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    Listen and answer questions 21-30

    Question 21-30

    Choose the correct letter, A , B or C .

    21. The students in Akira Miyake's study were all majoring in

    • A.

      physics.

    • B.

      psychology or physics.

    • C.

      science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

    22. The aim of Miyake's study was to investigate

    • A.

      what kind of women choose to study physics.

    • B.

      a way of improving women's performance in physics.

    • C.

      whether fewer women than men study physics at college.

    23. The female physics students were wrong to believe that

    • A.

      the teachers marked them in an unfair way.

    • B.

      the male students expected them to do badly.

    • C.

      their test results were lower than the male students'.

    24. Miyake's team asked the students to write about

    • A.

      what they enjoyed about studying physics.

    • B.

      the successful experiences of other people.

    • C.

      something that was important to them personally.

    25. What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?

    • A.

      to reduce stress

    • B.

      to strengthen verbal ability

    • C.

      to encourage logical thinking

    26. What surprised the researchers about the study?

    • A.

      how few students managed to get A grades

    • B.

      the positive impact it had on physics results for women

    • C.

      the difference between male and female performance

    27. Greg and Lisa think Miyake's results could have been affected by

    • A.

      the length of the writing task.

    • B.

      the number of students who took part.

    • C.

      the information the students were given.

    28. Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of

    • A.

      two different writing tasks.

    • B.

      a writing task with an oral task.

    • C.

      two different oral tasks.

    29. The main finding of Smolinsky's research was that class teamwork activities

    • A.

      were most effective when done by all-women groups.

    • B.

      had no effect on the performance of men or women.

    • C.

      improved the results of men more than of women.

    30. What will Lisa and Greg do next?

    • A.

      talk to a professor

    • B.

      observe a science class

    • C.

      look at the science timetable