Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete guide to the toefl ibti listening part 6', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Lesson 11 Purpose Method and Attitude Questions 307 The presenter does not compare Venus with the other planets in the first part of his presentation although later he does compare specific aspects of Venus with those of certain other planets so 1 is not correct. The best answer is 2. The student begins by talking about people s ideas of Venus in ancient times First off back in the really. in the really ancient days people thought Venus was a star not a planet and . . The presenter does notask the other students what they already know about Venus so choice 3 is not correct. Later in the lecture he does mention a few of the space probes that were sent to Venus but this is not part of the introduction. Therefore 4 is not a good answer. You will probably see one or two method questions per Listening Section. C Attitude Questions Attitude questions ask you about the speaker s attitude toward something mentioned in the conversation or lecture. What is the speaker s opinion of some concept person or thing The answer to these questions is never given directly in the conversation or lecture. You must infer the answer from the speaker s vocabulary and tone of voice. Here is a portion of a lecture from the Listening Preview Test and an attitude question about it. Sample Item 3 Listen to part of a conversation from the Listening Preview Test and an attitude question about it. Sample notes on this conversation are also provided. You can see a script of this conversation in the Answer Key Audioscript book or online at http toefl. Now start the Audio Program. Q Listening 308 Section 2 Guide to Listening Sample Notes Sample Question What is the professor s attitude toward the topic that the student wants to write about O He does not think it is an interesting topic for a research paper. O He thinks it might be a good topic if the woman researches it carefully. O He believes students should not write about theories that have not been proved. O He thinks it is much
