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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #33696 Short Corals
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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
The  way  I  look  back  in  the  past  is  by  using  the  fossilized  remains  of    corals.  You  can  see  an  image  of  one  of  these  corals  behind  me.  It  was  collected  from  close  to  ,  thousands  of  meters  below  the  sea,  so,  very  different  than  the  kinds  of  corals  you  may  have  been    enough  to  see  if  you've  had  a  tropical  holiday.  So  I'm  hoping  that  this  talk  will  give  you  a  four-dimensional  view  of  the  .  Two  dimensions,  such  as  this  beautiful  two-dimensional  image  of  the  sea  surface  .  This  was  taken  using  satellite,  so  it's  got    spatial  resolution.  The  overall  features  are    easy  to  understand.  The  equatorial  regions  are  warm  because  there's  more  sunlight.  The  polar  regions  are  cold  because  there's  less  sunlight.  And  that  allows  big    to  build  up  on  Antarctica  and  up  in  the  Northern  Hemisphere.

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Correct answer: deep-water / deepwater

Explanation: You hear "remains of deep-water corals." It names where they live, with a hyphen or one word. You can write "deep-water" or "deepwater". Both get the mark.

Meaning: "deep-water" means far below the sea surface.

Wrong options:

  • deep water: It has " " where the word has "-". Write "deep-water". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: Antarctica

Explanation: Listen for "collected from close to Antarctica." It is the continent at the South Pole.

Meaning: "Antarctica" means the continent around the South Pole.

Wrong options:

  • Antartica: It leaves out the "c". Write "Antarctica". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • Arctic: This is the North Pole region, not the South.
Correct answer: lucky

Explanation: On the recording you hear "been lucky enough." After "been" you need a simple describing word.

Meaning: "lucky" means fortunate to have seen them.

Wrong options:

  • luckey: It adds an extra "e". Check the letters: "lucky". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • luckily: "luckily" is a close word, but it ends in "ily". The speaker says "lucky", which ends in "y".
Correct answer: ocean

Explanation: Listen again to "view of the ocean." You need a word for a large body of water.

Meaning: "ocean" means a very large body of salt water.

Wrong options:

  • oceon: It has "o" where the word has "a". The right spelling is "ocean". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: temperature

Explanation: Here you hear "sea surface temperature." You need a word that tells how hot or cold something is.

Meaning: "temperature" means how hot or cold the sea surface is.

Wrong options:

  • temprature: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "temperature". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • temperate: "temperate" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "temperature", which ends in "ure".
Correct answer: tremendous

Explanation: The speaker says "it's got tremendous spatial resolution." You need a strong describing word that ends in ous.

Meaning: "tremendous" means very large or great.

Wrong options:

  • tremedous: It leaves out the "n". Write "tremendous". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • tremendously: "tremendously" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "tremendous".
Correct answer: extremely

Explanation: You hear "features are extremely easy." After 'are' you need a word meaning very and ending in ly.

Meaning: "extremely" means very.

Wrong options:

  • extreamly: It adds an extra "a" and it leaves out the "e". Write "extremely". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • extreme: "extreme" is missing the ending. The speaker says "extremely", with "ly" at the end.
Correct answer: ice-caps / icecaps

Explanation: Listen for "big ice-caps to build." You need more than one, so the word ends with s. You can write "ice-caps" or "icecaps". Both get the mark.

Meaning: "ice-caps" means large masses of ice on land, like on Antarctica.

Wrong options:

  • icecap: This is the single form, but the sentence needs more than one.

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