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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 16
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 did the woman mistakenly assume about space?
Space contained no debris before people
explored it.
The Earth's surface resembles the Moon's.
The Earth's atmosphere attracts meteors.
Space travel is dangerous.
2. According to the professor, why don't more meteoroids
hit the Earth's surface?
They are intercepted by the Moon.
They are destroyed before reaching the Earth's
surface.
They are repelled by the Earth's atmosphere.
Their orbits do not intersect the Earth's orbit.
3. What threat to space travelers is mentioned?
The inability to leave the Earth's atmosphere
The possibility of straying from the intended orbit
The collision with debris traveling thousands of miles
per hour
The chance of burning up when approaching
the Sun
4. What does the professor suggest as a way to deal with
the pollution?
Sending debris back into the atmosphere
Eliminating space travel programs
Burning debris that reaches the Earth's surface
Causing debris to collide with meteoroids
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