SES 04 Listening

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He wants to know which scarf the woman chose.

He wants to know what color the jacket is.

He thinks he selected a nice scarf.

He thinks any color would go well with the jacket.

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Bob has been married for a long time ago.

The woman should go to California.

He plans to go to the wedding.

He hasn’t been to California for a long time.

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He wants a glass of water.

He won’t do as the woman asks.

He can’t wait any longer.

He’s looking for the waiter.

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It’s just past ten o’clock.

There’s no time to talk.

She needs a little more time.

She has more than ten cents.

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She appreciates the man’s help.

Her presentation was somewhat long.

She needed more time to prepare.

She worked hard on her presentation.

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She wants to exercise before she runs.

It’s too hot to go running.

Her jogging suit isn’t warm enough.

She already went jogging.

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To tell him they are busy.

To cancel an appointment.

To invite him to go to a film.

To ask him a question about homework.

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Keep looking for his wallet.

Report the theft of the wallet right away.

Put his wallet in his jacket pocket.

Be more careful with his wallet.

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He is on a special diet.

She doesn’t like to walk to the cafetaria.

She thinks the cafetaria is too expensive.

She doesn’t eat lunch anymore.

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The man should look into buying a new car.

The car looks better than it used to.

The man should fly to Florida.

The man should get his car checked.

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The tickets are available for future performance.

The performance has been canceled.

She wants to see the show tomorrow.

The performance has already started.

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What causing the problem.

When the faucet started leaking.

How old the faucet is.

How to deal with the problem.

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In a locker room.

In a department store.

In a shoe-repair shop.

At a track.

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It fell out of the camera.

Marry developed it in photography class.

Susan took it to be developed.

The man gave it to Susan.

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He got out of the shower to answer the phone.

He didn’t hear the phone ringing.

There’s something wrong with the shower.

He took the shower earlier than usual.

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His vacation has been postponed.

He needs to take his medicine with him on vacation.

He is going to change this allergy medicine.

His allergies no longer bother him.

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She might be late for her chemistry class.

She’ll borrow a bike after the class.

She might be delayed in the lab.

She might ride her bike to the lab.

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Laurie doesn’t have much musical talent.

Laurie taught herself to play the guitar.

Laurie wants to play music with other people.

Laurie has a summer job playing guitar.

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Get a job on campus.

Take an electronics course.

Visit the electronics company.

Apply for a job with electronics company.

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He no longer watches much television.

He prefers the comedies from the sixties.

Television comedies haven’t improved since the sixties.

He hasn’t seen many of the old shows.

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The woman is satisfied that the book has been returned.

The woman doesn’t lend books to people.

The man is too embarrassed to borrow a book from the woman.

The man can’t find the book he borrowed from the woman.

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He’s never been to a debate.

He thinks the team was eliminated.

He can’t go to the state competition.

He doesn’t know if the tam was successful.

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Ask the professor if the course will be given again.

Postpone taking the course.

Request permission to take the course together.

Take the course from different professor.

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Ask the professor if the course will be given again.

Postpone taking the course.

She doesn’t think Brian will repay the bill.

She couldn’t get Brian to play tennis.

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His violin is out of tune now.

He probably lost some of his skill on the violin.

He has worked as a violinist for a long time.

He’s too old to begin studying the violin.

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He doesn’t expect to enjoy the theater.

He’s sorry he can’t go with the woman

He thinks the theater will be too crowded.

He rarely goes to plays.

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He’ll see the exhibit after June.

He visited the new student several times.

He wants to exhibit his work at the Student Center.

He can see the exhibit before it closes.

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She is going to miss her first class.

She prefers going to the dentist later in the day.

The man will be finished before his first class.

The man might sleep late and miss his appointment.

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Put some money in her wallet.

Buy a band-concert ticket.

Make a donation.

Lend the man some money.

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Their friends would take them to the beach.

They wouldn’t mind taking the bus.

Someone would drive them home.

They wouldn’t be able to find a phone.

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Relaxing at the seashore.

Visiting her parents.

Sailing on a boat.

Preparing for a race.

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She was invited only for the weekend.

The weather was too hot.

She had an appointment.

She had schoolwork to do.

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She had to go home.

She was too tired to continue.

She had to finish her schoolwork.

She was thirsty.

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She doesn’t know how to swim.

The water was too deep.

The water was too cold.

She didn’t have enough time.

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A vacation trip to Yellowstone Park.

A lecture by a visiting professor.

Her Biology thesis.

A research project.

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More buffalo are surviving the winter.

Fewer buffalo are dying of disease.

More buffalo are being born.

Fewer buffalo are being killed by hunters.

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She is from Wyoming.

She needs the money.

She has been studying animal diseases.

Her thesis adviser is heading the project.

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Collecting information about the bacteria.

Working on a cattle ranch.

Writing a paper about extinct animals.

Analyzing buffalo behavior.

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To inform visitors of the park’s history.

To provide an overview of the park’s main attractions.

To show visitors remote places in the park.

To teach visitors how best to photograph wildlife.

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It’s easy to get lost.

It requires enormous strength.

It’s a good group activity.

People shouldn’t do it in the winter.

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There are fewer tourists.

The entrance fees are lower.

The animals are more active.

There are fewer insects.

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To show a videotape on survival in outer space.

To gain support for the space program.

To describe her experience on space missions.

To inform the audience about the space suit.

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The lack of air pressure.

The extremely hot or cold temperatures.

Exposure to radiation.

An inadequately ventilated space suit.

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On the exterior of the space shuttle.

In the torso of the space suit.

In the helmet.

In the control center at NASA.

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A videotape.

A book.

A picture.

An oxygen tank.

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Another speaker will describe the helmet.

The woman will talk about the space shuttle.

Someone from the audience will try on the helmet.

The woman will put on a space suit.

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To describe Twyla Tharp’s career.

To introduce a well-known dancer.

To provide background for a video presentation.

To encourage the audience to study dance.

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The dancers in the video had more experiences with Tharp’s choreography.

Twyla Tharp was the lead dancer in the video.

The filming techniques made the dancer easier to understand.

The new musical store was more appropriate for the topic.

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Jazz

Folk

Classical

Rock

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What the pineapple symbolizes.

Twyla Tharp’s career in dance.

How the video was filmed.

The quality of the music in the video.

SES 04 Listening

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