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1 What is the talk mainly about?

A Symbolism in African rock art

B Differences between European and African rock art

C Conservation of African rock art

D New discoveries of African rock art

2 According to the professor, what are two main causes of damage to African rock art?

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A Pollution

B The weather

C Animals

D Tourists

3 Why dose the professor mention the Getty Institute

A It is helping to photograph the art

B It is displaying samples of the art the school

C One of its members discovered the paintings in the Sahara

D One of its members found a way to determine the age of African paintings

4 How do the African rock paintings differ from European rock paintings?

A The African paintings more frequently depict people

B The African paintings are more abstract

C The African paintings do not depict animals

D The African paintings are less colorful

5 According to the professor, what was unusual about the paint used by some African

rock artists?

A Animal blood was one of its ingredients

B It was a mixture of charcoal and water

C It reflected light

D The sun and rain did not fade its color

6 What was learned about the Sahara from African rock art?

A It was much larger than its present size.

B Its people migrated to southern Europe.

C It once had plenty of rainfall.

D It was once separate from the African continent.

7 What is purpose of the talk?

A To show the effect of poetry on society.

B To point out stylistic similarities of two poets.

C To compare the social structure of the United States before and after the Civil War.

D To introduce the poetry of a particular period.

8 What does professor say about fiction during the period immediately after the Civil

War?

A It changed more than any other type of literature.

B It usually dealt with war-related themes.

C It was unpopular with the general reader

D It lacked the innovations found in other forms of literature.

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9 According to professor, what two subjects would most likely be the source of

inspiration for a poem by Emily Dickinson?

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A Children falling asleep.

B The political life of a United States president.

C The events of a Civil War battle.

D A flower garden.

10 According to the professor, what aspect of Emily Dickinson

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s poetry was

innovative?

A The unusual rhyme scheme.

B The combining of profound ideas with familiar images.

C The complex vocabulary.

D The length of the verses in her later poetry.

11 What does the professor say makes Walt Whitman

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s poetry particularly notable?

A It had a strong impact on Emily Dickinson

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s work.

B Its messages were rejected by readers.

C It abandoned many literary traditions

D It mainly dealt with ordinary experiences.

12 What does the professor say may have led Walt Whitman to become a poet?

A His love of nature.

B His experiences in the Civil War..

C His failure at public speaking.

D His rejection of science and technology.

13 What is the talk mainly about?

A Problems with farming during the 1930

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s.

B The documentary approach to photography.

C Improvements in cameras in the 1930

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D Dorothea Lange

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s training in photographic techniques.

14 What two factors contributed to the development of Dorothea Lange

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s work?

A Improvements in photographic equipment.

B The need to gain support for aid programs.

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C Her ability to explain to people how they should pose.

D Government funding of research in camera technology.

15 Why did many farmers leave the southern Great during the 19230

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s?

A Cold weather froze their crops.

B The government paid them to move off the land.

C They hoped to find work in California.

D Rain had flooded their land.

16 Why does the professor talk about Dorothea Lange

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s work?

A She took powerful photographs of landscapes.

B She improvements to photographic equipment changed the field of photography.

C She organized a government program.

D Her photographs are representative of the documentary style of photography.

17 what would be the most likely subject of a Lange photograph?

A A newly built farmhouse.

B A homeless farmer.

C A famous politician.

D A bowl of fruit.

18 What was the result of Dorothea Lange

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s work at the camp in California?

A Photographers were restricted from entering migrant camps.

B Farmers were given money to pay for the crop of peas.

C Food supplies were delivered to the camp.

D The workers were offered good jobs in California.

19 what is the talk mainly about?

A Effects of advertising on a society

B The benefits of advertising for

consumers

C The role of the FTC in international

advertising

D Deception in advertising

20 What is the purpose of the

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professor's talk?

A To provide a history of the FTC.

B To introduce students to various methods of advertising.

C To demonstrate how easily consumers are confused.

D To defend advertising against criticism that it is misleading.

21 What is the professor's opinion about most advertising?

A It leads consumers to make unwise decisions.

B It unnecessarily raises the cost of a product.

C It does not deceive consumers.

D It has little effect on consumers' buying patterns.

22 According to the professor, what does the FTC do?

A It regulates international trade.

B It sets standards for the advertising industry.

C It imposes taxes on nonessential products.

D It assists new advertising agencies.

23 When is an advertisement considered deceptive?

A When claims about a product are exaggerated.

B When reasonable consumers are misled about an important aspect of a product.

C When the FTC collects an adequate number of complaints about an advertisement.

D When the majority of consumers refuse to buy a product based on information in

the advertisement.

24 What is puffery?

A An exaggeration of a product's quality.

B Intentionally deceptive advertisements.

C Advertisements for beauty products.

D A fine charged by the FTC.

25 What is the tale mainly about?

A An experiment that measured sleep patterns.

B A new way to stay awake longer.

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C A sleep disorder that affects many people.

D An unusual method of treating sleeplessness.

26 What are circadian rhythms?

A The rate at which the heart beats during sleep.

B Cycles of biological activities.

C A series of research studies about sleep.

D Social cues that signal daily functions.

27 How did the subjects in the research study indicate the end of a sleeping session?

A They rang a bell.

B They opened the curtains.

C They turned on the lights.

D They recorded the time in a special notebook.

28 What did the researchers conclude about the human sleep/wake cycle?

A It is equivalent to the time span of one day.

B It is the same for all humans.

C It is substantially different from those of other organisms.

