronomy class.ProfessorThere’s been a lot of talk recently about life on Mars, at the level of microorganisms anyway, mainly because of a few important discoveries and inventions.For example, one major discovery was that at one point water was present on Mars. How do we know? Well, in 2004, an exploration robot discovered jarosite there.Jarosite is a yellowish brown mineral with a crystalline structure that’s also found on Earth. It contains iron, potassium and hydroxide. The interesting thing is that on Earth at least it needs highly acidic water to form. So we’ve got water or had it at one point. And since most planetary scientists believe that water is essential to life, the presence of jarosite means that one prerequisite for life was once present on Mars....以上就是小编本期为大家带来的托福听力 TPO30真题文本+MP3+解析部分内容,托福听力是比较有难度的环节,大家要认真复习才好,大家可以点击下方按钮即可下载本资料,希望对大家的备考有帮助。

tpo31听力题

tpo31听力题

TPO31Conversation 11. What are the speakers mainly discussingo A point about southern settlements that the student did not understand.o A problem with an assignment on colonial shipping routes.o Reasons why the student prefers to write a paper relates to architectureo An aspect of colonial settlements the student wants to research.2. What is the professor’s opinion about the student’s interest in architectureo He thinks the student’s focus on architecture prevents her from broadening her perspective.o He thinks it may contribute to her producing an interesting research paper.o He hopes she will choose to major in both history and architecture.o He suspects that it may not provide her with the necessary background for the paper she is writing.3. What does the professor want the student to do when they write their paperso Show a connection between history and another field in which they are interested.o Develop a research topic that has not been investigated before.o Explain how an aspect of United States culture has changed over time.o Describe early difference between regions of the United States.4. Why does the professor mention medieval Europeo To point out an important difference between Europe and the United Stateso To introduce a reason that the first European settlers moved to North America.o To indicate the style of community planning followed by in the northern colonies.o To point out that urban planning has changed considerably since the medieval period.5. What does the professor imply about storage and port facilitieso They were one indicator of the emphasis put on trade in the southern colonies. o They were a sign of something the northern and southern colonies had in common. o They were multipurpose facilities also used for community meetings.o They were designed to be similar to those found in Europe.Lecture 16. What is the main topic of the lectureo The history of Greek music from ancient times to the pasto The influence of ancient Greek music on the music of neighboring countrieso The characteristics of ancient Greek songso The attitude of the ancient Greek toward music7. What two reasons does the professor give for approaching the lecture material as he doesClick on 2 answerso We have a limited idea of what ancient Greek music sounded like.o The Greek philosophy of music influenced western thought.o Greek music shared many characteristics with other types of ancient music.o Greek melodies were admired by musicians from other cultures.8. According to the professor, what did the ancient Greeks believe about musico That music connected them to their ancestors.o That music allowed people to express their individuality.o That the same laws ruled music and the universe.o That music could not be explained by mathematics.9. According to the professor, what was Plato’s attitude toward musico Music had the power to help create the future leaders of a society.o Music needed to be constantly evolving to keep up with social change.o Music distracted attention from social problems.o Music’s primary purpose was entertainment.10. Why does the professor mention rock-and-roll musico To make a connection between ancient and modern attitudes toward music.o To contrast its characteristics with the characteristics of ancient Greek music.o To introduce a topic he will discuss later in the lectureo To find out what kind of music students in the class like best.11. Why does the professor say thiso He does not think his opinions are relevant to class discussion.o He believes his students can infer what he thinks.o He wants the students to take Plato’s ideas seriously.o He does not want to influence his students’ opinions.Lecture 212. What is the lecture mainly abouto How to predict the rate of tectonic plate movemento A geologist’s attempt to determine the position of continents in the past.o Some ideas about future movements of Earth’s tectonic plates.o The history of a debate between two plate tectonic theories.13. The professor states that some continents are currently moving northward and some are moving westward. Indicate the direction in which the continents are currently moving.Click in the correct boxes.Northward WestwardAfricaAmericasAustralia14. What process is currently taking place in the Atlantic Oceano One half of the ocean plate is sinking beneath the other half.o New rock is forming between two sections of the ocean floor.o A subduction zone is forming at the eastern edge of the ocean floor.o The ocean plate is moving away from the continental plates that are under the Americas.15. What long-term geopredictions do many geologists makeo Continents will become smaller than they are now.o Subduction will cause one continent to sink under an ocean.o North and South America will move away from each other.o The current continents will eventually join together.16. Based on the discussion, what happens when a continental plate and an oceanic plate collideo The edge of the oceanic plate moves down into the mantle.o Slab pull causes the