MINI-TEST 1
LISTENING
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Section Directions
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures
in English. You will hear each conversation or lecture only once. After each
conversation or lecture, you will answer some questions about it. The questions
typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask
about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what is
stated or implied by the speakers.
You may take notes while you listen. You may use your notes to help you answer
the questions. Your notes will not be scored.
If you want to change the volume while listening, click on the Volume icon at the
top of the screen.
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In some questions, you will see this icon: ^>)). This means that you will hear, but
not see part of the question.
Some of the questions have special directions. These directions appear in a gray
box on the screen. Most questions are worth one point. If a question is worth more
than one point, it will have special directions that indicate how many points you
can receive.
In this section of the test, it will take about 20 minutes to listen to the
conversations and lectures and to answer the questions. You must answer each
question.
You will now start the Listening section.
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Questions 1-5 4. Listen again to part of the passage. Then answer the
question.
Listen as a student consults with a lab
assistant. How does the student seem to feel about his group?
O He thinks his group does work very deliberately.
X O He feels that the group is not able to get things
done effectively.
O He is not sure when or where the group is
meeting.
O He is afraid that his group does not have enough
time to do a good job.
5. What does the lab assistant say about the lab
report?
® It must be completed by the group.
O Each member may decide how to prepare the
report.
O Each individual must write a part of the report.
X O The report must be prepared in a very specific
way.
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1. Why does the student go to see the lab assistant?
X O To discuss two issues related to the science lab
OTo discuss why he did not do a good job on his
first lab assignment
O To find out what he must do to complete his lab
report
O To talk about the members of his science lab
group
2. Listen again to part of the passage. Then answer the
question.
Why does the lab assistant answer the student’s
question with this question:
O She has not understood what the student has
asked.
O She is not sure who is in the student's group.
O She would like to know if the student has really
done any work with his group.
X O She has made an assumption about the group
from the student’s questions.
3. What does the lab assistant suggest that the group
should try?
O Completing the lab session without talking
O Spending more time talking during the lab
session
X O Meeting before the lab session to have a
discussion
O Working individually in the science lab
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Questions 6-11 ^>)) TOCR. TfST
Listen to a lecture in an American literature
class.
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6. Listen again to part of the passage. Then answer the
question.
Why does the professor begin the lecture in this way?
X O To show how the coming lecture is related to a
previous lecture
® To outline the various topics that will be covered
in the course
O To indicate that the topic will be covered not
today, but in a future lecture
American Literature
O To emphasize the importance of the lecture topic
The “Little House" Books
7. How is the information in the lecture presented?
O Two different genres are contrasted using
examples.
O Various examples of one genre are compared.
X O Various characteristics of a genre are described
using an example.
O Events in the life of the author are outlined
chronologically.
8. How is the Little House series classified?
® As historical non-fiction
© As autobiography
X © As historical fiction
©•' As altered history
Techniques:
omitted wants 9. What three statements are true about Laura Wilder’s
changed names Little House series? This question is worth 2
points (2 points for 3 correct answers, 1 point for
2 correct answers, and 0 points for 1 or 0 correct
answers).
Click on 3 answers.
O Laura made up many of the events.
I.................. I
© Laura wrote the books during her childhood.
X © Every event in the books happened.
X © Not every event in Laura’s life was recorded.
X© Names of some negatively portrayed people
were changed.
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10. What event did Laura omit from her books? 11. Can these conclusions be drawn from the lecture?
A move to the Indian Territory This question is worth 2 points (2 points for 4
A problem she had with Nellie Olsen correct answers, 1 point for 3 correct answers, and
0 points for 2, 1, or 0 correct answers).
Her father’s storytelling sessions
X The birth and death of her brother For each answer, click in the
YES or NO column.
YES NO
Historical fiction is not always
X
accurate.
Historical fiction is usually
X
autobiographical.
Wilder’s fiction was more pleasant
than her actual life. X
Most of Wilder’s life was too
unpleasant for a children’s story. X
Turn to pages 595-598 to diagnose your errors and record your results.
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