Listening audioscript

6.WHAT IS THE MAIN TOPIC OF THIS DISCUSSION?
7.HOW IS THE INFORMATION IN THE DISCUSSION PRESENTED? 
8.WHAT DO ARCHAEOLOGISTS COMPARE WHEN USING CROSS DATING? 
9.WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT TREE-RING DATING, ACCORDING TO THE
DISCUSSION? 
10.IS EACH OF THESE TRUE ABOUT THE AREAS DISCUSSED IN THE
LECTURE?
11.LISTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THEN ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
(Professor)
Dave, if more people asked obvious questions, a lot fewer ridiculous 
hypotheses would go unquestioned, so by all means ask away.

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LPREP IBT 3 E AudioScript 
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HOW DOES THE PROFESSOR SEEM TO FEEL ABOUT THE STUDENT’S 
QUESTION? 
 
SPEAKING 
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Question 2. 
Now listen to the passage.
(Professor) 
In a certain company, work was completed in work groups. Now each 
employee was assigned to a work group, and each employee was 
evaluated, not on individual work, but on the quality of the work of his or 
her group. Two of the work groups in the company had very different 
leaders. 
Now in the first group, the leader started off each group meeting with an 
activity designed to help the group members get to know each other. The 
leader then had the group members each make a positive comment 
about how the work on the group project was going. The leader ended 
each meeting by asking group members to send him an e-mail 
describing how they felt that the meeting had gone. 
Now work in the second group was very different. The group leader in 
the second group prepared a detailed list of what each group member 
was to get done in the following week. In each weekly meeting, the group 
leader grilled each group member about what he or she had and had not 
managed to accomplish since the last meeting and made it clear that the 
work on the list needed to be completed on time. 
You won’t be surprised that the people in the first group felt their leader 
was much more positive and had more positive feelings toward him. The 
leader in the second group was viewed as much more abrasive and 
unpleasant. On the other hand, the second group completed their tasks 
on time more often, and when they did so the group members professed 
a greater respect for the second leader. 
Now answer the following question. You have 30 seconds to prepare an answer and 60 
seconds to give your spoken response.