Listening audioscript

1. WHY DOES THE STUDENT GO TO THIS UNIVERSITY OFFICE? 
2. WHICH OF THESE ARE TRUE ABOUT THE STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE? 
3. LISTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE PASSAGE. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
 (Man) 
OK, so let me tell you how we select staff writers for the university 
newspaper ... Oh you do want to be a staff writer on the paper, don’t 
you? 
(Woman) 
For now, yes, I want to be a staff writer. 
WHY DOES THE OFFICE WORKER SAY THIS: 
 (Man) 
You do want to be a staff writer on the paper, don’t you? 
4. WHAT MUST A STUDENT DO TO BECOME A STAFF WRITER ON THE
UNIVERSITY PAPER?
 
5. WHAT WILL THE STUDENT MOST LIKELY DO NEXT? 
 
 
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Questions 6 through 11.
Listen to a discussion from a geography class. 

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LPREP IBT 3 E AS 
FINAL 11/22/14
11/22/14 
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(Professor) 
Today, we’re going to talk about two lakes, the Great Salt Lake and Lake 
Bonneville. Most people are quite familiar with the Great Salt Lake, but 
not everyone is quite as familiar with Lake Bonneville. 
First of all, let’s look at a map that shows both the Great Salt Lake and 
Lake Bonneville. Now, uh, Gwen, from your homework and the map, 
what can you tell us about the Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville? 
(Student 1) 
Um, Lake Bonneville was a lake during prehistoric times. The Great Salt 
Lake is the largest surviving remnant of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville. 
(Professor) 
Yes, and how old is Lake Bonneville? 
(Student 1) 
Lake Bonneville emerged a million years ago. 
(Professor) 
And how big was it? 
(Student 1) 
It was an enormous lake that covered about 20,000 square miles. 
(Professor) 
OK. So, Gwen has explained that the Great Salt Lake is a small remnant 
of Lake Bonneville and that, uh, Lake Bonneville was 20,000 square 
miles in size. Now, Nick, just how big is the Great Salt Lake? 
(Student 2) 
Uh, the present Great Salt Lake is much bigger than Lake Bonneville 
was. 
(Professor) 
Are you sure? You want to try again? 
(Student 2) 
Oh! Did I get it backward? What did I say? … I mean, what I meant was 
that the Great Salt Lake is much smaller than Lake Bonneville; Lake 
Bonneville was much larger than the Great Salt Lake is today. 
(Professor) 
You got it this time. The Great Salt Lake is much smaller than Lake 
Bonneville, less than 10 percent of the size of Lake Bonneville, in fact. 
The Great Salt Lake covers about 1,700 square miles. This is a rather 
large lake today, but it’s much smaller than the lake that preceded it. And 
there’s another big difference between the two lakes, besides the size. It 
has to do with the water. Can you tell, from your reading, how the water 
in the Great Salt Lake differs from the water in Lake Bonneville? Paul? 
(Student 3) 
Uh, a big difference between Lake Bonneville and the Great Salt Lake is 
that Lake Bonneville was a freshwater lake, while the Great Salt Lake, as 
you can tell from its name, is a saltwater lake. 
(Professor) 
Exactly. Now let’s look at the reasons why this lake has become a 
saltwater lake and in fact has water that is much saltier than ocean 
water. What is it that makes the Great Salt Lake so salty, Gwen? 
(Student 1) 
The Great Salt Lake is salty because it has no outlet. Three rivers feed 
into it: the Bear, the Weber, and the Jordan River. These rivers carry a 
million tons of minerals and salts into the Great Salt Lake each year. 
(Professor) 
And these three rivers, the Bear River, the Weber River, and the Jordan 
River. Do they take anything away from the lake? Nick? 
(Student 2) 
Uh, no, these rivers all feed into the Great Salt Lake but don’t provide 
any outlet from the lake. Nothing leaves the lake. 
(Professor) 
And how does this make the lake so salty? Paul? 
(Student 3) 
Well, there’s no way for these minerals and salts to exit from the lake 
because the lake has no outlet. The water that flows into the lake from 
these three rivers evaporates and leaves the salts. 
(Professor) 
And how much salt is there in the lake today? 
(Student 3) 
Over the lifetime of the lake, six billion tons of salts have built up, and this 
is why the Great Salt Lake has a much higher salt content than the 
oceans. 

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(Professor) 
Excellent. You seem to understand the important points about the Great 
Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville. Now let’s move on to how Lake 
Bonneville disappeared.