ocean floor to expand.o New rock material rises to the surface at the subduction zone.o Parts of each plate break off into the ocean.17. What is the important difference between the two hypotheses discussed by the professor o They make different predictions about the direction in which the American continents will move.o They make different predictions about how long it will take for Pangaea Ultima to form. o Only one predicts that Asia will eventually begin to move eastward.o Only one predicts that some tectonic plates will eventually stop moving.Conversation 21. What is the conversation mainly abouto Proposed changes to an internship programo A document that was not delivered on timeo A canceled courseo An error in a registration record2. According to the student, how is his internship different from the internships the other students haveo He will be doing research in the open oceano He will be teaching visitors about the displays at the aquariumo He will be writing a report about the regional center for marine researcho He will be spending more time in the classroom3. What two requirements did the student have to meet in order to get the internshipClick on 2 answerso He had to have volunteered previously at the aquariumo He had to be certified in scuba divingo He had to be a senior oceanography studento He had to have experience collecting oceanographic data4. What does the student imply about Professor Leonardo She is not in charge of oceanography internshipso She works at the regional center for marine researcho She will be able to help correct the mistake todayo She recommended the student for the internship5. What can be inferred about the woman when she says thiso She feels her office has handled the situation correctlyo She is upset that she has to fix the problem herselfo She believes the student should have finalized his paperwork earliero She wants to reassure the student that the problem will be addressed promptlyLecture 36. What is the lecture mainly abouto Reasons CoT starfish are attracted to coral reefso Possible causes of change in the CoT starfish populationo Evidence that coral decline may not be related to the CoT starfisho Proven ways to effective control the CoT starfish population7. According to the professor, what is the role of the grant triton snail in the coral reef ecosystemo It completes with CoT starfish for foodo Its shells provides habitat for CoT starfisho It is a predator of CoT starfisho It can repair coral that has been damaged by CoT starfish8. How might fertilizer runoff affect CoT starfish populationo It might increases the food supply for young CoT starfisho It might wash away nutrients that are beneficial for CoT starfisho It might destroy CoT starfish habitatso It might make phytoplankton dangerous for CoT starfish to eat9. According to the professor, how might storms affect CoT starfisho Storms might interfere with CoT starfish’s spawning cycleo Storms might reduce the amount of plankton eaten by CoT starfisho Storms might carry starfish predators close to reef systemo Storms might reduce the number of feeding areas available to CoT starfish.10. What does the professor say about controlling the CoT starfish populationo It will be possible only after the causes of starfish population changes are better understoodo Recent discoveries about CoT starfish have made controlling its population easier o Enforcing measures to limit runoff should be sufficient to control the starfish populationo Monitoring populations of young starfish will probably not be useful11. Why does the professor mention that CoT starfish eat fast-growing coralo To show that CoT starfish might benefit slow-growing coralo To explain fluctuation in the CoT starfish populationo To indicate that the behavior of CoT starfish has changed over timeo To emphasize the danger posed by CoT starfish to coral reefsLecture 412. What is the lecture mainly abouto Reasons why an ancient archaeological site was well preservedo A controversy over where horses were first domesticatedo Factors that led an ancient society to become nomadico Evidence that an ancient civilization used domesticated animals13. Why does the professor mention milking a wild horseo To point out that the Botai people sometimes did not have enough foodo To compare the physical features of domesticated and wild horseo To prove that the horses of the Botai people were domesticatedo To emphasize that horse milk was popular in some ancient societies14. What point does the professor make from the horse bones found in the Botai settlements o They do not reveal information about horse domesticationo They are very different from the bones of modern horseso They date to the period when the Botai people had become nomadso They suggested that horses were first domesticated by another ancient people15. According to the professor, what can a large concentration of phosphorus in the soil indicateClick on 2 answerso That a large number of horses were kept in the areao That the diet of people who lived in the area included horse milko That there were well-used fireplaces in the areao That farming in that soil would have been extremely difficult16. What does the professor imply about the people in ancient Kazakhstan when they startedraising sheep and cattleo They found a way to protect livestock from harsh weather without travelling to the southern regiono They realized that a nomadic lifestyle offered benefits that outweighed the hard work o They had to leave the area due to a rapid increase in populationo They learned that growing crops is possible in the southern region.17. Why does the student say thiso To point out a contradiction in the professor’s remarko To propose a solution to the issue that the professor has just discussedo The find out if he understands correctly what the professor has just explainedo To show that he disagrees with the professor。

