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1. Gist Question Answer choice A is correct. The students says that he has a few questions about the work in the science lab, and then asks about his group and later about …the lab report. Answer choice B is incorrect because the speakers do not say that the student did not do a good job on the first assignment and they speak about more than this. Answer choice C is incorrect because the man does not indicate that he does not understand what to do for the lab report, and answer choice D is incorrect because the man does not discuss the members of the group themselves, but only their interaction. He also has another concern.

2. Function Question Answer choice D is correct. The student asks two questions about whether he must work with the other people in his assigned group. From this, the lab assistant makes an assumption that there is a problem with his group. The man then explains the problem. Answer choice A is incorrect because there is no indication that the lab assistant does not understand the problem. Answer choice B is incorrect because the lab assistant does not ask who is in his group and it is not important to the discussion. Answer choice C is incorrect because the lab assistant does not say anything about whether his group has done any work.

3. Detail Question Answer choice C is correct. The lab assistant says, maybe your group should meet before the next lab session to figure out how you’re going to proceed. Answer choice A is incorrect because the professor does not say that they should not speak at all during the lab session. Answer choice B is incorrect because the man implies that the group members already speak too much during the lab session, and answer choice D is incorrect because the lab assistant says that the students need to work in the lab in a group.

4. Speaker’s Stance Question Answer choice B is correct. The man says that it’ll probably take my group several hours even to decide when to meet. This implies that the group does not work efficiently. Answer choice A is incorrect because the group does not work deliberately, or steadily. Answer choice C is incorrect because the lab assistant has just suggested a meeting; the group has not heard about the suggestion yet. Answer choice D is incorrect because the speakers do not imply that the group does not have enough time, but that the students do not use their time well.

5. Detail Question Answer choice D is correct. The lab assistant says that she wants the format of the report to be exactly as she described. Therefore answer choice B is incorrect. Answer choice A is incorrect because she says the lab report is an individual assignment. Answer choice C is incorrect because she says each person involved in the experiment should write up a separate report.

6. Function Question Answer choice A is correct. The professor says Continuing our discussion of different genres of American literature, today we’ll be discussing

historical fiction to explain how the lecture she is starting relates to previous lectures.

Answer choices B and C are incorrect because the professor is not talking about the whole course, but she is introducing the lecture for today. Answer choice D is

incorrect because the professor does not say anything about the importance of the topic.

7. Organization Question Answer choice C is correct. The professor uses the example of the Little House series to illustrate some characteristics of historical fiction. She says that Wilder made changes to the real story to improve the storyline and make the writing appropriate for readers. Answer choice A is not true because the professor only briefly compares three different genres. Most of the lecture is about one genre and one example. Answer choice B is incorrect because only one

example is mentioned, and answer choice D is incorrect because the organization is not chronological and the subject is not primarily the events in the life of the author.

8. Detail Question Answer choice C is correct. The professor says the series is considered historical fiction, and she contrasts it with the other genres in A, B, and C.

9. Organization Question Answer choices C, D, E are correct. The professor says that the Little House books record true historical events as they happened, so answer choice A is incorrect. She also says that Wilder omitted events and altered names, which means that answer choices D and E are correct. Answer choice B is incorrect because the professor says that the Little House series was a series of stories…of her childhood in the 1860’s, but she did not say Wilder wrote the stories as a child.

10. Detail Question Answer choice D is correct. The professor says that the life of Charles Fredrick Ingalls, who died before his first birthday, was omitted from her books. Answer choice A is incorrect because the professor says that Laura

recorded the Ingalls moving from the Big Woods to Indian Territory. Answer choice B is incorrect because the professor says Nellie Olsen was a character in the book, based on two real girls who caused Laura and her sister Mary a lot of trouble. So there was not a real Nellie Olsen who Laura had a problem with, but a character in the book who Laura did write about. Answer choice C is incorrect because the professor says that The Little House books began as a record of the stories Pa told Laura, but the professor did not say that Laura omitted the storytelling sessions from the book.

11. Detail Question

Historical fiction is not always accurate. YES Historical fiction is usually autobiographical. NO

Wilder’s fiction was more pleasant than her actual life. YES Most of Wilder’s life was too unpleasant for a children’s story. NO

The professor says that Wilder altered names and omitted events, meaning that the events were not accurate. The professor does not say that most historical fiction is autobiographical, although the Little House series is somewhat so. The third choice is correct because the death of Wilder’s brother was unpleasant, and so it was omitted. However, the professor does not say or imply that most of Wilder’s life was unpleasant, so the last choice is untrue.

SPEAKING, PAGE 384 Question 2, p. 385 Sample Notes

Read Listen

Top: Diff grade 4 films this semester

Op: M— likes old way grading M—wouldn’t procrastinate

—discuss film → understand better

M—still prefer old way

Sample Response

The man doesn’t like the new policy for grading the films that they have to watch.

The syllabus says that in the past students could check out the movies and write reports, but now students have to watch the movie and sign up for a discussion led by a teaching assistant. The man says that the problem that the syllabus points out, that many students procrastinated and then couldn’t get the films, wouldn’t apply to him because he doesn’t procrastinate. Another reason he gives is that with the previous system, he could write a report when he wanted to, and now he has to go to the discussion when it’s scheduled. Finally, he worries that he won’t have anything to say during the discussion, although the woman says that it won’t be a problem.

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