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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #36648 Short Feasting Food
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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
One  of  the  things  that  people  have  said  about  agriculture  is  that  on  the  whole  it's  more  labor    than  hunting  and  gathering,  and  that's  one  of  the  reasons  why  people  have  looked  to  explanations  which,  you  might  say,  are  kind  of    factors  —  that  people  have  been  forced  into  agriculture  because  they  had  no  alternative.  That  is    what  may  happen.  But  at  the  very  beginning  it  could  be  that  agriculture  was  developed  because  people  wanted  special  status  foods  for  feasting;  that  it  was  actually  a    need.  I  mean,  how  much  of  what  we  do  in  our  lives  is  generated  by  competition  with  others?  And  a  lot  of  that  is  powered  by  desire  for  new  things,  new  statuses,  new    it  might  be.  Respect,  recognition  also  are  important.  And  in  small-scale  societies  a  lot  of  those  sorts  of  factors  are    by  the  ability  to,  for  instance,  throw  feasts.  One  possibility  is  that  some  of  these  foods  that  were  being  grown  were  actually  intended  especially  as  feasting  foods.

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Correct answer: intensive

Explanation: You hear "more labor intensive than". A describing word for how much work is needed, so think of a word about effort.

Meaning: "intensive" means needing a lot of work or effort.

Wrong options:

  • intencive: It has "c" where the word has "s". Check the letters: "intensive". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • extensive: Extensive means covering a large area, not a lot of work.
Correct answer: corrosive

Explanation: Listen for "kind of corrosive factors". You need a describing word that means damaging or harmful.

Meaning: "corrosive" means slowly damaging or harmful.

Wrong options:

  • corosive: It leaves out the "r". The right spelling is "corrosive". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • coercive: Coercive means forced or pressure, not damaging.
Correct answer: ultimately

Explanation: On the recording you hear "is ultimately what may". This is a word that tells the final result, so it ends in ly.

Meaning: "ultimately" means in the end, finally.

Wrong options:

  • ultimatly: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "ultimately". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • ultimatum: "ultimatum" is a close word, but it ends in "um". The speaker says "ultimately", which ends in "ely".
Correct answer: social

Explanation: Listen again to "actually a social need". It comes before "need", so you need a word about people and groups.

Meaning: "social" means about people and group life.

Wrong options:

  • socal: It leaves out the "i". Check the letters: "social". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • special: Special means different or unique, not about people and groups.
Correct answer: whatever

Explanation: Here you hear "new whatever it might". It comes after "new", so you need a general word for any thing.

Meaning: "whatever" means any thing at all, no matter what it is.

Wrong options:

  • whatevr: It leaves out the "e". The right spelling is "whatever". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • whichever: Whichever means choosing from options, not any thing at all.
Correct answer: generated

Explanation: The speaker says "factors are generated by". This has already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "generated" means caused or produced.

Wrong options:

  • genarated: It has "a" where the word has "e". Write "generated". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • created: Created is a different word and not the exact word you hear.

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