3.- DETAIL QUESTIONS.
Listening Section
Professor
Okay, so what’s the point of your talk? What are you trying to convince me to believe?
Student
Well, uh, the classical model—you shouldn’t use it by itself. A lot of companies just try to
follow the classical model, but they should really use both models together.
Professor
Okay, good. So let me take a look at your notes here . . . Oh, typed notes, . . . Wow you’ve got
a lot packed in here. Are you sure you’re going to be able to follow this during your talk?
Student
Oh, sure; that’s why I typed them, because otherwise . . . well, my handwriting’s not very
clear.
Why does the student visit the professor?
A To get some note cards for his presentation
B To show her some examples of common errors in research
C To review the notes for his presentation with her
D To ask for help in finding a topic for his presentation
Explanation
While much of the conversation is concerned with the content of the student’s
presentation, the correct answer to the question “Why does the student visit the
professor?” is choice C: “To review the notes for his presentation with her.”
Type 3: Detail Questions
Detail questions require you to understand and remember explicit details or
facts from a lecture or conversation. These details are typically related, directly
or indirectly, to the gist of the conversation or lecture, by providing elaboration,
examples, or other support. In some cases where there is a long digression that is
not clearly related to the main idea, you may be asked about some details of the
digression.
How to Recognize Detail Questions
Detail questions are typically phrased as follows:
• According to the professor, what is one way that X can affect Y?
• What is X?
• What resulted from the invention of the X?
• According to the professor, what is the main problem with the X theory?
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Listening Section
Tips for Detail Questions
• Refer to your notes as you answer. You will not be asked about minor
points. Your notes should contain the major details from the conversa-
tion or lecture.
• Do not choose an answer only because it contains some of the words
that were used in the conversation or lecture. Incorrect responses will
often contain words and phrases from the lecture or conversation.
• If you are unsure of the correct response, decide which one of the
choices is most consistent with the main idea of the conversation or
lecture.
Examples Professor
Uh, other things that glaciers can do is, uh, as they retreat, instead of depositing some till,
uh, scraped-up soil, in the area, they might leave a big ice block, and it breaks off, and as
the ice block melts, it leaves a depression, which can become a lake. These are called kettle
lakes. These are very critical ecosystems in this region, um, because, uh, uh, they support
some unique biological diversity, these kettle lakes do.
The Great Lakes are kettle lakes; they were left over from the Pleist—from the Pleisto-
cene glaciers. Uh, now, as the glaciers were retreating, the Great Lakes underwent a change.
Once the weight of the glacier ice decreased, and the pressure decreased, the land at the
bottom of the lakes rose. In some places it rose by as much as one hundred feet.
So I just wanted to tell you a little bit more about glaciers . . .
What are kettle lakes?
A Lakes that form in the center of a volcano
B Lakes that have been damaged by the greenhouse effect
C Lakes formed by unusually large amounts of precipitation
D Lakes that form when pieces of glaciers melt
How did the glaciers affect the Great Lakes?
A They made the Great Lakes less deep.
B They made the Great Lakes larger.
C They reduced the biodiversity of the Great Lakes.
D They deposited excess soil into the Great Lakes.
Explanation
The answer to the first question is found in the beginning of the lecture when the
professor explains what a kettle lake is. Choice D is correct. Remember that new
terminology is often tested in Detail questions. The answer to the second ques-
tion is found later in the lecture where the professor mentions that the lake bot-
toms rose. Choice A is correct.
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Track 7 - Lesson 10 -
exercise 10.1 - Dics 2
Track 2 - Lesson 10 Exercise
10.2 - Disc 3
