5. Gist-Content/Purpose Questions

まずは、Gist-Content/Purpose Questionsを実際に解いてみて、どのような問題傾向か確認していきましょう：

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SOLO ENGLISH · TOEFL Listening Sample: Gist Content/Purpose Questions

Question

What is the lecture mainly about?
A. The gills of the mushroom
B. The pores of the mushroom
C. The teeth of the mushroom
D. The spore dispersal of the mushroom

Answer

Transcript

Professor:

Now, we’ve been talking about the different methods of reproductions in animals. Today I wanna begin talking about the spore dispersal of mushrooms. Now before we start talking about this topic, let’s take a closer look at a mushroom.

So by definition, a mushroom is a structure produced by a fungus during its life cycle with the primary purpose to hold and release spores, which contain the necessary genetic information for reproduction.

You can think of spores as fungi seeds. Mushrooms produce and drop millions of spores with the intention that some of them will germinate, fuse together, and grow into new mycelium. Yes! Anthony?

Gist-Content/Purpose Questions の解き方

Gist-Content/Purpose QuestionsのGistとは「要点」という意味です。つまり、対話の核となる目的や要点について聴き取ることが求められます。

設問は以下の形式で出題されます：

What is the (lecture) mainly about ~?
What are (speakers) mainly discussing?
Why does the student ~?
What is the main purpose ~?

会話やレクチャーの要点は、基本的に冒頭で述べられます。

対話形式の場合「生徒が抱えている問題は何か？」ということを、レクチャー形式の場合「何についてのレクチャーなのか？」ということを冒頭でしっかりと判断できるようにしましょう。

冒頭を聞き逃した場合は、その他の部分の流れから内容を予測する必要があります。

細かい情報に惑わされず、対話やレクチャーの全体像を示すのに適切な選択肢を選ぶことが大切になります。