TPO30Speaking

TPO30Speaking

TOEFL SPEAKING OF TPO 30Task 1A friend of yours is looking for a new place to live and has asked for your advice. What do you think is the most important characteristic of a good neighborhood? Use details and examples to explain your answer.Preparation Time: 15 secondsResponse Time: 45 seconds____________________________________________________________________ Task 2Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Parents should be involved in the process of helping their children to choose a career.Use specific examples and details to support your opinion.Preparation Time: 15 secondsResponse Time: 45 seconds____________________________________________________________________ Task 3Reading Time: 50 secondsCampus Construction should happen During the SummerI’ve noticed that small construction projects on campus—like fixing sidewalks and parking lots--- often take place during the regular school year, when class are in session. I propose that whenever possible the university should schedule such construction projects to take place during the three-month summer-break. One reason is that construction projects can be disruptive; they create inconveniences and can make it hard to get where you need to go on campus. And, second, construction projects would be more likely to be completed quickly if they were scheduled for the summer when the weather is usually good.Sincerely,Eric HughesThe woman expresses her opinion of student’s proposal. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. Preparation Time: 30 SecondsResponse Time: 60 Seconds_______________________________________________________________________________ Task 4Reading Time: 45 secondsEmotional IntelligenceWe often think of human intelligence as the mental ability to analyze and understand complex ideas. However, many psychologists believe that there is a different type of intelligence called emotional intelligence. People with emotional intelligence have the ability to recognize their true feelings and understand what is causing them. This ability to understand their own feelingsenables them to better control their emotional responses, changing or correcting them when necessary. Emotional intelligence helps people to behave appropriately in social situations, which allows them to maintain good relationships with others.Explain how the example of the television advertisement for pots and pans from the lecture illustrates the techniques of refute-and-persuade.Preparation Time: 30 SecondsResponse Time: 60 Seconds_______________________________________________________________________________ Task 5Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. Preparation Time: 20 SecondsResponse Time: 60 Seconds_______________________________________________________________________________Task 6Using the example of the lizard from the lecture, explain two benefits of subsurface locomotion.Preparation Time: 20 SecondsResponse Time: 60 Seconds。

TPO30(burningmirror)

TPO30(burningmirror)

