- You will hear a conversation followed by 5 questions.
- Listen to each question. You will hear the question only once.
- Choose the best answer to each question.
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Correct Answer: Their last week mock exams.
Why this is correct: The speakers begin by identifying the previous week’s practice or mock exams and then compare the different exam types.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Multiple choice questions.: Multiple-choice questions are one part of the wider discussion of the previous week’s mock exams.
- Essay papers.: Essay papers are one exam type discussed, rather than the full topic.
- Negative marking in the questions.: Negative marking is a later detail within the broader discussion of the mock exams.
Correct Answer: The exams were spread over the whole week.
Why this is correct: One speaker explicitly says the exams were spread over the whole week, which made relaxing impossible.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- The speakers had already received disappointing marks.: The dialogue does not say the speakers had already received disappointing marks.
- The speakers were preparing for a single short test.: They describe seven exams spread over a whole week, not a single short test.
- The speakers had missed all their practice exams.: The speakers discuss exams they took; they do not say they missed all of them.
Correct Answer: Written essay exams.
Why this is correct: One speaker explicitly says they are much better in written essay exams than other types of tests.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Longer exams of any kind.: The claim concerns being better at written essay exams, not a preference for any long exam.
- Multiple-choice exams.: The speaker explicitly says they are better in written essay exams.
- Exams with frequent breaks.: Frequent breaks are not the exam type or preference stated.
Correct Answer: They disadvantage women compared with men.
Why this is correct: One speaker claims that research shows women are disadvantaged on multiple-choice questions compared with men. The answer reports that speaker’s claim; it does not certify the research as true.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- They deliberately disadvantage everyone.: The claim compares women with men; it does not say multiple-choice exams deliberately disadvantage everyone.
- They test all medical knowledge thoroughly.: The speaker does not claim these exams thoroughly test all medical knowledge.
- They have no penalty for incorrect guesses.: The conversation explicitly warns about negative marking for incorrect guesses.
Correct Answer: Be careful because wrong guesses can lower the score.
Why this is correct: One speaker warns that negative marking can lower the score when guesses are wrong.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Concentrate only on essay papers.: The warning is about the scoring of multiple-choice exams, not concentrating only on essays.
- Always guess every answer.: The speaker warns that wrong guesses can lower the score, rather than recommending guessing every answer.
- Ignore the marking rules.: The marking rules are exactly what the warning asks the listener to consider.
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