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Conversation11. What is the conversation mainly about?A) Reasons that the man wants to sell his textbookB) How to find out which books are on the buyback listC) The bookstores policies for buying back textbooks from studentsD) The students deadline for selling old textbooks2. According to the woman, when are textbooks added to the buyback list?A) After students have registered for the next semesters classesB) After professors receive student evaluations of textbooksC) After professors inform the bookstore what textbooks they will use the following semesterD) After the bookstore determines what price to charge3. According to the woman, what is a reason the mans textbook may not be added to the buyback list?A) The bookstore may already have ordered too many copies of the textbook.B) The price of the textbook may have changed significantly since last semester.C) Professor Murphy may not be teaching economics next semester.D) A newer edition of the textbook may be available next semester.4. What does the woman suggest the man should do to have the best chance of selling his book to the bookstore? Choose two answersA) Ask his professor if the same book will be used next semesterB) Sell the book back as soon as the buyback period beginsC) Make sure the book is in good conditionD) Bring the original sales receipt with the book5. Why does the woman say this?A) To confirm that cleaning up the book is importantB) To suggest it might be easier to sell the book to another studentC) To indicate that she sets the price the bookstore will pay for booksD) To acknowledge that the mans book is in good shapeLecture16. What is the lecture mainly about?A) The history of archaeology in AfricaB) Traditional methods of archaeological researchC) Controversial new archaeological findingsD) The study of archaeology in Southeast Asia7. What excites the professor about the field of archaeology?A) Established theories can be challenged by new evidence.B) The technology used in archaeology is always improving.C) Archaeology deals with basic issues of human societies.D) Archaeologists often work in interesting parts of the world.8. According to the professor, what can scientists learn by examining ancient phytoliths?A) The nutrients a plant took inB) The age of a certain sediment layerC) What a plant was used forD) What type of plant produced them9. What are the implications of the theory that bananas arrived in Africa 5,000 years ago? Choose two answersA) Agriculture developed in Africa earlier than previously assumed.B) Contact between Africa and Asia occurred earlier than previously assumed.C) People have inhabited Southeast Asia longer than previously assumed.D) The banana plant is a more ancient plant than was previously assumed.10. What does the professor consider a weakness of the study on bananas in Africa?A) It did not produce accurate data.B) Its results are of little importance.C) Its conclusions are not supported by other studies.D) It does not make good use of advanced technology.11. Why does the professor say this?A) To announce her intentions to continue the study herselfB) To encourage her students to do archaeological researchC) To discredit the recent research on bananas and phytolithsD) To highlight the universitys reputation in archaeologyLecture212. What is the lecture mainly about?A) Ways species in an ecosystem affect each others population sizeB) How the carrying capacity of an ecosystem is determinedC) A new theory regarding cycles in predator and prey population sizesD) How researchers monitor the population size of animal species in the wild13. Why does the professor mention nonnative species?A) To show that some species cannot be transplanted easily to new environmentsB) To give an example of rapid population growth that is not followed by declineC) To emphasize that species with rapidly growing populations harm ecosystemD) To introduce a study on the changing population size of certain species14. What point does the professor make when she discusses the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?A) The availability of food is more important for species than the availability of space.B) The amount of environmental resistance in an ecosystem does not change over time.C) Environmental resistance controls the population size of species in an ecosystem.D) The population size of most species increases at a constant rate.15. How did the researchers test the links between acorns, white-footed mice, and gypsy moths in a forest?A) They supplied an additional food source for gypsy moths.B) They introduced gypsy moths to areas where there had been none.C) They cleared oak trees from some areas where both animal species lived.D) They manipulated the numbers of mice and acorns in some areas.16. What does the professor say can lead to a change in the gypsy moth population in a forest? Choose two answersA) An increase in the number of tree species in a forestB) An increase in the number of acorns produced by oak treesC) A decrease in the population of white-footed miceD) A decrease in oak tree leaves caused by gypsy moth caterpillars17. What can be inferred about the professor when she says this?A) She does not know the answer to the students question.B) She wants to correct a statement she made earlier.C) She thinks the term the student used is incorrect.D) She would like to redirect the discussion.Conversation 21. What do the speakers mainly discuss? Choose two answersA) How the man should narrow the focus of his paperB) Whether a focus on wood harvesting is an appropriate topic for the mans paperC) Why the man became interested in wood harvesting techniquesD) Why different ancient cultures used different wood harvesting techniques2. Why does the man mention pursuing an advanced degree in forestry?A) To explain why his biology class interests him so muchB) To ask the professor to write a letter of recommendation for himC) To get the professors opinion on his choice of careersD) To indicate he is not interested in anthropology3. What had the man assumed about human impact on the environment?A) That human impact on the environment is difficult to measureB) That humans have only recently had an impact on the environmentC) That human impact on the environment is always harmfulD) That human impact on the environment cannot be avoided4. According to the professor, what did researchers find at an archaeological site in Turkey?A) Remains of pistachios and almonds in ancient vesselsB) Tools indicating that there was farming in the regionC) Evidence that people cut down trees for use as fuelD) Evidence that people harvested branches from trees5. What opinion does the professor express when she says this?A) That the topic is too controversial to be the focus of the mans paperB) That too many papers have already been written on the topicC) That the topic does not seem to meet the requirements of the assignmentD) That there has not yet been any research published on the topicLecture36. What is the lecture mainly about?A) The environmental effects of heap roastingB) The reforestation efforts in the Copper BasinC) The process of mining and producing copperD) Damages caused during an attempt to clean up industrial waste7. What is the professors opinion about the effort to reclaim the land in the Copper Basin?A) The techniques and materials used for the cleanup were probably outdated.B) Some attempts to clean up the Copper Basin have made the problems worse.C) It is not surprising that cleaning up the area has been extremely difficult.D) The cleanup has taken longer than necessary.8. What does the professor imply when he mentions an Olympic whitewater kayaking competition?A) That many people are unaware of the environmental problems in the Copper BasinB) That a successful reclamation of the Copper Basin may be possibleC) That some activities in the Copper Basin must go on despite the pollutionD) That the Olympic competition should have been held in a different location9. According to the lecture, why was heap roasting used in the producing of copper?A) To make copper ore easier to transportB) To make copper ore safe for workers to handleC) To transform copper ore into fuelD) To remove impurities from copper ore10. What factors led to the disappearance of trees in the Copper Basin?Choose two answersA) Mines were dug under areas where trees were growing.B) Loose soil led to trees being washed into the rivers.C) Trees growing near the mines were cut and used as fuel.D) Clouds of sulfur smoke killed trees in the area.11. What resulted from the lack of trees near the copper-mining operation?A) It became difficult to provide housing for all the workers.B) Rivers became filled with toxic soil.C) Coal and other fuel had to be transported into the area.D) The heap-roasting process had to be completed far from the mines.Lecture412. What are the speakers mainly discussing?A) An architect from the United States and a house design she createdB) The disadvantage of houses based on a square designC) Difficulties faced by residential architects in the nineteenth centuryD) Women who had a major influence on architecture in the United States13. Why does the professor quote from the journal The American Architect and Building News?A) To point out a source of biographical information about Harriet Morrison IrwinB) To emphasize his point that there were few southern U.S. architects in the nineteenth centuryC) To support his assertion that nineteenth-century residential architects did not get enough respectD) To point out that interest in southern U.S. architecture increased during the nineteenth century14. What does the professor say about Irwins education in architecture?A) She