Detail Questions
Detail Questions
Necessary Skills
- Taking note of major points and important details of a lecture or conversation
- Listening for signal expressions that identify details, such as the following:
for example, the reason is, on the other hand, I would say
- Eliminating incorrect answer choices
- Identifying a statement that is not mentioned
Example Questions
- According to the lecture, what is__________
- According to the lecture, which of the following is true?
- What does the speaker say about__________
- What connection does the speaker make between__________and_____________
- What does the professor suggest the student do?
- Which of the following is true of__________
- What advice does the professor give to the student about________
- According to the discussion, how did__________
- According to the speaker, why do__________
- According to the conversation, why must the student__________
- According to the speaker,’who were__________
- According to the lecture, what kinds of ? Choose 2 answers.
Strategies
- Since answers to questions are generally found in order in the passage, it is helpful to take notes in the order of what you hear.
- Detail questions do not require inference. Choose what speakers actually say.
- In a lecture, detail questions are about information related to the following: new facts, descriptions, definitions of terms/concepts/ideas, reasons, results, and example.
- Incorrect choices may repeat some of the speakers’ words but do not reflect correct information from the lecture or conversation.
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Pregunta 1 of 50
1. Pregunta
PRACTICE 1
Listen to a lecture in astronomy class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
atmosphere: a cover of cloud, made by gases that surrounds a planet.
distance: the amount of space between two objects
evaporate: to change from a liquid or solid state into a gas
greenhouse gas: gas in the Earth’s atmosphere which reduces the loss of heat into space
surface: the exterior of an object.
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Why Venus is Hotter than Mercury
Cause:
Effect 1:
Effect 2:
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Pregunta 2 of 50
2. Pregunta
- What is one characteristic of the planet Mercury?
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Pregunta 3 of 50
3. Pregunta
2. What does the thick cloud of sulfur dioxide around Venus do?
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Pregunta 4 of 50
4. Pregunta
- Why is Venus so hot?
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Pregunta 5 of 50
5. Pregunta
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary
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A professor explains to his astronomy class why. Venus is hotter than Mercury. Venus is twice the from the sun than Mercury is, yet it is much hotter. This is because Venus has a thick while Mercury has none. The sun’s heat is thus trapped on the of the planet by carbon dioxide gas. Venus used to contain water like Earth, but it long ago. This helped create a lot of which trap heat.
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Pregunta 6 of 50
6. Pregunta
PRACTICE 2
Listen to a lecture in a botany class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
absorb: to soak up.
membrane: a thin layer that helps a cell process energy
organelle: a part of a cell whose specific function helps the cell survive
rigid: stiff, inflexible
skeleton: a structure of bones that gives animals their shape and support.
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Functions of Cell Walls and Chloroplasts
Plant Part 1:
Role 1:
Role 2:
Plant Part 2:
Role 1:
Role 2:
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Pregunta 7 of 50
7. Pregunta
- What is one function of cell walls?
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Pregunta 8 of 50
8. Pregunta
2. According to the lecture, what is one difference between plant cells and animal cells?
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Pregunta 9 of 50
9. Pregunta
3. What gives a plant its green color?
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Pregunta 10 of 50
10. Pregunta
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary
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A teacher is discussing the differences between plant and animal cells. Animals have to give their bodies shape and structure. Plant cells have cell walls to provide shape and structure. The cell walls are structures around the cell . They give cells support and stop harmful substances from getting in. Plant cells also contain called chloroplasts which sunlight. They use this light along with water and carbon dioxide to make food for the plant.
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Pregunta 11 of 50
11. Pregunta
PRACTICE 3
Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
due: owed
enforce: to carry out with force
neighbor: a person that lives close by
recession: a period of reduced economic activity
skip: to miss out on.
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Turning in a Late Project
Issue:
Solution:
Concern:
Refutation:
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Pregunta 12 of 50
12. Pregunta
- Why didn’t the student turn in his project?
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Pregunta 13 of 50
13. Pregunta
- Why doesn’t the professor want to accept the student’s project?
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Pregunta 14 of 50
14. Pregunta
3. Why didn’t the student contact the professor?
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Pregunta 15 of 50
15. Pregunta
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary
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A student’s essay on the economic is late: The-professor is not happy because the student class. The student tells the ‘professor he was sick the day the essay was . He says he knows:that the professor likes to the rule about late work. He says that he worked really hard and couldn’t find a number to call. The professor tells him it’s okay but that next time he should email her from a house.
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Pregunta 16 of 50
16. Pregunta
PRACTICE 4
Listen to a conversation between a student and a university employee, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
case: situation
committee: a group of people who make decisions about something in particular
drop: to stop attending
review: to look over
transfer: to move the value of one thing into that of another
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Scholarship
Problem:
Solution:
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Pregunta 17 of 50
17. Pregunta
- What problem does the woman mention?
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Pregunta 18 of 50
18. Pregunta
- What must the student do to gain permission?
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Pregunta 19 of 50
19. Pregunta
3. What will the student do if she receives permission?
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Pregunta 20 of 50
20. Pregunta
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A student must a class due to a work conflict. If she stops _taking the class, she will lose her scholarship. It’s also too late in the semester to to another course. The registrar suggests she take a summer course that will give her the credits she needs. To get into this program, she needs to write a letter to the university’s scholarship , She must explain her situation, and then they will her and decide.
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Pregunta 21 of 50
21. Pregunta
PRACTICE 5
Listen to a discussion in a literature class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
greed: a desire to possess something that one does not need or deserve
morality: right and wrong conduct
vice: a bad quality or trait
virtue: a good quality or trait
villain: an evil person in the story that goes against the main character
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Greek and Roman Plays VS Morality Plays
Greek and Roman Plays 1:
Greek and Roman Plays 2:
Both Plays:
Morality Plays 1:
Morality Plays 2:
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Pregunta 22 of 50
22. Pregunta
- What do Greek and Roman plays have that Morality plays do not?
