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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #34087 Short Phones
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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
Another  team  of    researchers  looked  at  how  cell  phones  were  used  in  Uganda,  in  Africa.  They  found  that  people  who  didn’t  have  their  own  phones  could  pay  to  use  the  phones  of  local  .  Because  these  customers  paid  in    for  their  calls,  they  were    to  know  how  much  time  they’d  spent  on  the  call  so  far.  So  the  phone  company  designed  phones  for  use  globally  with  this  added  .

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Correct answer: ethnographic

Explanation: Listen for "team of ethnographic researchers looked". You need a word for a type of research, it ends in ic.

Meaning: "ethnographic" means about studying people and their daily life.

Wrong options:

  • ethnograpic: It leaves out the "h". Check the letters: "ethnographic". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • ethnography: "ethnography" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "ethnographic", which ends in "ic".
Correct answer: entrepreneurs

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the phones of local entrepreneurs". You need a word for business people, ends in s for more than one.

Meaning: "entrepreneurs" means people who run small businesses.

Wrong options:

  • entreprenuers: Two letters are in the wrong order. The right spelling is "entrepreneurs". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: advance

Explanation: Listen again to "paid in advance for their calls". The blank needs a time-word that comes before an action, the word is one whole word.

Meaning: "advance" means payment before the service.

Wrong options:

  • advnace: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "advance". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: eager

Explanation: Here you hear "they were eager to know". The sentence needs a short describing word for feeling, not the form that ends in ly.

Meaning: "eager" means wanting to know or do something.

Wrong options:

  • eagar: It has "a" where the word has "e". Check the letters: "eager". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • eagerly: "eagerly" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "eager".
Correct answer: feature

Explanation: The speaker says "with this added feature". It asks for a short common word for a part or option.

Meaning: "feature" means a special part or function of something.

Wrong options:

  • feauture: It adds an extra "u". The right spelling is "feature". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.

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