Conversation 1
1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. the student government’s budget
B. A recent meeting with first-year students
C. An idea for a service for new students
D. A plan to update the student activities Web site
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2. What problem does the student hope to solve?
A. The high cost of running a student resource center
B. The difficulty some students have locating information
C. The lack of activities on campus for new students
D. The shortage of space in the student activities building
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3. Why does the dean ask about the student’s experience at the university?
A. To compare it to students’ experience at other universities
B. To indicate that he shares the student’s concerns
C. To make the student feel more comfortable
D. To help him understand the reason for the student’s request
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4. What does the student say about her dormitory advisor?
A. The advisor also came from a small town.
B. The advisor had a key role in the student’s smooth adjustment to the university.
C. The advisor worked in a freshman resource center at another university.
D. The advisor encouraged the student to volunteer to assist new students.
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5. What is the student’s opinion of the idea to set up a special Web site?
A. It would only be a partial solution to the problem.
B. It has worked well at other universities.
C. The existing university Web sites already provide sufficient information
D. The student government organization does not have the necessary expertise.
Lecture 1
1. What is the main purpose of the lecture?
A. To show that advances in technology are often the work of a single great thinker
B. To discuss the events that led to the invention of the first ornithopter
C. To show how imitating nature can both inspire and hamper advances in technology
D. To argue that Leonardo da Vinci provided the first design for the modern airplane
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2. According to Giovanni Borelli, what error did da Vinci make in his ornithopter design?
A. He underestimated the power required for a person to fly with it.
B. He designed it out of material too delicate to support a person.
C. He gave the wings a very limited range of motion.
D. He made the wings too small and the harness too large.
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3. What does the professor imply about da Vinci’s ornithopter?
A. For about a hundred years, no one knew that it would not work.
B. Few people attempted to build it before the seventeenth century.
C. Its wings were not quite large enough to support a person
D. It was not the first, but it was the best ornithopter at that time.
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4. According to the professor, what happened in ornithopter research after Borelli’s report?
A. Many researchers challenged the validity of Borelli’s research.
B. A researcher built a successful ornithopter using da Vinci’s design.
C. Researchers attempted to create a mechanically powered ornithopter.
D. Most researchers gave up trying to build an ornithopter.
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5. Why does the student mention geese?
A. To point out an important difference between birds and airplanes
B. To suggest that birds have been valuable models for flight technology
C. To explain why all modern airplanes have stationary wings
D. To describe how airplane designs will change in the future
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6. Why does the professor say this
A. To elaborate on the statement made by the student
B. To explain why she disagrees with the student’s statement
C. To raise a question about the student’s statement
D. To indicate that sufficient evidence does not exist to support the student’s statement
Conversation 2
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Conversation 1
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