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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #31299 Short CEO's Duty
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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
That  brings  us  to  the  CEO's  second  duty:  building    or  more  accurately,  building  the  senior  team.  All  the  executives  report  to  the  CEO,  so  it's  the  CEO's  job  to  ,  fire,  and  manage  the  executive  team.  From    CEOs,  I  actually  think  this  is  the  most  important  skill  of  all.  Because  when  a  CEO  hires  an  excellent  senior  team,  that  team  can  keep  the  company  running.  When  a  CEO  hires  a  poor  senior  team,  the  CEO  is  up    all  of  their  time  trying  to  do  with  the  team,  and  not  nearly  enough  time  trying  to  do  with  other  elements  of  their  job.  The  senior  team  can  and  often  does    the  strategy  for  the  company,  but  ultimately,  it's  always  the  CEO  who  has  the  final  "go-no-go"  decision  on  strategy.

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Correct answer: everyone

Explanation: Listen again to "building everyone or". After "building" you need a word for a thing, the word everyone.

Meaning: "everyone" means all the people together here.

Wrong options:

  • evryone: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "everyone". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • everybody: "everybody" is a close word, but it ends in "body". The speaker says "everyone", which ends in "one".
Correct answer: hire

Explanation: Here you hear "job to hire, fire". It comes after "to", so you need the basic action word hire.

Meaning: "hire" means to give someone a job.

Wrong options:

  • hyer: It has "ye" where the word has "i" and it leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "hire". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • hiring: The sentence has "to" before it, so the word ends in ing.
Correct answer: coaching

Explanation: The speaker says "From coaching CEOs". The word shows an ongoing idea, so it ends in ing.

Meaning: "coaching" means guiding and training people.

Wrong options:

  • coatching: It adds an extra "t". Check the letters: "coaching". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • coach: "coach" is missing the ending. The speaker says "coaching", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: spending

Explanation: You hear "is up spending all". The word shows an ongoing action, so it ends in ing.

Meaning: "spending" means using time or money on something.

Wrong options:

  • spend: "spend" is missing the ending. The speaker says "spending", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: develop

Explanation: Listen for "does develop the strategy". After "does" the basic action word develop is needed.

Meaning: "develop" means to make or create a plan or idea.

Wrong options:

  • develope: It adds an extra "e". Write "develop". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • develops: "develops" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "develop", with no "s".

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