( ) which of the following sentences is the one you hear?
( ) which sentence is marked with the intonation you hear?
( ) in the following sentences, words in bold type indicate that they are stressed. which sentence is the one you hear?
( ) the listening process involves the perception of sounds, the recognition of words and the construction of meaning.
( ) some words have similar pronunciations, with only one different phoneme.
( ) in listening, there are reliable cues marking every word boundary clear.
1. joshua jordan earned a ______________degree in physical therapy.
he hopes to open his own practice someday, and says having the expensive ______________ degree is good for his patients,
but hard on his ______________.
2. universities say they’re caught between ___________________,
__________________who have the skills to find work elsewhere if they are not well paid, and falling financial support from state governments.
3. “there _______________________no way
i___________________ created a career for myself that i wanted to do without the use of student loans.”
( ) what does the word ‘reprimand’ mean?
( )what does the word ‘bustling’ mean?
( ) what does the word ‘tedious’ mean?
( ) vocabulary plays a very important role in second language listening comprehension.
( ) compared with reading comprehension, it is difficult to make form-meaning connection of a word in listening comprehension. therefore, there is no need to match the spoken form and the meaning of a word.
( ) guessing the meaning of a new word is a useful strategy in listening comprehension.
___________ into the various concepts of time in different cultures,
we could get a general idea about the different ____________ on time and,
more deeply, the different cultures ____________ in it.
realizing the differences, we should ____________ ourselves
to the strategy of ____________ in doing business
with a member from a ____________ culture,
in order to ____________ misunderstandings,
____________ or even culture shock.
( )when mentioning citizen kane, the great dictator, casablanca, what tense does the speaker use?
( )what are the three basic features of hollywood patterned films?
( ) grammar is not important because it does not give meaning.
( ) two sentences with exactly the same words can differ in meaning.
( ) grammar is very important as it helps increase accuracy.
film-making _____________from economy and high technology.
the us ________________ the battle field in the first world war
and its economy _________________during and after the war.
during the decade 1921–1931, sometimes called as the “golden period of silent films,” successful stars, directors, and cameramen ________________hollywood from abroad, infusing hollywood with new talents and different insights.
movies __________________new heights in expression. innovations in technique, content and structural forms were being introduced in films from germany, france, and russia.
( ) what is the assumption behind “in thinking about it, i found myself intrigued by some lessons from an unlikely source: singapore.”？
( ) what do the living conditions of the muslim population in britain prove?
( ) what is the assumption behind “we were a nation that was not meant to be.”?
( ) an assumption is something that we accept as true or as certain to happen, without question or proof.
( ) critical thinkers need to make assumptions that are questionable.
( ) assumptions are always true.
race and ethnicity are important concepts in both ________ and everyday life.
when one says that he is an american, a chinese, or a nigerian, he identifies himself with a certain kind of________. but is that a race or an ethnicity that he identifies with?
there are actually different definitions for race and ethnicity and social scientists argue against each other for their definitions of the two terms. the traditional definition of race and ethnicity is related to ________
and ________ factors respectively.
race refers to a person’s ________ characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color.
ethnicity, however, refers to ________ factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry and language.
an example of race is brown, white, or black skin, while an example of ethnicity is german or spanish ancestry (regardless of race). one’s race is determined by ____________
while one’s ethnicity is determined based on the social and cultural groups one ___________.
( ) what can we infer from “the native americans didn’t think they were being discovered?”
( ) what can we infer from that the former prime minister of the bahamas “didn’t care which island that it was as long as it was still in the bahamas?”
( ) according to william fowler, how should we treat columbus?
( ) in listening, inferences refer to a piece of information that is known to be true.
( ) as a critical listener, we should be able to check whether the inferences made are consistent with each other.
( ) inferences are always based on information.
new york and chicago will mark this day with__________
and celebrations of christopher columbus’ voyage and his italian__________,
and some will __________the day
calling for a __________of the impact that
that voyage had on __________american communities.
so, why the __________stories? well, we wanted to take this opportunity to brush up on some of the facts about christopher columbus that we may never have learned or have forgotten from school.
( ) what are the possible consequences of obesity based on the information of this video?
( ) what can you infer from nancy snyderman’s argument about america’s obesity epidemic?
( ) implications and consequences are possible results of an action, event and decision that follow our questioning.
( ) a skilled critical listener knows how to search for negative as well as positive implications and infer more than what is actually implied.
( ) there is no difference between what a statement or situation actually implies and what we infer from them.
anyone who has tried to lose weight through ________ knows how difficult it is,
and scientists have yet to develop a magic ________ that keeps the kilos off permanently.
now researchers are beginning to understand why ________ weight loss is so hard. they believe it has to do with damage to the part of the brain that’s involved in weight control.
if ________ people would just stop overeating, switch to a healthful diet and start exercising, they would lose weight. but if they do, they may quickly gain it back again.
the reason, say researchers, is not a lack of ________ but injury to brain cells, or neurons, in the hypothalamus,
a structure deep in the brain that helps control a number of body functions including ________ and weight.
( ) what is the speaker’s point of view when talking about the internet’s influence?
( ) there is a scene depicting a busy and chaotic online life at the beginning of the video. what’s the purpose of this scene?
( ) a point of view refers to the process of our thinking.
( ) our ideas are shaped by our points of view.
( ) we human beings can view a person or an event from every single vantage point at the same time.
we spend so much time on ________ like facebook, twitter, and youtube.
and with the rise of ________ computing, we are literally connecting almost 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
advanced technology and ________ design has made it way too easy
to share things with our friends and________,
making it the perfect environment for almost a domino-effect to occur on all levels of ____________