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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #37845 October Prediction Short Technology and Business
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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
Good  evening  ladies  and  gentlemen.  My  theme  for  this    is  convergence  Technology  Change  and  Business  Practice.  This  is  somewhat  dear  to  my  heart,  in  that  I  have  spent  much  of  the  last  fifteen  years  involved  in  various    of  technology  and  their  impact  on  business,  across  a  broad    ,  from  applications  of  signal  processing  in  manufacture  right  through  to  the  use  of  utilization  data  and  diary  applications,  to  improve  the  time  utilization  of  the    force.

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Correct answer: session

Explanation: Listen again to "My theme for this session is". It comes after "for this", so you need a word for an event.

Meaning: "session" means a meeting or event here.

Wrong options:

  • sesion: It leaves out the "s". Write "session". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • section: The sentence needs an event, not a part or division.
Correct answer: aspects

Explanation: Here you hear "involved in various aspects of technology". After "various" you need more than one, so the word ends in s.

Meaning: "aspects" means different parts or sides of something.

Wrong options:

  • aspets: It leaves out the "c". Check the letters: "aspects". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • aspect: "aspect" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "aspects", so write the "s".
Correct answer: spectrum

Explanation: The speaker says "across a broad spectrum, from". After "broad" you need a word for a range or variety.

Meaning: "spectrum" means a wide range of things or types.

Wrong options:

  • specturm: Two letters are in the wrong order. The right spelling is "spectrum". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • spector: "spector" is a close word, but it ends in "or". The speaker says "spectrum", which ends in "rum".
Correct answer: sales

Explanation: You hear "the time utilization of the sales force". It comes before "force", so you need a word for people who sell, with an s.

Meaning: "sales" means activities or people involved in selling here.

Wrong options:

  • sale: "sale" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "sales", so write the "s".

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