TPO30 Integrated Writing – (burning mirror)Reading Listening (script) Sample Answer (豆腐机经豆腐哥原创QQ 1223317581)Paragraph 1 A little over 2,200 years ago, the Roman navy attacked the Greek port city of Syracuse. According to someancient historians, the Greeks defended themselveswith an ingenious weapon called a “burning mirror”: apolished copper surface curved to focus the Sun‘s raysonto Roman ships, causing them to catch fire.However, we have several reasons to suspect that thestory of the burning mirror is just a myth and theGreeks of Syracuse never really built such a device. The claims that the burning mirror would have beenimpractical and technologically impossible areunconvincing.It is claimed that about 2,200 years ago the Greeksdefended themselves against an attack from the Romannavy by using the “burning mirror”, a weapon thatreflected sunlight onto the Roman ships and set them onfire. The reading passage givers three reasons to provethat this weapon is only a myth. However, the lecturerejects arguments in the reading, claiming that the“burning mirror” could have existed.Paragraph 2 First, the ancient Greeks were not technologicallyadvanced enough to make such a device. A mirror thatwould focus sunlight with sufficient intensity to setships on fire would have to be several meters wide.Moreover, the mirror would have to have a veryprecise parabolic curvature (a curvature derived from ageometric shape known as the parabola). Thetechnology for manufacturing a large sheet of copperwith such specifications did not exist in the ancientworld. First, the Greeks did not need to form a single sheet ofcopper to make a large, burning mirror. An experimenthas shown that dozens of small individually flat pieces ofpolished copper could be arranged into parabolic shapeand form a large, burning mirror. The Greekmathematicians know the properties of the parabolaand so could have directed the assembly of small mirrorpieces into the parabolic shape.First, the reading suggests that the technology formaking a large and perfect curvature for the burningmirror did not exist in the ancient world. However, thelecture explains that the ancient Greeks could have usedsmall pieces of copper and, with the help ofmathematicians, fit them together into a large mirrorwith precise parabolic shape.Paragraph 3 Second, the burning mirror would have taken a longtime to set the ships on fire. In an experimentconducted to determine whether a burning mirror wasfeasible, a device concentrating the Sun's rays on awooden object 30 meters away took ten minutes toset the object on fire; and during that time, the objecthad to be unmoving. It is unlikely that the Roman shipsstayed perfectly still for that much time. Such aweapon would therefore have been very impracticaland ineffective. Second, about how long it would take to set a ship onfire with a burning mirror. The experiment the readingselection mentions assumes that the burning mirror wasused to set the wood of the boat on fire, that’s whattakes ten minutes. But Roman boats were not made justof wood. There were other materials involved as well.For example, to seal the spaces between wooden boardsand make them waterproof, the ancient boat-buildersused a sticky substance called pitch. Pitch catches firequickly. An experiment showed that pitch could be seton fire by a burning mirror in seconds. And once thepitch was burning, the fire would spread to the woodeven if the ship was moving. So a burning mirror couldhave worked quickly enough to be an effective weapon.Second, the reading uses an experiment to show that theamount of time required to set something on fire usingthe Sun’s rays would have been too long for the burningmirror to be a practical weapon. However, the lecturerargues that the experiment was conducted on wood. Itfails to consider the presence of other materials on theship that would catch fire more easily. For example, thepitch was a common material used on Roman boats tomake them water-proof. Exposed to a burning mirror, thepitch could catch fire in seconds. This suggests that theburning mirror could have been a very quick andeffective weapon against the Roman navy.Paragraph 4 Third, a burning mirror does not seem like animprovement on a weapon that the Greeks alreadyhad: flaming arrows. Shooting at an enemy's ships withflaming arrows was a common way of setting the shipson fire. The burning mirror and flaming arrows wouldhave been effective at about the same distance. So theGreeks had no reason to build a weapon like a burningmirror. Third, why bother with a burning mirror instead offlaming arrows? Well, Roman soldiers were familiar withflaming arrows and would have been watching for themand were ready to put out the fires they might cause.But you cannot see the burning rays from a mirror. Youjust see the mirror. But then suddenly and magically afire starts at some unobserved place on the ship, thatwould have been much more surprising and thereforemuch more effective than a flame arrow.Finally, the reading states that the Greeks already hadthe “flaming arrow”, a weapon that was very effective atsetting ships on fire. So why did the Greeks use theburning mirror? This, according to the lecture, can beexplained by the fact that the Roman soldiers knew howto watch out for and quickly put out the fires caused bythe flaming arrows, but the fires caused by the burningmirror were much harder to detect and therefore verydifficult to extinguish.。

