Tip 1 for “Lectures, talks and documentaries” questions?

37–38 (educational programmes): the host's question often voices a common belief; the expert rebuts it after '하지만' and ends with advice – that is the main idea.

Tip 2 for “Lectures, talks and documentaries” questions?

39–40 ('이 대화 전의 내용'): the clue is in the first line, with the summarising pattern '그러니까 …다는 말씀이군요/말씀이시군요'; what follows is new content, not the answer.

Tip 3 for “Lectures, talks and documentaries” questions?

41–42 and 49–50 (lectures): follow the structure old belief → '하지만' → evidence → conclusion; the last sentence often restates the main idea with '-이 아니라…' or '-다고 생각합니다'.

Tip 4 for “Lectures, talks and documentaries” questions?

43–44 (documentaries, written style -ㄴ다/-다): reason questions are usually answered right after '-기 위해서다', '-기 때문이다', '-도록 하기 위해서였다'; don't pick the reason given for a different detail.

TOPIK II · Listening · Questions 37–50 · Level 5–6

Lectures, talks and documentaries

교양 프로그램·대담·강연·다큐멘터리

TOPIK II Listening Q37–50: seven long, advanced recordings – educational programmes, expert dialogues (대담), lectures and documentaries – each with two questions on the main idea, what came before the dialogue, the topic, a reason, matching details, the speaker's method and attitude.

Test tips

37–38 (educational programmes): the host's question often voices a common belief; the expert rebuts it after '하지만' and ends with advice – that is the main idea.
39–40 ('이 대화 전의 내용'): the clue is in the first line, with the summarising pattern '그러니까 …다는 말씀이군요/말씀이시군요'; what follows is new content, not the answer.
41–42 and 49–50 (lectures): follow the structure old belief → '하지만' → evidence → conclusion; the last sentence often restates the main idea with '-이 아니라…' or '-다고 생각합니다'.
43–44 (documentaries, written style -ㄴ다/-다): reason questions are usually answered right after '-기 위해서다', '-기 때문이다', '-도록 하기 위해서였다'; don't pick the reason given for a different detail.
Method and attitude questions (45–50): recognise method phrases – 예를 들어 설명하다, 실험 결과를 근거로, 비교하다, 촉구하다, 높이 평가하다, 우려하다, 긍정적으로 보다 – and rule out options stronger than, or opposite to, the speaker's tone.
Recordings last one to two minutes with many Sino-Korean words: don't stop at unknown words; follow connectors (먼저, 또, 반면, 그러니, 결국) to keep the thread, and mark 'matching statement' options as you listen since there is no second hearing.

Signal words and patterns

When you see these in a question, they point to the answer or to a trap.

그러니까 -다는 말씀이군요
그렇다면
실제로 한 연구에서는
-기 위해서다
-기 때문이다
반면
이처럼
-이야말로
-어야 합니다
-다고 봅니다

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Transcript

여자의 중심 생각으로 가장 알맞은 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

Questions 37–38 are educational programmes: a host asks and an expert answers at length. The host's question usually voices a common belief the expert will challenge – here, that parents must provide activities. After '하지만' the expert says '아이들에게 심심한 시간이 꼭 필요하다고 봅니다' and closes with the advice '스스로 놀 거리를 찾을 때까지 조금 기다려 주시는 게 좋습니다'. So the answer is 2. Option 1 contradicts her point that filling time with cram schools removes these chances; option 3 is close to the host's assumption; option 4 is not mentioned.

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심심하다
마련하다
지어내다
지루하다
창의력
틈

들은 내용과 같은 것을 고르십시오.

Explanation

The expert says that with nothing to do the brain '스스로 재미있는 것을 찾기 시작합니다', e.g. '빈 상자로 집을 만들거나 혼자 이야기를 지어내는 것' – matching 4. Option 1 is the opposite of the talk. Option 2 is wrong: the bored group produced '더 다양한 아이디어'. Option 3 is wrong: she advises waiting rather than '바로 해결해 주기'. In 'same content' items, watch comparison words (더, 보다), which distractors often reverse.

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상태
뇌
실험
검사
채우다
기회

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