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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #36512 Short Banana
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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
Well,  the  banana  is  the  first    fruit.  It's  one  of  the  food  items  that  literally  brought  people  out  of  the  jungle,  out  of  their  hunter-gatherer  lifestyles  and  was  there  at  the    of  agriculture  which  is  what  helped  force  human  beings  into  communities.  It’s  really  one  of  the  things  that  helped    human  culture.  It's  about  7000  years  of  history,  and  the  banana,  from  its  center  of  ,  which  is  believed  to  be  Papua  New  Guinea,  spread  out  with  people  who  traveled  in  boats  across  the  Pacific  into  the    of  Asia  and  all  the  way  south  to  Australia  across  Indonesia  and  Micronesia  and    they  moved  as  far  as  Africa  and  even  possibly  to  Ecuador  all  in  this  time  and  all  on  paddle  boats  and  wind  driven  boats.

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Correct answer: cultivated

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the first cultivated fruit". It comes after "first", so you need a word for a thing people grew.

Meaning: "cultivated" means grown by people.

Wrong options:

  • culivated: It leaves out the "t". The right spelling is "cultivated". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: dawn

Explanation: Listen again to "at the dawn of agriculture". You need a short word that tells when something began.

Meaning: "dawn" means the start or beginning.

Wrong options:

  • donw: It has "on" where the word has "a" and it leaves out the "n". Check the letters: "dawn". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: invent

Explanation: Here you hear "helped invent human culture". The sentence needs an action word that means to create.

Meaning: "invent" means to make or create something new.

Wrong options:

  • invetn: Two letters are in the wrong order. Write "invent". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: origin

Explanation: The speaker says "center of origin, which is". You need a word for the place where something began.

Meaning: "origin" means the place where something began.

Wrong options:

  • origen: It has "e" where the word has "i". Check the letters: "origin". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • original: "original" has an extra "al" at the end. The speaker says "origin".
Correct answer: mainland

Explanation: You hear "into the mainland of Asia". It comes after "the", so you need a word for the main land area, not islands.

Meaning: "mainland" means the main land mass as opposed to islands.

Wrong options:

  • main land: This splits the word in two. It is one word. The right spelling is "mainland". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • islands: This is the opposite idea. The sentence needs the main land area.
Correct answer: eventually

Explanation: Listen for "and eventually they moved as far". You need a word that tells when, it ends in ly.

Meaning: "eventually" means later, after some time.

Wrong options:

  • eventualy: It leaves out the "l". Check the letters: "eventually". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • eventual: "eventual" is missing the ending. The speaker says "eventually", with "ly" at the end.

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