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  • Exam: TOEFL
  • Course: LISTENING
  • Part 1, Exam 2

Instructions

You will hear a LECTURE about anxiety disorders.

For questions 1-7, choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).

Drag and drop the correct answer in the answer box, or type the corresponding letter.

A mark of 75% corresponds to B2 and a mark of 90% corresponds to C1.

  • 1 What is the lecture mainy about?

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A An analysis of genetically caused mantal disorders.
      B A description of some common anxiety disorders.
    C An evaluation of the causes of some anxiety disorders.
    D A method of comparing different mental disorders.
  • 2 Why does the professor say that many people feel anxious when they visit a dentist?

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A To emphasize the problems faced by social phobics.
      B To indicate that it is rational to have an anxiety attack in some situations.
    C To show that it is irrational to be anxious in many situations.
    D To give an example of a common anxiety trigger for most people.
  • 3 What does the professor say about specific phobias?

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A Their object is usually safe.
      B Their object is often dangerous.
    C They become worse with age.
    D They usually start in childhood.
  • 4 Listen again to part of the extract.
  • " Some of the less common phobias seem rather bizarre. For example, would you believe some people are afraid of color, say, the color yellow? Another strange one is fear of laughter . . . I guess that's not a laughing matter for the sufferer."
  • Why does the professor say this:
  • "I guess that's not a laughing matter for the sufferer."
  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A To check that the students understand the joke.
      B To express disapproval of the students' behaviour.
    C To emphasize her belief that this is truly bizarre.
    D To imply that this phobia seems funny to most people.
  • 5 Social phobia might include which of the following fears?

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A Fear of heights.
      B Fear of enclosed spaces.
    C Fear of eating in front of others.
    D Fear of encountering dangerous animals.
  • 6 What does the professor imply when she says this:

  • " . . . do I need to put that on the board?"

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A The term may not be familiar to the students.
      B The term is not relevant to the lecture.
    C The students should already know the term.
    D The students should know the term from their textbooks.
  • 7 What does the professor imply about the treatment of phobias?

  • Answer:
  • · Possible answers: A Treatment rarely succeeds.
      B Treatment is not usually necessary.
    C Treatment is long and difficult.
    D Treatment takes various forms.

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