TOEFL iBT Preparation Course: The Listening section
Questionário temático sem limite de tempo: 19 perguntas sobre The Listening section, com uma explicação depois de cada resposta. As perguntas e respostas são baralhadas de cada vez.
Questionário temático 3: The Listening section
-
Pergunta 1 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. Once
ETS's test specifications say Listening recordings are played once, so listen carefully the first time.
-
Pergunta 2 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: A. Yes, you can take notes while you listen
ETS says you can take notes while listening to help you answer the questions.
-
Pergunta 3 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. Four
After an academic talk of about 100–250 words, you answer four questions. After a conversation, you answer two.
-
Pergunta 4 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: B. North American, U.K., New Zealand and Australian
ETS says recordings include North American, U.K., New Zealand and Australian English.
-
Pergunta 5 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: A. It's on the second floor of the Student Center.
The speaker asks where an office is, so the best reply gives a place.
Transcrição
Student: Excuse me, do you know where the financial aid office is?
-
Pergunta 6 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. Sure, I can finish it by then.
The professor makes a request about a deadline. The best reply agrees to the new deadline.
Transcrição
Professor: Could you hand in your lab report by Friday instead of Monday?
-
Pergunta 7 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: B. Yes, she moved it to next Wednesday.
The classmate asks for news about the exam. Only this reply gives information about the exam.
Transcrição
Classmate: I missed class yesterday. Did the professor say anything about the exam?
-
Pergunta 8 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. I'd love to, but I have to finish this essay first.
This is an invitation. A polite reply accepts or declines; here the speaker declines for now and gives a reason.
Transcrição
Roommate: Do you want to grab dinner at the dining hall now?
-
Pergunta 9 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: A. Oh, then I'll copy the pages I need here.
The librarian says the book cannot be taken out. The best reply accepts the rule and finds a way to use the book inside the library.
Transcrição
Librarian: I'm sorry, but this book can't leave the library.
-
Pergunta 10 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. His job makes it hard to keep up with chemistry
The student says he works twenty hours a week and cannot keep up with the lab reports.
Transcrição
Student: Hi, Ms. Ortiz. I'm thinking about dropping my chemistry class. I'm working twenty hours a week now, and I can't keep up with the lab reports.
Advisor: I see. Before you drop it, have you thought about switching to the evening lab section? It meets on Tuesdays, so you might be able to fit it around your job.
Student: Oh, I didn't know there was an evening section. My shifts are mostly on weekends and Thursdays.
Advisor: Then Tuesday evenings could work. The deadline to switch sections is this Friday, so fill out the change form at the registrar's office soon.
Student: Great. I'll go there this afternoon. -
Pergunta 11 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. Ask to switch to the evening lab section
The advisor tells him to fill out the change form at the registrar's office, and he says he will go there this afternoon.
Transcrição
Student: Hi, Ms. Ortiz. I'm thinking about dropping my chemistry class. I'm working twenty hours a week now, and I can't keep up with the lab reports.
Advisor: I see. Before you drop it, have you thought about switching to the evening lab section? It meets on Tuesdays, so you might be able to fit it around your job.
Student: Oh, I didn't know there was an evening section. My shifts are mostly on weekends and Thursdays.
Advisor: Then Tuesday evenings could work. The deadline to switch sections is this Friday, so fill out the change form at the registrar's office soon.
Student: Great. I'll go there this afternoon. -
Pergunta 12 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. He promised to help his brother move
Leo says he promised to help his brother move into a new apartment.
Transcrição
Maya: Are you coming to the study group for the history exam tonight?
Leo: I was planning to, but I just remembered I promised to help my brother move into his new apartment.
Maya: That's too bad. We're going over the essay questions Professor Hale gave us.
Leo: Hmm. Could you send me your notes afterward? I'd really appreciate it.
Maya: Sure, but only if you share your notes from the lecture I missed last week.
Leo: Deal. -
Pergunta 13 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. She will send her notes if Leo shares his notes with her
"Sure, but only if..." means she agrees on one condition: Leo must share his notes from the lecture she missed.
Transcrição
Maya: Are you coming to the study group for the history exam tonight?
Leo: I was planning to, but I just remembered I promised to help my brother move into his new apartment.
Maya: That's too bad. We're going over the essay questions Professor Hale gave us.
Leo: Hmm. Could you send me your notes afterward? I'd really appreciate it.
Maya: Sure, but only if you share your notes from the lecture I missed last week.
