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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #30246 Short Families
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You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank.
* Fill in the missing words into the blank fields
Families  are  always  related  to  the  economy,  the  politics,  the  culture  of  the  society.  In    societies  young  people  go  out  when  they're  10  or  12  years  old  and  they  hang  out  with  the  sheep  or  the  goats  —  or  whatever  the  herd  is.  That  produces  a  kind  of  a    bond  between  the  pre-adolescents  and  their  parents.  In    societies,  we  tend  to  keep  kids  in  school  for  longer  and  then  college  is  that  point  when  they  might  break  —  or  after  college,  depending  on  what  they're  doing.  In  agrarian  societies  families  have  lots  of  kids  and  put  them  to  work.  They    themselves  as  large  families  and  put  them  all  together  in  one  home.  The  main  point  is  that  families  are  not  separate  from  the  society.  Families  and  the  economy  and  the  politics  are  all    up  all  together.

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Correct answer: herding

Explanation: You hear "In herding societies young". You need a word that names a society type, it ends in ing.

Meaning: "herding" means a society where people raise animals like sheep or goats.

Wrong options:

  • hearding: It adds an extra "a". Write "herding". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: loose

Explanation: Listen for "a kind of a loose bond". The missing word comes before "bond" and describes it.

Meaning: "loose" means not very strong or tight.

Wrong options:

  • lose: "Lose" means to not have something. The sentence needs a describing word.
Correct answer: industrial

Explanation: On the recording you hear "In industrial societies, we". After "In" you need a society type, it ends in al.

Meaning: "industrial" means based on factories and industry.

Wrong options:

  • industral: It leaves out the "i". The right spelling is "industrial". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: structure

Explanation: Listen again to "They structure themselves as". After "They" you need an action word.

Meaning: "structure" means to arrange or organise people into a set way.

Wrong options:

  • structur: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "structure". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • structured: "structured" has an extra "d" at the end. The speaker says "structure".
Correct answer: wrapped

Explanation: Here you hear "are all wrapped up all together". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "wrapped" means joined or mixed together closely.

Wrong options:

  • wraped: It leaves out the "p". The right spelling is "wrapped". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • wrap: "wrap" is missing the ending. The speaker says "wrapped", with "ped" at the end.

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