托福听力试题.docx

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托福听力试题

托福听力试题

PRACTICETOEFLiBTLISTENINGSECTION

ThissectionmeasuresyourabilitytounderstandconversationsandlecturesinEnglish.

Youshouldlistentoeachconversationandlectureonlyonetime.

Aftereachconversationorlecture,youwillanswersomequestionsaboutit.Thequestionstypicallyaskaboutthemainideaandsupportingdetails.Somequestionsaskaboutaspeaker’spurposeorattitude.Answerthequestionsbasedonwhatisstatedorimpliedbythespeakers.

Youmaytakenoteswhileyoulisten.Youmayuseyournotestohelpyouanswerthequestions.Yournoteswillnotbescored.

Insomequestions,youwillseethisicon:

PLAY-AudioThismeansthatyouwillhear,butnotsee,partofthequestion.

Mostquestionsareworth1point.Ifaquestionisworthmorethan1point,itwillhavespecialdirectionsthatindicatehowmanypointsyoucanreceive.

Youwillhave55MinutestolistentotheConversationsandLecturesandtoanswerthequestions.Youshouldanswereachquestion,evenifyoumustguesstheanswer.

ListentoTrack11ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

Directions:

Markyouranswerbyfillingintheovalnexttoyourchoice.

1.Whydoesthestudentgotoseetheprofessor?

○Toprepareforhergraduateschoolinterview

○Togetadviceabouthergraduateschoolapplication

○Togivetheprofessorhergraduateschoolapplication

○Tofindoutifshewasacceptedintograduateschool

2.Accordingtotheprofessor,whatinformationshouldthestudentincludeinherstatementofpurpose?

Choose2answers.

□Heracademicmotivation

□Herbackgroundinmedicine

□Somepersonalinformation

□Thewaysherteachershaveinfluencedher

3.Whatdoestheprofessorconsiderunusualaboutthestudent’sbackground?

○Herworkexperience

○Hercreativewritingexperience

○Herathleticachievements

○Hermusictraining

4.Whydoestheprofessortellastoryabouthisfriendwhowenttomedicalschool?

○Towarnthestudentabouthowdifficultgraduateschoolcanbe

○Toillustrateapointheismaking

○Tohelpthestudentrelax

○Tochangethesubject

5.Whatdoestheprofessorimplyaboutthepeoplewhoadmitstudentstograduateschool?

○Theyoftenlackexpertiseinthefieldsoftheapplicants.

○Theydonotusuallyreadthestatementofpurpose.

○Theyareinfluencedbytheappearanceofanapplication

○Theyremembermostoftheapplicationstheyreceive.

ListentoTrack12ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

6.Whatarethestudentsmainlydiscussing?

○Drugsthatareharmfultothehumanbody

○Bacteriathatproduceantibiotics

○DNAthatisrelatedtoathleticperformance

○Genesthatprotectbacteriafromantibiotics

7.Listenagaintopartoftheconversationbyplayingtrack13

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Tofindoutifthemanhasdonehisassignment

○Toaskthemantofindoutifthelibraryisopen

○Toletthemanknowthatshecannotstudymuchlonger

○Toaskifthemanhasevermetherroommate

8.Accordingtotheconversation,whyaretransposessometimescalled“jumpinggenes”?

○Theyareabletomovefromonebacteriacelltoanother.

○Theyarefoundinpeoplewithexceptionaljumpingability.

○Theyoccurineveryothergenerationofbacteria.

○Theirmovementsarerapidandunpredictable.

9.Accordingtotheconversation,whataretwowaysinwhichbacteriacellsgetresistancegenes?

Choose2answers.

□Theresistancegenesarecarriedfromnearbycells.

□Theresistancegenesarecarriedbywhitebloodcells.

□Theresistancegenesareinheritedfromtheparentcell

□Theresistancegenesarecarriedbyantibiotics.

10.Whatcanbeinferredabouttheresistancegenesdiscussedintheconversation?

○Theyarefoundinallbacteriacells.

○Theyarenotabletoresistantibiotics.

○Theymakethetreatmentofbacterialdiseasesmoredifficult

○Theyareessentialtothebody’sdefensesagainstbacteria.

ListentoTrack14ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

11.Whatisthetalkmainlyabout?

○Acommonmethodofmanagingwatersupplies

○Theformationofundergroundwatersystems

○Naturalprocessesthatrenewwatersupplies

○Maintainingthepurityofundergroundwatersystems

12.Whatistheprofessor’spointofviewconcerningthemethodof“safeyield”?

○Ithashelpedtopreservetheenvironment.

○ItshouldberesearchedinstatesotherthanArizona

○Itisnotaneffectiveresourcepolicy.

○Itignoresthedifferentwayspeopleusewater.

13.Accordingtotheprofessor,whataretwoproblemsassociatedwithremovingwaterfromanundergroundsystem?

Choose2answers.

□Pollutantscanenterthewatermorequickly.

□Thesurfaceareacandryandcrack.

□Theamountofwaterstoredinthesystemcandrop

□Dependentstreamsandspringscandryup.

