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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 20
First of all, you need to know what is TOEFL listening Pattern.
Second, in the course of listening, just pay attention on what you know, if you missed something, just let it go . don't try to figure out what you missed .
Finally, after finishing the passage, don't go answers immediately. use about 5 seconds to review the passage specially last two sentence. then go answers one by one. don't saty in one question for a long time.
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1. What is the talk mainly about?
The food chain on the prairie
The habitat of prairie dogs
Prairie dog communication
Attempts to communicate with animals
2. According to the speaker, what does the prairie dog
provide an example of?
How animals learn to communicate
How complex animal communication can be
Unusual behavior in rodents
Ways in which animals adapt to their environment
3. Why does the lecturer compare prairie dogs to squirrels
when explaining what prairie dogs look like?
Squirrels and prairie dogs live in similar
environments.
Squirrels are about the same size as prairie dogs.
Squirrels are the same color as prairie dogs.
Squirrels are often mistaken for prairie dogs.
4. According to the speaker, why do prairie dogs stay near
their holes?
To protect their young
To communicate easily with their neighbors
To remain near their food source
To escape danger quickly
5. What surprised the researchers about the prairie dogs
that they were studying?
The prairie dogs had different barks for different
people.
The prairie dogs were not afraid of the researchers.
The prairie dogs were afraid of the researchers.
The prairie dogs ran into their holes when the
researchers approached.
Listen to the passage again and check out the script and correct answers.
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