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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #34658 Medium Rose
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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
Millions  of  roses  get  handed  out  on  Valentine’s  Day.  But  growing  roses  has  an    impact  worse  than  many  other  crops.  Start  with  climate  change:  most  roses  in  the  US  and  Europe  are  imported  from  warmer  climes.  All  that  flying  and  trucking  adds  thousands  of  metric  tons  of  carbon  dioxide  to  the  atmosphere.  Then  there’s  all  the  water  needed  to,  well,  water  the  flowers.  And  the  runoff  fouled  by  copious    of  pesticides  needed  to  make  the  roses  look  perfect.  There’s  also  the  wildlife  and  workers  poisoned  by  all  that  fumigation.  Add  to  that  habitat    where  floral  plantations  displace  native  forest  and  wetlands.  Finally,  there’s  the  refrigeration  needed  to  keep  those  blooms  fresh.  The    is  often  produced  by  burning  fossil  fuels,  and  the  refrigerant  gases  also  exacerbate  climate  change.  A  more  sustainable  and,  possibly,  more  romantic    is  to  go  with  flowers  certified  by  outfits  like  Veri  Flora,  or  even  better,  whatever  flowers  are  in  season  locally.

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Correct answer: environmental

Explanation: On the recording you hear "an environmental impact". Before "impact", you need a word that describes and ends in al.

Meaning: "environmental" means about the natural world.

Wrong options:

  • enviromental: It leaves out the "n". The right spelling is "environmental". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • environment: "environment" is missing the ending. The speaker says "environmental", with "al" at the end.
Correct answer: quantities

Explanation: Listen again to "copious quantities of". After "copious" you need more than one, so do not forget the s.

Meaning: "quantities" means amounts.

Wrong options:

  • quantites: It leaves out the "i". Write "quantities". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • quantity: "quantity" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "quantities", which ends in "ies".
Correct answer: destruction

Explanation: Here you hear "habitat destruction where floral plantations". The word means loss or ruin and ends in ion.

Meaning: "destruction" means ruin or loss of natural places.

Wrong options:

  • destuction: It leaves out the "r". The right spelling is "destruction". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • construction: Construction means building, which is the opposite idea here.
Correct answer: electricity

Explanation: The speaker says "The electricity is often produced". This needs the word for the power that runs machines and ends in ity.

Meaning: "electricity" means power used to run machines and fridges.

Wrong options:

  • electicity: It leaves out the "r". Write "electricity". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: approach

Explanation: You hear "more romantic approach is". You need a word for a way or method of doing something.

Meaning: "approach" means a way or method of doing something.

Wrong options:

  • aproach: It leaves out the "p". Check the letters: "approach". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.

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