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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #34084 October Prediction Short Economists
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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
An  economist  sees  the  world  basically  through  a  typical  microeconomic  .  That  involves  things  like  thinking  at  the  margin,  rationality,  opportunity  cost,  trade-offs.  Economists  like  any  other    rules,  and  its  own  way  of  seeing  the  world.  So  basically  economics  or  economists,  in  general,  tend  to  apply  microeconomic    like  that  to  explain  the  way  humans  behave  and  to  make    about  the  future.

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Correct answer: toolkit

Explanation: Here you hear "through a typical microeconomic toolkit". It comes after "microeconomic", so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "toolkit" means a set of tools or ideas used together.

Wrong options:

  • tool kit: This splits the word in two. It is one word. Check the letters: "toolkit". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: discipline

Explanation: The speaker says "Economists like any other discipline rules". You need a word for a field, not a doing word.

Meaning: "discipline" means a field of study or area of learning.

Wrong options:

  • disipline: It leaves out the "c". The right spelling is "discipline". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • disciplines: "disciplines" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "discipline", with no "s".
Correct answer: concepts

Explanation: You hear "apply microeconomic concepts like". "Some" comes before it, so you need more than one. Do not forget the s at the end.

Meaning: "concepts" means ideas used to explain how things work.

Wrong options:

  • conceps: It leaves out the "t". Write "concepts". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • concept: "concept" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "concepts", so write the "s".
Correct answer: predictions

Explanation: Listen for "make predictions about the future". You need more than one, so it ends in s.

Meaning: "predictions" means statements about what will happen later.

Wrong options:

  • predicitons: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "predictions". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • prediction: "prediction" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "predictions", so write the "s".

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