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Listening Section Directions

This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.

The Listening section is divided into 2 separately timed parts. In each part you will listen to 1 conversation and 2 lectures. You will hear each conversation or lecture only one time.

After each conversation or lecture, you will answer some questions about it. The questions typically ask about the main idea and supporting details. Some questions ask about a speaker’s purpose or attitude. Answer the questions based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.

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Question 1.

What is the purpose of the professor’s speech?

a ) To explain how to avoid plagiarizing content when completing academic work.

b ) To denounce the university for its draconian policies.

c ) To provide a brief explanation of why the university has academic honesty policies.

d ) To intimidate the students and ensure that they will not attempt to cheat.

Question 2.

Which of the following is a reason the professor gave for international students unintentionally violating academic honesty policies?

a ) Other countries have lower standards for academic work.

b ) Different cultures have different definitions and perceptions of what constitutes “cheating”.

c ) Some students have never had to work under an academic integrity policy before.

d ) Not every institution is vigilant about stamping out academic dishonesty.

Question 3.

Which of the following are reasons the professors gave for academic dishonesty being bad? Choose 2 answers.

a ) It undermines the trust placed on academic institutions.

b ) It falsifies a student’s alleged expertise.

c ) It is unfair to other students.

d ) It brings shame upon the university.

Question 4.

What does the professor imply about having anofficial academic honesty policy?

a ) Having a set of rules clearly outlined and available to all ensures that the work produced by students at that university will be of high quality.

b ) It is culturally insensitive to have a set academic dishonesty policy and accommodations should be made on an individual basis.

c ) The policies are outdated and need to be updated to better address the needs of post-pandemic remote learning.

d ) The student handbook is a convenient guide to university rules and policies.

Question 5.

Which sentence best expresses what the professor means when they say this: In places with a collective mindset, students may not think they are cheating when they are copying from others because it will improve the average score of their district.

a ) Some students cheat because only the average score of the entire class matters, not individual grades.

b ) Students in some regions are unable to express their individuality due to in-group pressures.

c ) Some students do not consider copying from each other to be cheating because their cultural mindset weighs these actions differently.

d ) It is more common for students to commit academic dishonesty if they believe it will positively influence the overall class’s GPA.