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TOEFL iBTListeningGist-Content and Purpose
Level 3 Trap Drill
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Audio Transcript Excerpt: PROFESSOR: 'For decades, neurobiology operated under the dogma that the mature adult mammalian brain was structurally immutable—that neurogenesis ceased shortly after post-natal development, and that learning was mediated solely through the strengthening of existing synaptic connections. In the late 1990s, however, Elizabeth Gould and Fred Gage overturned this consensus by providing incontrovertible evidence of adult neurogenesis in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus. Our discussion today focuses on the functional significance of these newly generated neurons: how does the integration of newborn granular cells specifically facilitate pattern separation and prevent retrograde interference in spatial memory?'
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Tier 2TOEFL iBT

Audio Transcript Excerpt: STUDENT: 'Hi Professor Vance. I'm stopping by because I reviewed the syllabus for ou...

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Tier 3TOEFL iBT

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Tier 2TOEFL iBT

Audio Transcript Excerpt: STUDENT: 'Excuse me, Dr. Henderson. During your lecture on behavioral economics, you...

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Tier 3TOEFL iBT

Audio Transcript Excerpt: PROFESSOR: 'When astrobiologists evaluate exoplanets for habitability, popular media...

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Tier 2TOEFL iBT

Audio Transcript Excerpt: STUDENT: 'Hi, I'm checking in with the Student Housing Office. My roommate and I wer...

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Tier 3TOEFL iBT

Audio Transcript Excerpt: PROFESSOR: 'In literary history, the transition from Victorian realism to early Angl...

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