TPO25听力题目(Conversation+Lecture)

　　Conversation 2

　　18. Why does the man go to see the professor?

　　A. To find out how to distinguish between different types of whale songs

　　B. To request permission to change the topic of his paper

　　C. To discuss the difference between using the internet and using books to find sources

　　D. To get help locating some information for his paper

　　19. What is the topic of the man's paper?

　　A. How whales hold their breath

　　B. Whale migration patterns

　　C. Characteristic of whale habitats

　　D. The differences between the circulatory system of whales and that of other mammals

　　20. What is the professor's attitude toward the man's question about how whales hold their breath?

　　A. She thinks he does not need to spend a lot of time looking for the answer

　　B. She is surprised because she has already addressed this question in class

　　C. She dismissed it as unimportant

　　D. She is pleased that has a plan to obtain the answer himself

　　21. Why does the professor mention the limited time students have to complete their papers?

　　A. To suggest that looking at research on the internet is a good way to save time

　　B. To point out that the library has reduced the amount of time it is open each day

　　C. To indicate her expectations for the amount of research to be done for the paper

　　D. To emphasize the important of starting to write the paper a couple of weeks before it is due

　　22. According to the professor, how does a whale conserve oxygen while underwater? Click on 2 answers

　　A. Its heart rate decreases

　　B. Its lung capacity temporarily increases

　　C. It slows the pace of its swimming

　　D. Blood flow to certain organs is decreased

　　Lecture 3

　　23. What is the lecture mainly about?

　　A. The history of language in ancient Egypt

　　B. The process that was used to create hieroglyphic writing

　　C. The competition between two scholars to solve an archaeological puzzle

　　D. The circumstances that led to the solution of an archaeological puzzle

　　24. What was demotic script used for in ancient Egypt?

　　A. Decorations on temples and monuments

　　B. Administrative documents

　　C. Illustration for stories

　　D. Representations of objects

　　25. Why was ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing difficult for scholars to interpret?

　　A. The language that it was based on was no longer used

　　B. The same words were often represented by several different symbols

　　C. It consisted of a mixture of three different languages

　　D. Only fragments of it were found

　　26. What is the professor's opinion about Thomas Young's word with hieroglyphs?

　　A. She feels that Young has not received the credit he deserves

　　B. She is amazed that Young's conclusion about hieroglyphs was correct

　　C. She is surprised that Young did not recognize his own accomplishments

　　D. She thinks that Young's work was not careful enough to be taken seriously

　　27. According to the professor, what led to the decoding of the Rosetta Stone?

　　A. A hieroglyph that represented the name of a person

　　B. A written and oral description of a historical event

　　C. The realization that each hieroglyph represented a different object or concept

　　D. The discovery that the word for "Sun" is written the same way in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphics

　　28. How did Young's and Champollion's studies of hieroglyphs differ from earlier studies of hieroglyphic writing?

　　A. Young and Champollion had access to large collections of hieroglyphic writing

　　B. Young and Champollion both guessed that hieroglyphs were symbols for sounds

　　C. Young and Champollion both spoke Greek and Coptic

　　D. Young and Champollion shared their research with one another

　　Lecture 4

　　29. What is the discussion mainly about?

　　A. The professor's recent research on play and brain development

　　B. Differing explanations of the reasons for play

　　C. Examples of two distinct types of play fighting

　　D. Differences in the play behaviors of various animal specials

　　30. One of the students brings up the example of play fighting among wolf pups. What does this example lead him to believe?

　　A. That wolves are especially violent animals

　　B. That the play-as-preparation hypothesis is probably correct

　　C. That wolves seldom engage in self-handicapping

　　D. That the results of a recent study are probably not reliable

　　31. Which statement best expresses the professor's opinion of the play-as-preparation hypothesis?

　　A. It is well supported by available evidence

　　B. It may apply only to certain species of animals

　　C. It does not explain some important aspects of play

　　D. It is particularly useful explaining human behavior

　　32. What does the professor imply about self-handicapping?   Click on 2 answers

　　A. It commonly occurs in play but not in other activities

　　B. It applies only to animal species that do not hunt for food

　　C. It has been observed only in laboratory settings

　　D. It contradicts the play-as-preparation hypothesis

　　33. The professor discusses a study on the relationship between brain growth and play. What does that study conclude?

　　A. Patterns of brain growth are similar in animals that play and animals that do not play

　　B. Excessive brain growth can sometimes limit an animal's behavioral vocabulary

　　C. Animals that do not play have less-developed brains than animals that play

　　D. Animals without well-developed brains are seldom observed playing

　　34. What does the student mean when she says this:

　　A. She is not familiar with the play behavior of wolf pups

　　B. She doubts that wolf pups fight as much as the other students implies

　　C. She is not sure that she correctly understood the reading assignment

　　D. She disagrees with the other student's opinion about play behavior