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TPO 30Conversation 11 Why does the student go to speak with the woman?A.To get permission to organize a club event.B.To arrange for a work space for his club.C.To inquire about a photography class.D.To reserve a room for photography exhibit.2 What is the student's attitude toward the room he isoffered?A.He thinks that sharing a room is a good way to find out aboutother clubs.B.He considers a semiprivate room to be acceptable.C.He is concerned that there will not be enough storage spacein a semiprivate room.D.He is surprised that there are not enough private rooms forall the clubs.3 Why does the woman ask the student for an approval letter?A.All new clubs must submit an approval letter to the studentactivities center.B.She needs it to request funding for the club on his behalf.C.She needs proof that the new club has a faculty advisor.D.The approval letter can serve as verification of the club'sregistration.4 Near the end of the conversation, what does the studentindicate he will have to do?A.Retrieve a letter from his dormitory roomB.Reschedule some club eventsC.Ask a committee to review his registrationD.Pay a registration fee to start a new club5 For what activity does the student consider requestingfunding?A.Designing a club Web siteB.Reserving audio-visual equipmentC.Sponsoring a guest speakerD.Setting up a campus e-mail accountLecture 16 What is the lecture mainly about?A.The difference between cognition and metacognitionB.A study showing that dolphins have less cognitive capacity than monkeysC.The effectiveness of using food as a reward in experiments with monkeysD.Research that investigates whether animals are aware of feeling uncertainty7 Why does the professor mention the inability of animals to report what they are thinking?A.To emphasize that language learning is an ability unique to humansB.To explain why researchers must be sensitive to nuances in animals' behaviorC.To point out a difficulty in testing for metacognition in animalsD.To show the need for advancements in the study of animal communication8 In the dolphin study, how did the researcher make the dolphin's task increasingly difficult?A.By showing the dolphin two patterns that were similar in densityB.By playing two sounds that became progressively closer in pitchC.By producing sounds that were just within the dolphins' range of hearingD.By introducing a third paddle that ended on trial an began a new one9 According to the professor, what objections did some researchers raise with regard to the dolphin study?A.The study did not distinguish between learned andhigher-level responses.B.The dolphin was not rewarded consistently for pressing the third paddle.C.Only one dolphin was used in the experiment.D.The results could not be replicated in a later study.10 What can be inferred from the results of the study in which monkeys did not receive immediate feedback?A.The researchers based the study on an incorrect hypothesis.B.Monkeys respond best to negative reinforcement.C.Monkeys become confused when they do not receive rewards.D.Monkeys probably have some degree of metacognitive ability.11 Why does the professor say this?重听题A.To emphasize the importance of introductory coursesB.To find out whether students have taken a psychology courseC.To imply that students should be familiar with the concept she mentionedD.To indicate that she is going to review information from a psychology classLecture 212 What does the professor mainly discuss?A.How the parenting behavior of Oviraptors may have differed from that of other dinosaursB.Evidence that parenting behavior in birds may have originated with dinosaursC.Physical traits shared by dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birdsD.The changing attitudes of the public toward dinosaurs13 What is the professor's attitude toward the name "Oviraptor"?Click on 2 answers.A.It accurately represents the behavior of the dinosaurB.It resulted from an incorrect translation of the original Latin termC.It was based on a misunderstanding of the fossil evidenceD.It influenced popular attitudes toward dinosaurs14 According to the professor, what behavior is very rareamong reptiles?A.Parenting of the young by malesying eggs in a nestC.Returning to the same nest site year after yearD.Stealing eggs from the nests of other reptiles15 What does the professor imply about crocodiles?A.They provide fewer clues about dinosaur nesting behaviorthan birds do.B.They share many behavioral characteristic with birds likethe ostrich and kiwi.C.They have larger clutch volumes than most dinosaurs had.D.The female and the male work together to guard their nest.16 What is the function of the spongy tissue in the bones ofa female bird?A.In makes the bird more comfortable while sitting on her eggsfor long periods of time.B.In enables female birds to lay more eggs.C.It strengthens the bird's bones just before she lays hereggs.D.It serves as a source of calcium for eggshells.17 What did researchers conclude after analyzing fossilizeddinosaur bones found near nests?A.Many dinosaurs died before they became adults.B.Male dinosaurs produced a spongy layer of bone.C.Male dinosaurs probably took care of the eggs.D.Female dinosaurs seldom went far from their nests.Conversation 218 What are the speakers mainly