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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #31293 October Prediction Short Water Crisis
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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
Now  that  story's  been  scorched,  as  only  part  of  contingency  planning.  But  it  was  a  symptom  of  the  dramatic  turn  of  events  in  South  Australia,  and  it  flushed  out  other  remarks  from  water    and  people  like  Tim  Flannery,  indicating  that  things  were  really  much  worse  than  had  been  ,  even  earlier  this  year.  So  is  Adelaide,  let  alone  some  whole    of  South  Australia,  in  serious  bother?  Considering  that  the  vast  amount  of  its  drinking  water  comes  from  the    Murray,  something  many  of  us  outside  the  State  may  not  have  quite  realised.  Is  their    something  we  have  to  face  up  to  as  a  nation?

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Correct answer: academics

Explanation: Listen again to "remarks from water academics and". You need a word for people who study things, the word is after "water".

Meaning: "academics" means people who study or teach at universities.

Wrong options:

  • acadamics: It has "a" where the word has "e". Write "academics". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • academic: "academic" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "academics", so write the "s".
Correct answer: foreshadowed

Explanation: Here you hear "had been foreshadowed, even". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "foreshadowed" means showed that something might happen before it did.

Wrong options:

  • foreshadowd: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "foreshadowed". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • foreshadow: "foreshadow" is missing the ending. The speaker says "foreshadowed", with "ed" at the end.
Correct answer: regions

Explanation: The speaker says "some whole regions of South Australia". After "whole" you need more than one, so add s at the end.

Meaning: "regions" means parts or areas of a state.

Wrong options:

  • regiones: It adds an extra "e". Check the letters: "regions". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • region: "region" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "regions", so write the "s".
Correct answer: beleaguered

Explanation: You hear "comes from the beleaguered Murray". This is a describing word, so it ends in ed.

Meaning: "beleaguered" means under a lot of pressure or trouble.

Wrong options:

  • belaguered: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "beleaguered". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • beleaguer: "beleaguer" is missing the ending. The speaker says "beleaguered", with "ed" at the end.
Correct answer: predicament

Explanation: Listen for "Is their predicament something we have". After "their" you need a word for a bad situation.

Meaning: "predicament" means a difficult or worrying situation.

Wrong options:

  • predicement: It has "e" where the word has "a". The right spelling is "predicament". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • prediction: "prediction" is a close word, but it ends in "tion". The speaker says "predicament", which ends in "ament".

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