【TOEFL Listening - Academic Lecture】【The Rosetta Stone and Deciphering Hieroglyphs】無料練習問題と詳しい解説

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

The military campaign of French soldiers in Egypt.

The life and career of Jean-François Champollion.

How the Rosetta Stone enabled the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

A comparison of Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Coptic scripts.

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

It was discovered by French soldiers.

The text was a decree honoring a ruler named Ptolemy.

The inscription included a translation in Ancient Greek.

It was carved from a single, large slab of stone.

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

He considers Champollion's contribution to be overstated.

He is critical of Champollion for not crediting Thomas Young's work.

He is highly impressed by Champollion's intellect and achievement.

He is neutral and presents Champollion's work without opinion.

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

They did not have enough examples of hieroglyphic writing.

They did not know if the symbols represented pictures or sounds.

They mistakenly believed the language was related to Ancient Greek.

They could not find any texts that included the names of rulers.

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

It was more difficult to read than Hieroglyphics.

It was used for formal, religious documents.

It was a later, more common version of the Egyptian language script.

It was completely unrelated to the Hieroglyphic script.

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

By comparing the work of several different linguists.

By describing the problem, the key discovery, and the step-by-step solution.

By explaining the three scripts in order of difficulty.

By focusing on the cultural impact and then explaining the science.

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

The military campaign of French soldiers in Egypt.

The life and career of Jean-François Champollion.

How the Rosetta Stone enabled the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

A comparison of Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Coptic scripts.

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

It was discovered by French soldiers.

The text was a decree honoring a ruler named Ptolemy.

The inscription included a translation in Ancient Greek.

It was carved from a single, large slab of stone.

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

He considers Champollion's contribution to be overstated.

He is critical of Champollion for not crediting Thomas Young's work.

He is highly impressed by Champollion's intellect and achievement.

He is neutral and presents Champollion's work without opinion.

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

They did not have enough examples of hieroglyphic writing.

They did not know if the symbols represented pictures or sounds.

They mistakenly believed the language was related to Ancient Greek.

They could not find any texts that included the names of rulers.

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

It was more difficult to read than Hieroglyphics.

It was used for formal, religious documents.

It was a later, more common version of the Egyptian language script.

It was completely unrelated to the Hieroglyphic script.

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

By comparing the work of several different linguists.

By describing the problem, the key discovery, and the step-by-step solution.

By explaining the three scripts in order of difficulty.

By focusing on the cultural impact and then explaining the science.

The Rosetta Stone and Deciphering Hieroglyphs

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設問

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

🎧 Audio

設問

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

🎧 Audio

設問

1. What is the lecture primarily about?

2. What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3. What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4. According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5. What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6. How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

🎧 Audio

設問

1. What is the lecture primarily about?

2. What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3. What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4. According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5. What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6. How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?

1.
What is the lecture primarily about?

2.
What was the most important feature of the Rosetta Stone that made decipherment possible?

3.
What is the professor's attitude toward Jean-François Champollion?

4.
According to the professor, what was a key obstacle for early scholars trying to understand hieroglyphs?

5.
What does the professor imply about the Demotic script?

6.
How does the professor primarily organize the lecture?