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LPREP IBT 3 E AudioScript 
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LISTENING AUDIOSCRIPT 
LISTENING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST 
Page 143
[mp3 001-002]
 
Questions 1 through 5.
Listen to a conversation between an advisor and a 
student. 
(Advisor) 
Hi, Brad. Thanks for coming in. 
(Student) 
No problem. What did you want to see me about? 
(Advisor) 
Um, well, I saw your mid-semester grade report, and there was 
something of a problem on it. 
(Student) 
You mean my history class? 
(Advisor) 
Yes, exactly … Look, we usually don’t call students in for mid-semester 
grades, but I’ve been trying to check up on the freshmen who are having 
… problems, to help them … um, be more successful during their time 
here at the university.
(Student) 
Uh, OK, but it’s only that class. 
(Advisor) 
Oh, I know. Don’t get me wrong, Brad, I didn’t ask you to see me today to 
scold you. I did see that you’re doing fairly well in your other classes … 
uh, your grades in them show you’re perfectly capable of good work. But, 
well, to be frank, I worry about you not passing history, and I guess I just 
want to find out why you’re not doing so well in the class. 
(Student) 
Well, this is going to sound like a really bad excuse, but history’s so early 
in the morning. 
(Advisor) 
It’s at nine o’clock; that’s not really that early. 
(Student) 
Yeah, but there are a lot of things going on in the dorms until really late, 
so it’s pretty much impossible to go to bed early. 
(Advisor) 
Uh, Brad, you do get up and go to history class, don’t you? 
(Student) 
Usually. 
(Advisor) 
Ah, I’m beginning to see the problem. Since it’s a class you’re not doing 
well in, you should be there all the time. 
(Student) 
I’ll try. 
(Advisor) 
Now, is that your only problem in the class, that you miss class 
sometimes? 
(Student) 
No, not exactly. 
(Advisor) 
What else is an issue? 
(Student) 
Well, I didn’t, uh, I … I didn’t do too well on the exam. 
(Advisor) 
And what was the problem, do you think? 
(Student) 
I studied for the exam, I really did…. But there were a lot of questions on 
the exam that weren’t in the class textbook, in the chapters that were 
covered on the exam. At least half the questions on the exam weren’t 
from the book. 
(Advisor) 
Do you understand why? 
(Student) 
I think there were a lot of questions from the lectures, stuff that wasn’t 
covered in the text. 
(Advisor) 
OK, here’s where I think I can help you, and this… 

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LPREP IBT 3 E AudioScript 
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(Student) 
(interrupting, slightly excited) 
Really? How? 
(Advisor) 
OK, if it’ll make you feel any better, Brad, you’re not the first student to 
have issues with Professor Branson’s history class. His exams seem to 
be a far cry from what many students are used to. 
(Student) 
I’ll say. 
(Advisor) 
Look, after a few students came to me with the same problem last year, I 
got in touch with Dr. Branson. He told me that during his lectures he puts 
a lot of emphasis on looking at the past through different viewpoints. He 
wants his students to examine events in light of … um, various possible 
approaches to explain what happened in the past. That’s what he 
stresses in his lectures, and his exams reflect that emphasis. 
(Student) 
OK, so you’re saying I’m not going to get all of these different ideas if I 
only read and don’t go to class. 
(Advisor) 
Precisely. But there’s a bigger issue here. And this is why I was saying I 
like to get the freshmen into my office as soon as possible. Each 
professor has a different approach to what he or she wants the students 
to take away from a class.
(Student) 
Yeah. I’m beginning to see that. 
(Advisor)