discussing?A.The student's idea about his class assignmentsB.The influence of one painter on anotherC.The student's recent visit to museum in ConnecticutD.The challenges associated with painting at night19 Why is the student unable to write about the painting byVan Gogh?A.It is not on the list of approved paintings that theprofessor provided.B.It is not available for the student to study in person.C.The student does not have enough background knowledge towrite about it.D.Another student has already chosen to write about it.20 What does the student say about the painting by Millet?A.It seemed brighter than he expected.B.It is on loan to a distant museum.C.It is his favorite painting.D.It is located near his family's house.21 According to the speakers, what two features do the VanGogh painting and the Millet painting have in common? (Click on 2 answers)A.They have the same name.B.They exemplify Postimpressionist styleC.They depict a nighttime scene with a lot of lightD.They depict the same star constellation.22 What does the professor imply about the objects held bychildren in some American miniature portraits?A.They increase the value of the portraitsB.They reveal historical attitudes.C.They are difficult to analyze.D.They were often depicted larger than their actual size.Lecture 323 What is the lecture mainly about?A.Evidence proving that water was once on MarsB.Scientific analyses currently being done on mineral samplesfrom MarsC.Recent developments that could help determine whether life ever existed on MarsD.An approach to determining whether amino acids on Earth originated on Mars24 What was discovered on Mars that suggests water once existed there?A.Microorganisms that can form only in the presence of water.B.A mineral that can form only in the presence of water.C.Proteins that have the same structure as proteins found on Earth.rge deposits of iron and potassium that can form only in the presence of water.25 How might jarosite found on Mars differ from jarosite found on Earth?A.Mars jarosite and Earth jarosite might have been created by different processes.B.Mars jarosite might have been formed without water.C.Mars jarosite might not contain as much iron or potassium as Earth jarosite.D.Mars jarosite might be more acidic than Earth jarosite.26 According to the professor, what are two important capabilities of the microfabricated organic analyzer? (Click on 2 answers)A.It can accurately test for the presence of water.B.It can analyze soil samples without returning them to Earth.C.It can return soil samples back to Earth quickly.D.It can determine the handedness of amino acids.27 What point does the professor make about the twenty amino acids that occur on proteins on Earth?A.They can be either right-handed or left-handed.B.They were synthesized through abiotic processes.C.They all have a crystalline structure.D.They are all left-handed.28 What would a prevalence of right-handed amino acids in mineral samples collected on Mars indicate?A.That amino acids on Mars probably originated on EarthB.That amino acids existed on Mars long before they existed on EarthC.That a type of microorganism may have existed on Mars that is different from any on EarthD.That left-handed amino acids are probably present in some minerals on MarsLecture 429 What does the professor mainly discuss?A.Musical genres that feature the electric guitarB.Technological advances that made electric guitar possible.C.The popularity of rock-roll musicD.The evolution of the electric guitar30 What does the professor say about the sailors who were stationed in Hawaii after the Spanish-American War?A.They helped popularize steel guitar music among the people of Hawaii.B.They were among the first to play the steel guitar in musical groups.C.They introduced the steel guitar to the mainland United States.D.They altered the second of the steel guitar by redesigning its slide.31 Why does the professor mention that the steel guitar was played horizontally?A.To show how it influenced musical styles such as jazz and bluesB.To explain one way of distorting the sound of a guitarC.To emphasize the versatility of acoustic guitarsD.To explain the need to amplify the sound of acoustic guitars32 What distinguished Les Paul's guitar from electric guitars that preceded it?A.It had a solid body.B.It was played with a sliding steel rod.C.It relied on distortion to create special effects.D.It projected sound toward the audience rather than the ceiling.33 What can be inferred about the woman who mentioned Jimi Hendrix?A.She previously did not understand the significance of Les Paul's contribution to the development of electric guitar.B.She enjoys listening to music played on an electric guitar more than the professor does.C.She prefers listening to electric guitar music that is played with no distortion or special effects.D.She is convinced that Hendrix's style was influenced by Les Paul's guitar design.34 What does the professor mean when he states that Jimi Hendrix's reinvented the electric guitar?A.Hendrix simplified the guitar design to make it easier to play.B.Hendrix discovered and corrected defects in previous guitar designs.C.Hendrix redesigned the guitar to make it louder.D.Hendrix manipulated the guitar to create a distinctive sound.。

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