GIST
DETAILS
FUNCTION
SPEAKER'S STANCE
ORGANIZATION AND RELATIONSHIP
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What does gist mean? How many types of gist question are there?

Topic, main idea, or overall purpose. There are two types of gist questions: gist-content and gist purpose.

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Are detail questions answered directly or indirectly?

Directly.

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What does function question ask you about?

Whys the speaker says something.

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What does a stance question ask you about?

How the speaker feels or the speaker's opinion/attitude about something.

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How do you answer organization question?

Pay attention to the main ideas and important points in the passage then see how they are organized.

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Where is the answer to this question found?

At the beginning of the passage.

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Which words in question tell you that a question is about a detail from a passage?

"stated", "indicated", "according to", "say", "suggest", "how/when/where".

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Which words in a question tell you that a question is a function question?

"Listen again", "why", "what....mean", "what...imply".

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What are three things that you should pay attention to answer stance question?

The tone of voice, word choice, and the context.

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Other than draw a conclusion and make an inference, what are thing that may be asked in relationship question? (Mention at least two possibilities)

Predict and outcome, recognize a sequence, or determine the cause for certain effect.

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How do you answer gist questions?

Pay attention to the beginning of the passage and the main points, not the details.

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Does the correct answer usually have the same words as the passage?

No, the correct answer is usually a restatement of the words in the passage.

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What are literal meaning and real meaning? Give example with a specific context!

Literal meaning: as is is said by the speaker

Real meaning: The reason why the speaker says what is said in a certain context.

Example: 

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Is this kind of question answered directly or indirectly?

Indirectly; you must draw a conclusion about how the speaker feels.

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What will you do to answer the relationship question?

Pay attention to how ideas related to each other in the passage and draw conclusion or make inference based on the information or clues from the passage.

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Listening Exercise 1, Passage Two (Question 3-4), page 152.

3. D

4. A

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Listening Exercise 2, Passage Two (Questions 6-7), page 160.

6. B

7. C

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Listening Exercise 3, Passage One (questions 3-4), page 170.

3. D

4. B

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Listening Exercise 4, Passage Two (Questions 3-4), page 181.

3. A

4. A

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Listening Exercise 5, Passage One (Question 1-2), page 193.

1. C

2. B

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Listening Exercise 1, Passage Four (Questions 7-8), page 153.

7. B

8. D

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Listening Exercise 2, Passage Four (Questions 17-18), page 162.

17. B

18. A

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Listening Exercise 3, Passage Four (Questions 18-19), page 174.

18. C

19. B

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Listening Exercise 4, Passage Four (Questions 7-8), page 182.

7. D

8. B

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Exercise 6, Passage Four (Questions 7-8 + 9), page 205.

7. B

8. C

9. C

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