Listening Advanced Level

Área Lectura y Escritura

Resultados de aprendizaje

- Identificar información mediante ejercicios de listenings.

- Completar ejercicios de listenings.

Contenidos

1. Listening Nivel C2

Introducción
El objetivo de la siguiente guía es el de ofrecer ejercicios de comprensión auditiva de nivel avanzado
C1 – C2. Las guías siguen el formato de las pruebas internacionales reconocidas por la universidad
de Cambridge, que a su vez se complementan y refuerzan los ejercicios de listenings que los
estudiantes de la Universidad de Santiago encuentran. Al comienzo de esta guía encontrará el
documento de audio, mientras que al final encontrará las respuestas correctas.

Consejos
Para esta serie de ejercicios te recomendamos que leas la información que se presenta en el texto a
completar. Debes ir tomando nota a medida que la información se va presentando. Una buena
manera de tomar apuntes es utilizar diagramas donde vayas colocando detalles sobre el lugar,
persona o situación que se describe en el audio.

Ejercicio 1 – Audio

Listen to a part of a lecture in a biology class.

Take notes and answer the following questions:

1. What is the lecture mainly about?

A. Different kinds of colour vision in sea animals.
B. Differences in appearance between various species octopus.
C. Ways that octopuses attract their prey.
D. Ways that octopuses protect themselves from predators.

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 2. Why does the professor first mention Proteus?
A. To explain how the octopus got its scientific name.
B. To introduce the octopus’ exceptional abilities.
C. To point out that the octopus played an important role in Greek mythology.
D. To provide an example of a mythological character that was part animal and part
human.

3. How does an octopus change color to match the colors in its environment? Choose two
answers.
A. By raising its papillae.
B. By releasing colored ink.
C. By reflecting light from its environment.
D. By contracting the muscles around its chromatophores.

4. What does the professor say about the function of the papillae?
A. They produce dye in different colours.
B. They propel the octopus through the water.
C. They change the texture of the octopus’ skin.
D. They help the octopus contract into a smaller shape.

5. What two examples does the professor mention to describe the octopus’ ability to change
its shape? Choose two answers.
A. A small round stone
B. The leaves of a plant
C. A cloud of ink
D. A piece of coral

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 6. Why does the professor say this:
A. To point out an error
B. To illustrate a point
C. To propose an explanation
D. To correct a misunderstanding.

Ejercicio 2 – Audio
Listen to a part of a lecture in a biology class.

Take notes and answer the following questions:

1. What topic related to the Nightcap Oak does the professor mainly discuss? Choose two
answers:
A. Factors that relate to the size of the area in which it grows.
B. The size of its population over the last few centuries.
C. Whether anything can be done to ensure its survival.
D. Why it did not change much over the last one hundred million years.

2. According to the professor, what led scientists to characterize the Nightcap Oak as
primitive?
A. It has no evolutionary connection to other trees growing in Australia today.
B. It has an inefficient reproductive system.
C. Its flowers are located at the bases of the leaves.
D. It is similar to some ancient fossils.

3. What point does the professor make about the Nightcap Oak’s habitat?
A. It is stable despite its limited size.
B. Unlike the habitats of many plants, it is expanding.
C. Its recent changes have left the Nightcap Oak struggling to adapt.
D. It is size is much larger than the area where the Nightcap Oak grows.

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 4. According to the professor, what are two factors that prevent Nightcap Oak population
from spreading? Choose two answers.
A. The complex conditions required for the tress to produce fruit.
B. The fact that seed cannot germinate while locked inside the shell.
C. The limited time the seed retain the ability to germinate.
D. Competition with tree species that evolved more recently.

5. Why does the professor mention the size of the Nightcap Oak population over the last few
hundred years?
A. To explain why it is likely the Nightcap Oak population will increase in the future.
B. To point out that Nightcap Oak’s limited reproductive success has not led to a decrease
in its population.
C. To present evidence that the Nightcap Oak is able to tolerate major changes in its
environment.
D. To point out that the Nightcap Oak is able to resist diseases that have destroyed other
tree species.

6. Why does the professor say this:

A. She wants the students to think about a possible connection.
B. She wants to know if the students have any questions.
C. She is implying that researchers have been asking the wrong questions.
D. She is implying that there may be no connection between the questions.

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 Hoja de respuestas – Key
Ejercicio 1

1. D
2. B
3. C – D
4. C
5. A – B
6. B

Ejercicio 2

1. A - B
2. D
3. D
4. B – C
5. B
6. A

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