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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #4002 Short Reproduction
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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
A  new  study,  published  in  the  February  28th  edition  of  the  journal  Human  Reproduction,  suggests    full-fat  milk  or  ice  cream  increases  your  chances  of  ovulating  and  the  more  you  eat,  the  more  likely  you  are  to  ovulate  that’s    your  overall  calorie  intake  stays  the  same.  The  study  looked  at  the  eating  habits  of  more  than  18000  women,  age  24  to  42.  After  accounting  for  other  factors,  like  smoking  and  ,  the  researchers  found  that  women  who  ate  full-fat  ice  cream  two  more  times  a  week  had  a  38  percent  lower  risk  of  ovulation-related  infertility  that’s    to  women  who  had  full-fat  ice  cream  less  than  once  a  week.  So  what  about  low-fat  foods?  The  study  found  that  women  who  ate  at  least  two  servings  of  low-fat  milk    a  day  were  85  percent  more  likely  to  have  problems  ovulating  than  women  who  only  ate  one  .  The  researchers  suggest  women  trying  to  get  pregnant  keep  a  careful  eye  on  calories,  but  eat  full-fat  until  .  It  could  give  new  meaning  to  the  expression  “fat  chance.”

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Correct answer: eating

Explanation: You hear "eating full-fat milk or ice cream". You need an action word for what people do, so spell it as eating.

Meaning: "eating" means taking food into the body.

Wrong options:

  • eatting: It adds an extra "t". The right spelling is "eating". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • eaten: This is a finished action form. The sentence needs the ongoing action.
Correct answer: assuming

Explanation: Listen for "that's assuming your overall". The sentence needs a linking word that starts ideas, so write assuming.

Meaning: "assuming" means if something is true or taken as true.

Wrong options:

  • assumming: It adds an extra "m". Check the letters: "assuming". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: drinking

Explanation: On the recording you hear "smoking and drinking, the researchers". The sentence lists other habits, so you need the action word drinking.

Meaning: "drinking" means taking liquid, like alcohol, into the body.

Wrong options:

  • drinkking: It adds an extra "k". The right spelling is "drinking". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • drank: This is a finished action. The sentence needs the ongoing habit form.
Correct answer: compared

Explanation: Listen again to "that's compared to women who". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "compared" means shown side by side with another group.

Wrong options:

  • compare: "compare" is missing the ending. The speaker says "compared", with "d" at the end.
Correct answer: products

Explanation: Here you hear "low-fat milk products a day". The word after milk names items, so write products.

Meaning: "products" means different food items made from milk.

Wrong options:

  • productes: It adds an extra "e". The right spelling is "products". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • produce: "produce" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "products", which ends in "ts".
Correct answer: serving

Explanation: The speaker says "women who only ate one serving". The sentence needs the single unit word serving.

Meaning: "serving" means one portion of food.

Wrong options:

  • servings: "servings" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "serving", with no "s".
Correct answer: conception

Explanation: You hear "eat full-fat until conception". The sentence needs the word for when pregnancy begins, so write conception.

Meaning: "conception" means the start of pregnancy.

Wrong options:

  • conseption: It has "s" where the word has "c". The right spelling is "conception". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • conceptional: "conceptional" has an extra "al" at the end. The speaker says "conception".

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