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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #35279 Short National Museum
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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
This  weekend,  we'll    the  newest  American  icon  on  our  National  Mall  -  the  National  Museum  of  African  American  History  and  Culture.  It's  a  beautiful  building,  five  stories  high  and  some  70  feet  below  the  ground,    just  across  the  street  from  the  Washington  Monument.  And  this  museum  tells  a  story  of  America  that  hasn't  always  taken  a  front  seat  in  our  national  .  As  a  people,  we've  rightfully  passed  on  the  tales  of  the    who  built  this  country.  But  too  often,  willful  or  not,  we've  chosen  to    over  or  ignore  entirely  the  experience  of  millions  upon  millions  of  others.  But  this  museum  chooses  to  tell  a  fuller  story.  It  doesn't    up  some  bygone  era  or  avoid  uncomfortable  truths.  Rather,  it  embraces  the    recognition  that  America  is  a  constant  work  in  progress;  that  each  successive  generation  can  look  upon  our  imperfections  and  decide  that  it  is  within  our  collective  power  to    this  nation  with  the  high  ideals  of  our  founding.

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Correct answer: dedicate

Explanation: The speaker says "we'll dedicate the". You need an action word meaning to open or name a place.

Meaning: "dedicate" means to officially open or name a place.

Wrong options:

  • dedcate: It leaves out the "i". Write "dedicate". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • dedicated: "dedicated" has an extra "d" at the end. The speaker says "dedicate".
Correct answer: situated

Explanation: You hear "70 feet below the ground, situated". The word after the comma is a word for place.

Meaning: "situated" means located or placed in a particular spot.

Wrong options:

  • situted: It leaves out the "a". Check the letters: "situated". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • situation: "situation" is a close word, but it ends in "ion". The speaker says "situated", which ends in "ed".
Correct answer: narrative

Explanation: Listen for "in our national narrative". The sentence needs a word for the story of a country.

Meaning: "narrative" means the story people tell about a country or time.

Wrong options:

  • narative: It leaves out the "r". Write "narrative". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: giants

Explanation: On the recording you hear "tales of the giants who". The missing word is a word for people admired for big deeds.

Meaning: "giants" means very important or famous people in history.

Wrong options:

  • giantes: It adds an extra "e". Write "giants". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • giant: "giant" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "giants", so write the "s".
Correct answer: gloss

Explanation: Listen again to "we've chosen to gloss over". You need a short action word meaning to ignore or skip.

Meaning: "gloss" means to cover up or ignore problems lightly.

Wrong options:

  • glos: It leaves out the "s". Check the letters: "gloss". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • close: This is a different word that sounds similar but does not mean ignore.
Correct answer: gauze

Explanation: Here you hear "doesn't gauze up some". You need an action word that means to cover or hide, not the cloth word.

Meaning: "gauze" here means to cover, like a thin cloth, used metaphorically to hide things.

Wrong options:

  • gause: It has "s" where the word has "z". Check the letters: "gauze". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • gaze: This is a different word that means to look, not to cover.
Correct answer: patriotic

Explanation: The speaker says "embraces the patriotic recognition". The missing word is a describing word about love for the country.

Meaning: "patriotic" means showing love and support for the country.

Wrong options:

  • patriotism: "patriotism" is a close word, but it ends in "sm". The speaker says "patriotic", which ends in "c".
Correct answer: align

Explanation: You hear "to align this nation with". An action word means to make agree or match with ideals.

Meaning: "align" means to bring into agreement or make match with something.

Wrong options:

  • allign: It adds an extra "l". The right spelling is "align". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.

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