Antarctica's only human occupants are scientists. They go there to learn how Antarctica used to be millions of years ago, when it was located at the equator. Antarctica used to be connected to Australia, before all the continents on the planet shifted. | Step 3 Sample response Parisians were opposed to building the Eiffel Tower for several reasons. They thought the tower would destroy Paris s beautiful landscape. They considered the design to be like an ugly skeleton. They also thought the tower would be useless. In the lecture we see that all those reason are no longer valid. First the tower has come to represent rather than destroy the landscape of Paris. Second the skeletal design once considered ugly is now the world s nicest example of 19th century industrial architecture. Finally instead of being useless the tower has been very useful for broadcasting. Skill C Q5 practice 1 Step 1 Suggested answers Problem She falls asleep in class. Solution 1 borrow notes from another student Possible benefit know the information from lectures Possible benefit make a friend in class Solution 2 sit in the front row of the class Possible benefit worry about the professor seeing her sleep so she will stay awake Possible benefit write everything in order to stay awake so have good notes from class Step 2 Suggested answers 1. She falls asleep in class. 2. She should sit in the front row of the class. 3. She will try harder to stay awake and take more notes. Step 3 Sample response In this listening passage the woman describes a problem she s having in her class. The man offers suggestions to solve the problem. The problem the woman has is that she is bored and falls asleep in class. One thing that the man suggests is for the woman to sit in the front of the class and try to take lots of notes. I think this is a good suggestion. This will solve the woman s problem because she will worry about the professor seeing her sleep and she will keep active by writing a lot. Q5 practice 2 Step 1 Suggested answers Problem He has no time to read the books for class. Solution 1 read summaries and key passages in books Possible benefit faster save time Possible benefit will get ideas from summaries that he might not get by reading the books .