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Pregunta 23 of 50
23. Pregunta
2. What is the Everyman?
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Pregunta 24 of 50
24. Pregunta
3. Generally speaking, what does the Everyman face?
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Pregunta 25 of 50
25. Pregunta
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This literature class is studying plays from the Middle Ages. The professor explains that many characters in these plays were simple and not complex they represented good, qualities called or bad qualities called . The most evil character represented vices like . He was the of the play. He always tried to make the main character, Everyman, follow him. Everyman had to choose between following hire and doing the right thing.
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Pregunta 26 of 50
26. Pregunta
PRACTICE 6
Listen to a lecture in a geology class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
chain: a series of closely connected things
lava: hot liquid rock or magma that leaves the earth.
produce: to make or create
spew: to send or give out
stream: a flow of a liquid
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Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
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Pregunta 27 of 50
27. Pregunta
- What does the professor say about the Hawaiian hotspot?
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Pregunta 28 of 50
28. Pregunta
2. What role does a plate play in the formation of the Hawaiian Islands?
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Pregunta 29 of 50
29. Pregunta
3. What does the professor mention about the Midway Islands?
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Pregunta 30 of 50
30. Pregunta
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The professor mentions that there is a volcanic hotspot, located under the Hawaiian of islands. This hotspot formed these islands. How this works is that a of hot erupts onto the ocean floor. The lava cools and hardens, forming a volcano. This lava keeps out until the volcano builds up to such a size then an island is . When this island moves, more lava produces more islands in the gap. Then an island chain is forms.
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Pregunta 31 of 50
31. Pregunta
PRACTICE 7
Listen to the conversation between a student and a professor, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
conflict: a problem of opposition
final: the last test of an academic course
mandatory: being something that is required
recital: a public performance given by students of music or dance
reschedule: to set up a new time for a previously scheduled event.
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Rescheduling
Problem:
Solution:
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Pregunta 32 of 50
32. Pregunta
- Why can’t the student miss the recital?
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Pregunta 33 of 50
33. Pregunta
2. What does his professor say to the student?
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Pregunta 34 of 50
34. Pregunta
- What will the student need to provide as proof?
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Pregunta 35 of 50
35. Pregunta
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Steven is a dance major who wants to his English . This is because he has a dance on the same day as his English exam. There is a scheduling between the two exams. His professor tells him he will have to talk to the head of the English department. He must prove that the dance exam conflicts with the English one by getting notes from his dance teachers.
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Pregunta 36 of 50
36. Pregunta
PRACTICE 8
Listen to the conversation between a student and a university employee, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
capacity: a problem of opposition
credit: the last test of an academic course
disenroll: being something that is required
register: a public performance given by students of music or dance
student ID: to set up a new time for a previously scheduled event.
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Disenrollment
Problem:
Solution:
Concern:
Refutation:
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Pregunta 37 of 50
37. Pregunta
- Why was the student disenrolled?
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Pregunta 38 of 50
38. Pregunta
2. Why does the cashier need the student’s ID?
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Pregunta 39 of 50
39. Pregunta
3. What does the cashier recommend that the student do?
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Pregunta 40 of 50
40. Pregunta
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A student has been from his classes. The cashier uses his to check what the reason is. She tells him this has happened because he owes $75 for a yoga class which he forgot to pay. He will also have to again for all his classes. He has been for what he’s paid so he won’t have to pay again. To keep his class that’s filled to , he must explain the situation to his professor.
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Pregunta 41 of 50
41. Pregunta
PRACTICE 9
Listen to the discussion in a botany class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
agonizing: very painful
canopy: the uppermost part of a forest; the top of the trees
merge: to connect
encase: to close around something like a pass
rot: to decay
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How a Strangler Vine Kills a Tree
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
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Pregunta 42 of 50
42. Pregunta
- How does the strangler vine seed start growing?
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Pregunta 43 of 50
43. Pregunta
2. What happens to the vine after the tree dies?
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Pregunta 44 of 50
44. Pregunta
3. How does the vine kill the tree?
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Pregunta 45 of 50
45. Pregunta
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary
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The professor is talking about the strangler vine. Plants killed by this vine experience an death. The vine’s seeds grow on top of the leaf in South American rainforests. They then begin to grow downwards. Once they are rooted in the ground they .They get thicker and flatten out so that they can trees completely. The trees die from being squeezed or getting no sunlight. Then they away, leaving the vine in their form.
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Pregunta 46 of 50
46. Pregunta
PRACTICE 10
Listen to the discussion in an art class, and fill in the diagram with the information that you hear.
Key vocabulary:
checkered: patterned with alternating dark and white squares
depressing: causing sad feeling of gloom
mourn: to grieve over the loss of someone
optimistic: hopeful or positive
pigment: color
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Picasso’s Rose Period
Definition:
Characteristic 1:
Characteristic 2:
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Pregunta 47 of 50
47. Pregunta
- What event inspired Picasso’s Rose Period?
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Pregunta 48 of 50
48. Pregunta
2. What is a harlequin?
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Pregunta 49 of 50
49. Pregunta
3. How did Picasso become commercially successful?
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Pregunta 50 of 50
50. Pregunta
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
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The professor is discussing the work of Pablo Picasso. Students have learned that during his blue” period; Picasso painted using dark, colors. This was because he was the death of a close friend who died in 1901. When Picasso fell in love around 1904, he became more . In his “rose” period, he used happy pink and joyful oranges. He started painting circus performers in their patterned clothing. These happy paintings sold well.
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