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1. WHAT PROBLEM DOES THE STUDENT HAVE? 
2. WHAT IS STATED ABOUT THE COURSES THE STUDENT HAS TAKEN
3. LISTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE PASSAGE. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
 (Advisor)
I saw what you registered for next semester, and you need to take 
sociology theory…the second half. 
(Student)
I was going to wait until next semester and take Spanish this time. 
(Advisor)
Normally I like to present options, but I’m afraid you haven’t got many,
so let me just cut to the chase. In order to graduate on time, you pretty 
much have to take Sociology Theory 2 and Research Methods next 
semester, and pass both of them.
WHAT DOES THE ADVISOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS THIS? 
 (Advisor) 
so let me just cut to the chase.
4. LISTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THEN ANSWER THE 
QUESTION.

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 (Advisor)
Kelly, make sure you check the requirements online for that major and 
plan it out.
(Student)
OK. I’ll look at it and make my plan. 
(Advisor)
I don’t have time to really check up on you, so I’m going to have to trust 
that you’ll follow through on this without any hand holding. 
WHAT DOES THE ADVISOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS THIS: 
 (Advisor)
I don’t have time to really check up on you, so I’m going to have to trust 
that you’ll follow through on this without any hand holding.
5. WHAT IS THE WOMAN PROBABLY GOING TO DO? 
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Questions 6 through 11.
Listen to a lecture in a chemistry class. 
(Professor) 
 
OK, so today I’d like to discuss the chapter on carbon in your textbook. 
We’re going to be having an exam on this information later in the week, 
so you need to be sure you’ve read the chapter and you take adequate 
notes today. Now as you know, carbon is a group 14 element, uh…non-
metallic, and solid. It plays a significant role in the chemistry of life, and in 
fact has its own branch of chemistry, Organic Chemistry. But, the main 
point of the chapter in your book is that carbon is unique because of how 
many compounds it can form. Incredibly, there are more than seven 
million compounds that contain carbon. Yes, that’s right, I said more than 
seven million…there are 7 million carbon compounds now known, and 
there’re only 100,000 compounds made from all the other elements. This 
is because the carbon atom attaches quite easily with other carbon 
atoms and with many other kinds of atoms. Now, if you read the chapter, 
you should have already become familiar with some of the better-known 
carbon compounds, such as um…graphite and gasoline, and uh…well, 
some others. In addition to the graphite and gasoline, the text discusses 
soap and diamonds. Now, I’m sure it wasn’t a surprise that graphite and 
gasoline are made from carbon, correct? But it does seem strange that 
soap and diamonds are also derived from carbon. . . . . Let’s look at 
graphite first. Graphite is made only of carbon. As you can see in this 
diagram, it has rings of six carbon atoms each, and two of the carbon 
atoms are part of each ring. Oh, and, uh, let’s see… an example… 
graphite is the primary component of the lead in pencils. Now, um, the 
next carbon compound I want to mention is gasoline. Look at this 
gasoline molecule. The carbon atoms in this molecule are in a chain 
rather than in rings, as they were in the graphite molecule. And, unlike 
the graphite molecule, which was made only of carbon, the gasoline 
molecule is a compound of carbon and hydrogen. In this diagram, the 
gasoline molecule is a molecule of octane because it contains a chain of 
eight carbon atoms, and “octane” means eight. Different types of 
gasoline molecules each contain a chain of, uh, between five and ten 
carbon atoms. So, let’s move on to the soap molecule. It might seem 
strange to think that soap contains carbon, but it does. Now, what about 

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the soap molecule? I uh, I don’t have a picture of a soap molecule here 
today, but you need to know that the soap molecule has a long chain of 
carbon atoms, a much longer chain than the gasoline atom. In fact, soap 
can have anywhere between five and seven carbon atoms in a chain. 
Oh, wait. Did I say five to seven? Oh, excuse me. I meant to say fifteen 
to seventeen. Let me repeat this. A soap molecule has fifteen to 
seventeen carbon atoms in a chain, not five to seven. Sorry for the 
confusion. OK. That makes three of the types of carbon molecules we 
need to review, so there’s only one more. The last example of a carbon 
molecule is diamond. Here’s the diagram of a diamond molecule. This 
diamond molecule consists only of carbon, and the carbon atoms are 
arranged in a very complex pattern. That’s what helps to make diamond 
harder than any other natural substance. OK. I think you’ve got all the 
necessary information on carbon and a few of the many compounds 
that’re formed from it. In graphite, the carbon is in rings, while in octane 
and soap, it is in long chains. And in diamond, it is in a very complex 
pattern. Both graphite and diamond molecules are formed solely from 
carbon, while gasoline and soap are compounds of carbon atoms and 
other types of atoms. So, as long as you took notes today, and you look 
over the chapter, you’ll do fine on our upcoming exam. See you all at our 
next class, the day after tomorrow.