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The document is a listening exercise focused on the poet Sylvia Plath, including questions about her life, works, and influences. It encourages listeners to take notes and answer questions based on a lecture. Key topics include Plath's novel 'The Bell Jar', her Pulitzer Prize-winning poems, and her personal struggles.

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TOEFL® Listening_ Lecture 1 - Documentos de Google

The document is a listening exercise focused on the poet Sylvia Plath, including questions about her life, works, and influences. It encourages listeners to take notes and answer questions based on a lecture. Key topics include Plath's novel 'The Bell Jar', her Pulitzer Prize-winning poems, and her personal struggles.

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‭TOEFL® Listening: Lecture 1:‬

‭Listen‬ ‭to‬‭the‬‭lecture‬‭about‬‭the‬‭poet‬‭Sylvia‬‭Plath.‬‭Take‬‭notes‬‭while‬‭you‬‭listen.‬‭Then‬‭answer‬‭the‬
‭ uestions. Read all the questions before you start listening. You should listen to the audio twice.‬
q

‭1. The Bell Jar was‬


‭a)‬ ‭about her father‬
‭b)‬ ‭her first novel‬
‭c)‬ ‭a very successful collection of poems‬
‭d)‬ ‭her last poem‬

‭2. Sylvia Plath’s ‘Collected poems’‬


‭a)‬ ‭won the Pulitzer Prize twenty years after it was published‬
‭b)‬ ‭were written during the last year of her life‬
‭c)‬ ‭won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982‬
‭d)‬ ‭were never published‬

‭3. Sylvia’s husband‬


‭a)‬ ‭made movies‬
‭b)‬ ‭died in 2003‬
‭c)‬ ‭was also a poet‬
‭d)‬ ‭had a movie made about him‬

‭4. Susan Bassnett thought Sylvia’s work‬


‭a)‬ ‭was about her husband‬
‭b)‬ ‭wasn’t very good‬
‭c)‬ ‭was about work life‬
‭d)‬ ‭was of great interest to women‬

‭5. Sylvia’s brother‬


‭a)‬ ‭was two years older than her‬
‭b)‬ ‭was born two years after her‬
‭c)‬ ‭was a professor at Boston University‬
‭d)‬ ‭was a highly educated academic‬

‭6. Sylvia Plath’s time at college was difficult because‬


‭a)‬ ‭she got bad grades‬
‭b)‬ ‭she won a scholarship‬
‭c)‬ ‭boys didn’t like her‬
‭d)‬ ‭she was short of money‬

‭7. In 1953 Sylvia‬


‭a)‬ ‭left New York to get a job as an editor‬
‭b)‬ ‭rejected an offer to teach creative writing‬
c‭ )‬ w‭ orked as a guest editor in New York‬
‭d)‬ ‭returned to new York because she was depressed‬

‭ . What does the lecturer imply when she says “Very few modern poets have captured the‬
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‭popular imagination as much as Plath”‬
‭a)‬ ‭Plath was able to understand the hopes of ordinary people.‬
‭b)‬ ‭Plath has become very popular‬
‭c)‬ ‭It is unusual for a modern poet to become popular with ordinary people.‬
‭d)‬ ‭Plath’s writing was about modern people and their imagination.‬

‭ . What does the lecturer imply when she says “This domineering father figure became a‬
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‭common theme that recurred throughout Plath’s writing.”‬
‭a)‬ ‭The image of her father appears in many of her poems.‬
‭b)‬ ‭Plath often wrote of her love for her father.‬
‭c)‬ ‭Plath writings were dominated by the image of her father.‬
‭d)‬ ‭Plath’s father often told her what to write about.‬

‭10. Which THREE sentences best summarise the passage?‬


‭a)‬ ‭What's remarkable about Plath's work is that it addresses many women's issues that‬
‭were ahead of her time.‬
‭b)‬ ‭Plath's father was one of her guiding influences and he supported and mentored her until‬
‭he died in 1940.‬
‭c)‬ ‭Plath's early life was spent living happily by the sea with her mother who had a part time‬
‭job to support the family.‬
‭d)‬ ‭The real significance and the greatness of work was never recognised within in her‬
‭lifetime.‬
‭e)‬ ‭Plath's academic path to success was secured by winning an early scholarship. After‬
‭this she never looked back.‬
‭f)‬ ‭Plath's work reflects the many of the personal difficulties that she had whilst growing up‬
‭and later as a wife and mother.‬

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