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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #36290 Short Antarctic
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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
Living  in  the  Antarctic  hasn’t  always  been  so  comfortable.  Snow  build-ups  caused    problems  for  four    stations  on  the  same  site,  which  were  buried  and  finally    by  the  weight.  Fortunately,  no-one  was  hurt,  but  these  buildings  became  a  huge    to  architects  who  finally  came  up  with  a  remarkable  solution  the  buildings  are  placed  on    which  can  be  raised  above  the  changing  snow  level  on  legs  which  are  .

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Correct answer: enormous

Explanation: On the recording you hear "Snow build-ups caused enormous problems". You need a word for size, meaning very big.

Meaning: "enormous" means very large.

Wrong options:

  • enourmous: It adds an extra "u". Write "enormous". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: previous

Explanation: Listen again to "for four previous stations on". It comes before "stations", so it means earlier.

Meaning: "previous" means earlier or before.

Wrong options:

  • preivous: Two letters are in the wrong order. Check the letters: "previous". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • previously: "previously" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "previous".
Correct answer: crushed

Explanation: Here you hear "which were buried and finally crushed by the weight". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "crushed" means pressed until broken or flattened.

Wrong options:

  • crused: It leaves out the "h". The right spelling is "crushed". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: challenge

Explanation: The speaker says "became a huge challenge to architects". The sentence needs a word for a problem.

Meaning: "challenge" means a hard problem or task.

Wrong options:

  • challange: It has "a" where the word has "e". Write "challenge". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: platforms

Explanation: You hear "on platforms which". It comes after "on", so you need a thing and more than one.

Meaning: "platforms" means flat bases that hold or support buildings.

Wrong options:

  • platfroms: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "platforms". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • platform: "platform" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "platforms", so write the "s".
Correct answer: extendable

Explanation: Listen for "legs which are extendable". This is a describing word and the word ends in able.

Meaning: "extendable" means can be made longer or stretched out.

Wrong options:

  • extendible: It has "i" where the word has "a". The right spelling is "extendable". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • extensible: This is a different word form, so it is not the exact word you heard.

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