Leo: Deal. -
Pergunta 14 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: A. A ventilation fan is broken
The speaker says the session is moving "because of a broken ventilation fan".
Transcrição
Announcer: Attention, students in Biology 101. Tomorrow's lab session will not be held in Room 214. Because of a broken ventilation fan, we are moving to Room 120 in the Morris Building. The start time is the same, 2 p.m. Please wear closed-toe shoes, and remember that you need your lab notebook to get credit for the session.
-
Pergunta 15 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. Their lab notebook
The announcement says students need their lab notebook to get credit.
Transcrição
Announcer: Attention, students in Biology 101. Tomorrow's lab session will not be held in Room 214. Because of a broken ventilation fan, we are moving to Room 120 in the Morris Building. The start time is the same, 2 p.m. Please wear closed-toe shoes, and remember that you need your lab notebook to get credit for the session.
-
Pergunta 16 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. How some animals survive winter by slowing their bodies down
The professor explains hibernation and torpor as ways animals survive winter without eating.
Transcrição
Professor: Today I want to talk about how some animals survive the winter without eating. You've probably heard of hibernation. When an animal hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heart beats much more slowly. This saves a lot of energy. A ground squirrel, for example, may breathe only a few times a minute. But here's something surprising. Hibernating animals don't stay in that state the whole winter. Every week or two, many of them warm up for a short time, often less than a day, and then cool down again. Scientists aren't completely sure why. One idea is that the animals need these breaks so their immune systems can work properly. Now, bears are a bit different. A bear's body temperature drops only a few degrees, so some scientists prefer to call its winter sleep torpor rather than true hibernation. Even so, a bear can go months without eating or drinking, living on the fat it stored in the fall.
-
Pergunta 17 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. Many animals warm up for a short time and then cool down
The professor says many hibernating animals warm up for a short time, often less than a day, then cool down again.
Transcrição
Professor: Today I want to talk about how some animals survive the winter without eating. You've probably heard of hibernation. When an animal hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heart beats much more slowly. This saves a lot of energy. A ground squirrel, for example, may breathe only a few times a minute. But here's something surprising. Hibernating animals don't stay in that state the whole winter. Every week or two, many of them warm up for a short time, often less than a day, and then cool down again. Scientists aren't completely sure why. One idea is that the animals need these breaks so their immune systems can work properly. Now, bears are a bit different. A bear's body temperature drops only a few degrees, so some scientists prefer to call its winter sleep torpor rather than true hibernation. Even so, a bear can go months without eating or drinking, living on the fat it stored in the fall.
-
Pergunta 18 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: C. To show how much a hibernating animal's body slows down
The squirrel breathing only a few times a minute is an example of how slow the body becomes in hibernation.
Transcrição
Professor: Today I want to talk about how some animals survive the winter without eating. You've probably heard of hibernation. When an animal hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heart beats much more slowly. This saves a lot of energy. A ground squirrel, for example, may breathe only a few times a minute. But here's something surprising. Hibernating animals don't stay in that state the whole winter. Every week or two, many of them warm up for a short time, often less than a day, and then cool down again. Scientists aren't completely sure why. One idea is that the animals need these breaks so their immune systems can work properly. Now, bears are a bit different. A bear's body temperature drops only a few degrees, so some scientists prefer to call its winter sleep torpor rather than true hibernation. Even so, a bear can go months without eating or drinking, living on the fat it stored in the fall.
-
Pergunta 19 de 19
Mostrar resposta
Resposta: D. Their temperature drops only a little, so some call it torpor
A bear's temperature drops only a few degrees, so some scientists call its winter sleep torpor rather than true hibernation.
Transcrição
Professor: Today I want to talk about how some animals survive the winter without eating. You've probably heard of hibernation. When an animal hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heart beats much more slowly. This saves a lot of energy. A ground squirrel, for example, may breathe only a few times a minute. But here's something surprising. Hibernating animals don't stay in that state the whole winter. Every week or two, many of them warm up for a short time, often less than a day, and then cool down again. Scientists aren't completely sure why. One idea is that the animals need these breaks so their immune systems can work properly. Now, bears are a bit different. A bear's body temperature drops only a few degrees, so some scientists prefer to call its winter sleep torpor rather than true hibernation. Even so, a bear can go months without eating or drinking, living on the fat it stored in the fall.
Teclado: 1–4 para responder, Enter para a pergunta seguinte.