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TOEFL Directory > TOEFL writing > TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 11
TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 11
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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Ready ? Click to start listening 89. What is the main topic of the discussion?
Trends in art in the 1930's to the 1950's Government support for the arts during the depression The effect of the depression on artistic style Government censorship of art during the depression
1. What criticism was directed against the public art program?
The art was not available to the public. The artists were too critical of the government. The art was not realistic. The art served no practical purpose.
2. What was the student mistaken about?
The number of people involved in the government project The cost of the artwork The style of the art during the depression The amount of time it took to create the artwork
3. What does the professor suggest that the students do to learn more about depression-era art?
Write research papers Look at a book containing reproductions Go to an exhibit Visit some local artists
4. What kind of artwork were the depression-era artists most likely to create?
A documentary about the depression A post-office mural An abstract expressionist painting A self-portrait
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