TPO14听力题目(Conversation+Lecture)

　　Conversation 2

　　1. 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 journalism

　　2. Why does the advisor discourage the student from transferring to another university?

　　His current university is highly respected by newspaper editors.

　　His current university will soon offer a major in journalism.

　　He does not need to major in journalism in order to work as a reporter.

　　He has a promising future on the staff of his current university's newspaper.

　　3. According to the advisor, how do newspaper editors evaluate an applicant for a reporting position?

　　Click on 2 answers.

　　They ask the applicant to present ideas for news stories.

　　They ask the applicant to write a news story.

　　They review the applicant's university course work.

　　They review a sample of the applicant's published articles.

　　4. What points does the advisor make when she suggests that the student report on a local court case?

　　Click on 2 answers.

　　It will help him begin to develop expertise in his field of interest.

　　It will bring him in contact with people who might help him find a job.

　　It will be a way for him to gain experience writing about business and technology.

　　It will allow him to inform students and faculty about an issue affecting their university.

　　5. What does the student imply when he says this:

　　He was surprised by the amount of effort required to write a newspaper article.

　　He feels that some of the editor's changes were unnecessary.

　　He does not want to take credit that he does not deserve.

　　He will try to make sure his future articles are more accurate.

　　Lecture 3

　　6. What does the professor mainly discuss?

　　How the seafaring skills of Polynesians resembled those of the Vikings

　　How Pacific Islanders were able to navigate without instruments

　　How the patterns of stars differ to the north and south of the equator

　　How navigational instruments developed over time

　　7. What is the advantage of observing stars from a location near the equator?

　　The horizon tends to be clearer there than anywhere else.

　　More stars rise and set in pairs there than anywhere else.

　　Zenith stars shine even brighter there than they do farther north or south.

　　The sky appears more orderly there than it does farther north or south.

　　8. What does the professor say about the people of the Gilbert Islands?

　　Click on 2 answers.

　　They developed a method for describing the locations of stars.

　　They regularly traded with the peoples of Hawaii and New Zealand.

　　They were the first to recognize the usefulness of zenith stars.

　　They considered a navigator to be the same as an astronomer.

　　9. Why does the professor mention stone canoes?

　　To point out some of the monuments that can be found on Pacific islands

　　To give an example of an early method of transporting goods

　　To illustrate a method used for teaching young Polynesians to navigate

　　To compare Polynesian navigational tools to those of the Vikings

　　10. What did the technique using zenith stars have in common with the technique using star pairs?

　　Both could help identify a location relative to the equator.

　　Both seem to have been used to determine the positioning of stone canoes.

　　Both were first developed by the Vikings.

　　Both were used as calendars to help keep track of the seasons.

　　11. Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.

　　What can be inferred about the professor when he says this:

　　He questions whether the technique is useful.

　　He wants to clarify a point about the technique.

　　He wants the students to guess how the technique works.

　　He wants the students to experiment with the technique.

　　Lecture 4

　　12. What does the professor mainly discuss?

　　The role of physics in the discovery of Neolithic religious sites

　　The sound effects that Neolithic people could experience in passage graves

　　Evidence that passage graves were designed to function as calendars

　　A debate about the role of sound in passage grave ceremonies

　　13. Why does the professor mention an Egyptian pyramid?

　　To contrast its purpose with that of monuments found in the British Isles

　　To compare the architectural styles of two Neolithic cultures

　　To describe the outer shape of passage graves in Great Britain and Ireland

　　To help students understand how long ago passage graves were built

　　14. According to the professor, what is one effect produced by standing waves in a passage grave chamber?

　　Light fills the chamber on certain days of the year.

　　Drums resonate loudly without being played by humans.

　　The floor and walls of the chamber seem to shake.

　　The intensity of sound varies greatly throughout the chamber.

　　15. Why does the professor mention a bottle?

　　To illustrate the shape of the interior of a passage grave

　　To describe part of a Neolithic burial ceremony

　　To help explain how resonance is produced

　　To give an example of an artifact found in a Neolithic site

　　16. According to the professor, what characteristic of passage graves has led researchers to the conclusion that they were intentionally designed for use by the living?

　　Their location in the ceremonial areas of Neolithic communities

　　Their ability to function as astronomical calendars

　　The structure of their high ceilings

　　The remains of drums found in their chambers

　　17. Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.

　　What does the professor imply when she says this:

　　She is confident that no more examples should be necessary.

　　She is eager to find out whether the students can provide other examples.

　　She wonders whether her explanation may be too difficult to understand.

　　She is surprised that her students have understood her point so quickly.