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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 22
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1. What is the purpose of the lecture?
To prepare students for a field trip
To validate archaeological findings
To classify certain marine animals
To explain the uses of barnacle cement
2. According to the professor, how are barnacles
different from other shellfish?
They are generally larger in size.
They have a thinner shell.
They can damage ships.
They have a stronger taste.
3. Why does the professor mention fossils?
To explain that barnacles evolved from an
ancient species
To prove that barnacles are related to
contemporary shellfish
To question the findings of paleontologists
To show how long-lasting barnacle cement is
4. What do scientists hope to learn from studying
barnacles?
How to grow bigger, better-tasting barnacles
What ocean life was like 150 million years ago
How to produce a strong, long-lasting cement
How barnacles reproduce
5. What is unique about the barnacle found on the West
Coast of the United States?
It is not as nutritious as East Coast barnacles.
It grows exceptionally large.
It produces the strongest cement of all barnacles.
It fights for food with lobsters and crabs.
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