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1. Gist Question Answer choice B is correct. The student says he’s trying to decide which biology class to take, and there are two that seem pretty similar. Answer choice A is incorrect because although they discuss his major, he does not go to see the advisor for this reason. Answer choice C is incorrect because there is no

mention of a time when they discuss the general education requirement. Answer choice D is incorrect because he is deciding between two introductory courses.

2. Detail Question Answer choice C is correct. The advisor says the biggest difference is the fact that there’s work in the lab as part of Biology 101, but there’s no lab work in Introduction to Biological Science and the problems…for Biology 101 are much more in-depth. He has to use more math. Answer choice A is incorrect because the number of lectures for each course is not mentioned, implying that they are probably the same. Answer choice B is incorrect because the advisor says that both courses fulfill the science requirement. Answer choice D is not correct because although Biology 101 is the first step towards a major in Biology, the speakers do not say that it cannot be taken by non-science majors.

3. Speaker’s Stance Question Answer choice B is correct. The expression “off the mark” means “wrong” The advisor is saying that his summary of the situation is more or less correct. Answer choice A is incorrect because there is not anything said about the man understanding later. Answer choice C is incorrect because what the advisor says means that she agrees with his summary, and answer choice D is incorrect because she does not imply that his summary is impolite.

4. Speaker’s Stance Question Answer choice A is correct. The advisor suggests that he really should start narrowing down his choices for a major area of studies, and then suggests taking Biology 101 to decide whether he likes science. Answer choice B is incorrect because either choice fulfills the requirement. Answer choice C is incorrect because the advisor only encourages him to decide whether he should major in science, not specifically biology, and he has already decided to take one of the biology courses. Answer choice D is incorrect because she does not suggest that he decide his exact major, but only whether it will be science.

5. Inference Question Answer choice D is correct. The advisor says that he should take Biology 101, and the student says that it’ll be a good way to help him decide if he likes science enough to major in it. This implies that he will follow the advice.

Answer choice A is incorrect because the student is taking Biology 101 to help him decide on a major. Answer choice B is incorrect because the student is not sure how much he likes science, and answer choice C is incorrect because he has not yet taken the biology course that will satisfy the requirement.

6. Organization Question Answer choice C is correct. The professor says that the different styles of gems demonstrated different stages in the historical development of gem-cutting. He then presents the oldest style and ends with the newest. Answer choice A is incorrect because, except for the rose cut, the professor does not say how common the styles are. Answer choice B incorrect because the professor does not say anything about the simplicity or complexity of the styles; he concentrates on chronological stages. Answer choice D is incorrect because the professor does not say anything about how expensive the different styles are.

7. Detail Question Answer choices B and D are correct. The professor says stones were faceted as early as the fifteenth century in Europe, and they may have been faceted earlier than that in other cultures. Therefore, Answer choices A and C are incorrect.

8. Detail Question Answer choice D is correct. The professor says that the cabochon was the earliest style used to finish gems, and thus the table cut developed after it.

Answer choices A and C are both incorrect because the professor says the table cut was challenging to set and began with a natural eight-sided crystal. Answer choice B is incorrect because according to the lecture, the rose cut developed before the brilliant cut.

9. Detail Question Answer choice A is correct. The lecturer says that because it doesn’t reflect light as well as other cuts, the rose cut’s no longer used much today.

Therefore Answer choices B, C, and D are all incorrect choices.

10. Inference Question Answer choice C is correct. The professor says that the rose cut was actually cut, but does not use the mathematical principles of optics…as these were still not well understood in terms of gems. This implies that cutting developed before an understanding of the principles of optics. Therefore answer choice D is incorrect. Answer choice A is incorrect because the professor says that polishing developed before cutting. Answer choice B is incorrect because the professor does not say which type is most common.

11. Detail Question

Polished: Cabochon, Table Cut: Brilliant, Rose

At the end of the lecture, the professor summarizes that the cabochon and the table cut are polished rather than cut to create the style, while the other two are actually cut.

SPEAKING, PAGE 409 Question 2, p. 410 Sample Notes

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Top: proposal chng finals wk to 4 days

MPs:

— > flexible travel

— Fri open 4 submit papers Op:

W—likes prop chng, Fri 4 relax or sched travel

M—X like prop chng, Fri X free 4 all, shuffles times w/X diff

Sample Answer

The woman likes the proposal to change the schedule of final exams from five days, Monday to Friday, to four days, Monday through Thursday. The first reason she gives is that it will mean everyone is done Thursday, and Friday will be for relaxing or traveling, as the proposal suggests. The man counters that people will still be handing in assignments on Friday, but the woman still thinks it’s better. She says that people won’t have papers and exams on that Friday, like once happened to her.

She really doesn’t like that because she says there isn’t time to study for an exam if an assignment is due the same day.

Question 3, p. 411 Sample Notes

TOPIC: Eng grammar rules 17th & 18th C, neoclassicism

Main Ideas: Supporting Details:

—view Greece/Rome = superior, Latin = purest lang —attempt make Eng like Latin

—rule: X split infinitive —e.g. to never go…

(nat Eng spkrs break rule)

—rule: X end sent w/ prep —e.g. …. who I spoke to

→…to whom I spoke

—rule X exist bef neoclass —academs noticed impossible to split inf. in Latin or end w/prep in Latin

→ rule 4 Eng (but Eng spkrs reg break rule)

Sample Answer

The professor is discussing some rules concerning English grammar that were created in the seventeenth and eighteenth century during the age of neoclassicism.

Since Latin was considered a pure language, academics wanted to make English like Latin, to make it better. The result is that they invented two rules the lecture discusses, the rule against splitting infinitives and ending a sentence with a preposition. The professor says that these things are incorrect or impossible in Latin, so scholars wanted to make them incorrect in English. However, the speaker said that English speakers regularly break these made up rules, so the academics were not successful in imposing these rules on English.

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