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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #34867 Short Partial Migrants
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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
Crows,  she  says,  are  what's  known  as  "partial  migrants."  Every  year,  some  members  of  the  population  migrate  between  breeding  grounds  and  their  overwintering  grounds--like  parking  .  But  others  just  stay  put.  So  Townsend  and  her  colleagues  wanted  to  know  if  that  urge  to  migrate  was  something  individual  crows  can  turn  on  and  off.  To  find  out,  they  captured  18  crows  from  overwintering  spots  in  California  and  New  York.  They  fitted  the  birds  with  little  backpack  satellite  tags,  and    them  for  several  years.  Overall,  three  quarters  of  the  birds  migrated,  an  average  of  300  miles.  And  more  importantly,  if  they  migrated  once,  they  did  it  every  year--suggesting    is  not  a    they  switch  on  and  off.  The  researchers  also  found  that  migrating  crows  returned    to  the  same  breeding  grounds  every  year--but  were  more    on  where  to  overwinter.

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Correct answer: lots

Explanation: Listen for "like parking lots". It comes after "parking", so you need a word for more than one.

Meaning: "lots" means many parking spaces.

Wrong options:

  • lot's: It adds an extra "'". Write "lots". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • lot: The sentence needs more than one, so the s is needed.
Correct answer: tracked

Explanation: On the recording you hear "and tracked them for". It already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "tracked" means they followed the birds to see where they went.

Wrong options:

  • traked: It leaves out the "c". Check the letters: "tracked". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • track: "track" is missing the ending. The speaker says "tracked", with "ed" at the end.
Correct answer: traveling / travelling

Explanation: Listen again to "suggesting traveling is not a". After "suggesting" you need a word for movement, ends in ing. You can write "traveling" or "travelling". Both get the mark.

Meaning: "traveling" means the act of moving from one place to another.

Wrong options:

  • travelng: It leaves out the "i". Write "traveling". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • travel: "travel" is missing the ending. The speaker says "traveling", with "ing" at the end.
Correct answer: habit

Explanation: Here you hear "is not a habit they switch". It comes after "a", so you need a word for a thing people do.

Meaning: "habit" means a regular behaviour or pattern someone repeats.

Wrong options:

  • habbit: It adds an extra "b". Write "habit". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • habits: "habits" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "habit", with no "s".
Correct answer: faithfully

Explanation: The speaker says "returned faithfully to the". You need a word that tells how they returned, ends in ly.

Meaning: "faithfully" means they came back to the same place each year.

Wrong options:

  • faithfuly: It leaves out the "l". Write "faithfully". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • faithful: "faithful" is missing the ending. The speaker says "faithfully", with "ly" at the end.
Correct answer: flexible

Explanation: You hear "were more flexible on where". You need a describing word that fits after "more".

Meaning: "flexible" means willing to change where they spend the winter.

Wrong options:

  • flexable: It has "a" where the word has "i". The right spelling is "flexible". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • flexibly: "flexibly" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "flexible", which ends in "e".

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