D It is slightly longer than 24 hours.

29 Which signals in the environment help humans reset their sleep cycle?

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A Telephones.

B Clocks.

C Outdoor sounds.

D Sunlight.

30 According to the professor, why must the circadian rhythm of sleep be reset each

day?

A It differs from regular daily schedules.

B It is affected by daily weather changes.

C People go to sleep at different times each night.

D People do not nap as often as they should.

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31 What is the talk mainly about?

A Early childhood education.

B Piaget's educational background.

C Infants' awareness of their surroundings.

D Infants' lack of response to unfamiliar situations.

32 How does recent research affect Piaget's theories?

A It shows that repeated exposure to objects does not have an impact on an infant's

curiosity.

B It contradicts his ideas on object permanence.

C It shows that infant heart rate is not affected by exciting experiences.

D It demonstrates that habituation does not take place in infancy.

33 According to Piaget, how do young infants react when they see something unusual?

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A They become upset.

B They show no emotion.

C They look at it.

D They become excited.

34 What was Piaget's experiment on object permanence supposed to determine?

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A Whether infants recognize something they have seen before.

B Whether infants recognize variations in the sizes of objects.

C Whether infants get frightened by large objects.

D Whether infants believe hidden objects still exist.

35 How did the more recent experiment on object permanence differ from Piaget's

earlier experiment?

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A The recent experiment tested whether babies would react to an impossible situation.

B The recent experiment involved younger children than Piaget's did.

C The recent experiment examined how infants interacted with each other.

D The recent experiment used only infant girls as subjects.

36 To which situation did the infants have a noticeable reaction?

A A short carrot passing behind a solid screen.

B A short carrot passing behind a window screen.

C A long carrot passing behind a solid screen.

D A long carrot passing behind a window screen.

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37 What is the talk mainly about?

A Similarities between vision in cats and in humans.

B Hunting techniques of cats.

C The position of the eyes on the faces of mammals.

D Distinctive features of a cat's vision.

38 What does the professor imply is a popular misconception about cats?

A They are able to see in the dark.

B They are good hunters.

C They rely on smell more than sight for hunting.

D They are unable to see in three dimensions.

39 What are two areas in which cats' visual abilities are better than humans' ?

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A Judging distances.

B Seeing images clearly.

C Seeing in poor light.

D Sensing movement.

40 What role does guanin play in the visual processes of a cat?

A It causes the cat's pupils to dilate.

B It reflects light from the cat's retina.

C It prevents the blurring of images.

D It allows the cat to see colors.

41 What does the professor say is one way mice are sometimes able to escape

detection by cats?

A By running through a dimly lit area.

B By jumping onto high objects.

C By standing still.

D By running behind the cat.

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42 What does the position of the eyes on a cat's face help the cat do?

A See animals that are not moving.

B See objects in poorly lit surroundings.

C Judge distances accurately.

D Distinguish between shades of color.

43 What does the professor mainly discuss?

A Plants eaten by desert animals.

B The differences between various types of cacti.

C Why some desert plants are larger than others.

D How plants are able to live in the desert.

44 What does the professor say about the seeds of an annual desert plant?

A They sprout only under favorable conditions.

B They are encased in a very thin shell.

C They are attractive as a food source for desert birds

D They can hold a large amount of moisture.

45 What are two features of their leaves help some desert plants avoid water loss?

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A They are covered with a kind of wax.

B They reflect sunlight.

C They are very small.

D They are covered with tiny holes.

46 When do the stems of a succulent plant become enlarged?

A When the temperature gets very hot.

B When it rains.

C When a predator is near.

D When the plant is ready to disperse its seeds.

47 What does the professor say about the roots of a succulent plant?

A They usually grow above the ground.

B They can be eaten.

C They are close to the surface of the ground.

D They are filled with water.

48 What are the two primary functions of the sharp spines on a cactus plant?

A They prevent animals from eating the plant.

B They channel water toward the roots of the plant.

C They allow oxygen to be released from the plant.

D They attract pollinating insects to the plant.

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49 What is the talk mainly about?

A The diet of white-tailed deer.

B Techniques used by predators to catch deer.

C Types of shelter found in deer yards.

D The use of trails by white-tailed deer.

50 Why are the trails of the white- tailed deer important for their food supply?

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A The deer follow the trails to eat in areas outside the home range.

B The deer eat plants growing alongside the trails.

C The deer use the trails to travel to their feeding grounds.

D The deer build trails around their yards to protect their food supply.

51 What is the primary function of runways?

A To connect the larger trails in the home range to each other.

B To allow deer to move easily to new yards.

C To provide a direct route to the deer yard.

D To permit several deer to move together along a path.

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52 What happens to the trail system when food becomes scarce in winter?

A It is damaged from overuse.

B It is expanded.

C It is joined with another herd

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s trails.

D It is abandoned.

53 According to the professor, why do the deer need to know the entire network of

trails?

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A To enable them to find their yards in bad weather

B To help them guard the boundaries of the home range from other deer

C To allow them to escape when pursued.

D To assist them in detecting predators in their territory.

54 According to the professor, why is deep snow dangerous for white-tailed deer?

A The deer are unable to move quickly through the snow.

B Predators can easily conceal themselves in the snow.

C The hooves of the deer become brittle in the cold snow.

D The deer cannot see the trail underneath the snow.

55 What is the purpose of the talk?

A To explain some factors contributing to the perception of color.

B To describe the dangerous effects of sunlight.

C To describe the wave patterns of ocean currents.

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