14.Listenagaintopartofthelecturebyplayingtrack15PLAY-Audio

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Tofindoutwhetherthestudentsarefamiliarwiththeissue

○Tointroduceanewproblemfordiscussion

○Torespondtoastudent’squestion

○Toencouragethestudentstocareaboutthetopic

15.Whatisakeyfeatureofasustainablewatersystem?

○Itisabletosatisfyshort-termandlong-termneeds.

○Itisnotaffectedbychangingenvironmentalconditions

○Itusuallyoriginatesinlakes,springs,orstreams.

○Itisnotusedtosupplyhumanneeds.

16.Whatdoestheprofessorimplyaboutwatersystemsmanagedbythe“safeyield”method?

○Theyrechargeatarapidrate.

○Theyarenotsustainable.

○Theymusthavelargestorageareas

○Theyprovideapoorqualityofwater

ListentoTrack16ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

17.WhydoestheprofessortalkaboutPlato’sdescriptionofsociety?

○Toexplainwhysocietiesfacecertainproblems

○TopointoutproblemswithPlato’sethicaltheory

○TointroducestudentstothepoliticalstructureofancientGreece

○TohelpexplainPlato’sviewaboutthenatureofthehumansoul

18.Listenagaintopartofthelecturebyplayingtrack17.PLAY-Audio

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Itmaybefamiliartosomeofthestudents.

○Itwillbediscussedinmoredetailinalaterclass

○Itisnotaninterestingtheory.

○Itisnotaverycomplicatedtheory.

19.Listenagaintopartofthelecturebyplayingtrack18.PLAY-Audio

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Tofindoutifstudentshaveunderstoodwhatshejustsaid

○Tosuggestananswertoaquestionthatshejustasked

○ToexpressdisagreementwithapointmadebyPlato

○Toexplainwhyharmonyisdifficultforasocietytoachieve

20.WhataretwopointsthatreflectPlato’sviewsabouteducation?

Choose2answers.

□Allpeoplecanbetrainedtobecomeleaders.

□Allpeopleshouldlearntousetheirintellect.

□Leadersshouldberesponsiblefortheeducationofworkersandsoldiers

□Allpeopleshouldlearnaboutthenatureofthehumansoul.

21.Basedoninformationinthelecture,indicatewhetherthestatementsbelowabouthumanemotionreflectbeliefsheldbyPlato.

Foreachsentence,putacheckmarkintheYESorNOcolumn.

YES

NO

Emotionisusuallycontrolledbythefacultyofdesire.

Emotionoughttobecontrolledbythefacultyofintellect.

Emotioniswhatmotivatessoldiers.

22.AccordingtoPlato,whatisthemaincharacteristicofagoodorjustperson?

○Thepartsoftheperson’ssoulexistinharmony.

○Thepersondoesnottrytocontrolotherpeople.

○Theperson’srelationshipswithotherpeopleareharmonious.

○Thepersondoesnotactinanemotionalmanner.

Listentotrack19ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

23.Whatisthemaintopicofthelecture?

○Thesizeofrootsystems

○Varioustypesofrootsystems

○Thenutrientsrequiredbyryeplants

○Improvingtwotypesofplantspecies

24.Accordingtotheprofessor,whydidonescientistgrowaryeplantinwater?

○Toexposetherootstosunlight

○Tobeabletofertilizeitwithgas

○Tobeabletoseeitsentirerootsystem

○Toseehowmineralspenetrateitsroots

25.Listenagaintopartofthelecturebyplayingtrack20.PLAY-Audio

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Shewantedtocorrectthewordingofapreviousstatement.

○Shewishesshedidnothavetobubblegasthroughit.

○Sherealizedtheodorofgascouldbeunpleasant.

○Sheforgottotellthestudentsaboutastepintheexperiment

26.Theprofessormentionshouseplantsthatreceivetoomuchwater.Whydoesshementionthem?

○Toshowthatmanydifferenttypesofplantscangrowinwater

○Toexplainwhyplantsgrowninwatershouldhaveagasbubbledthroughthem

○Toremindthestudentsoftheimportanceoftheirnextexperiment

○Tomakeapointaboutthelengthofhouseplants’roots

27.Listenagaintopartofthelecturebyplayingtrack21.PLAY-Audio

Thenanswerthequestion.

○Whyamistakemadeintextbookswasnevercorrected

○Whyshedoesnotbelievethattherootsofryeplantsextendto1,000km

○Howtherootsofryeplantsdeveloptosuchagreatlength

○Howplantsgrowninwatermakeuseoffertilizer

28.Accordingtotheprofessor,whatsimilarityistherebetweencrabgrassandryeplants?

○BothstartgrowinginthemonthofMay.

○Bothhaverootsystemsthatrequirealotofwater

○Bothhavemoreshootsurfacethanrootsurface.

○Bothproducemanyshootsfromasingleseed.

Listentotrack22ontheCD.PLAY-Audio

Questions

29.Whatisthelecturemainlyabout?

○Technologicalinnovationsintheautomobileindustry

○Theorganizationalstructureofcompanies

○Waystoimproveefficiencyinanengineeringdepartment

○Methodsofresolvingconflictsinorganizations

30.Whydoestheprofessortalkaboutaconstructioncompanythathasworkindifferentcities?

○Togiveanexampleoffunctionalorganization

○Togiveanexampleoforganizationaroundprojects

○Toillustratep