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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #43558 Short Palm Oil
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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
So,  palm  oil  is  the  most  widely  produced  oil  crop  currently.  It's  used  in  a  wide  range  of  ,  including  food  for  bio-fuels  and  in  soaps  and  shampoo.  However,  though  sector's  growing  fast,  and  unfortunately  palm  oil  grows  in  exactly  the  same    as  tropical  rain  forest.  So,  the  use  and  the    of  palm  oil,  the  growth  in  the  sector,  is  leading  to  wide-scale  deforestation.  What  we  are  hoping  to  do  is  if  we  can  come  up  an    we  can  slow  the  growth  of  the  sector  and  therefore  stop  the  wide-scale    in  south  Asia.

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Correct answer: industries

Explanation: Here you hear "wide range of industries". The word after "of" is a thing for business types and ends in s for more than one.

Meaning: "industries" means different kinds of businesses.

Wrong options:

  • industrys: It has "y" where the word has "ie". Check the letters: "industries". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • industrial: "industrial" is a close word, but it ends in "al". The speaker says "industries", which ends in "es".
Correct answer: environment

Explanation: The speaker says "the same environment as". The sentence needs a word for the place or surroundings, not a describing word.

Meaning: "environment" means the natural place where plants and animals live.

Wrong options:

  • enviroment: It leaves out the "n". Write "environment". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • environmental: "environmental" has an extra "al" at the end. The speaker says "environment".
Correct answer: development

Explanation: You hear "the use and the development". After "the" you need a word for growth or progress, only one fits here.

Meaning: "development" means the growth or building up of something.

Wrong options:

  • developement: It adds an extra "e". The right spelling is "development". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • developments: "developments" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "development", with no "s".
Correct answer: alternative

Explanation: Listen for "come up an alternative". After "an" you need a single choice word that ends in tive.

Meaning: "alternative" means another choice or option.

Wrong options:

  • alternitive: It has "i" where the word has "a". Write "alternative". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • alternatives: "alternatives" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "alternative", with no "s".
Correct answer: deforestation

Explanation: On the recording you hear "wide-scale deforestation". The missing word is the loss of trees, one word that starts with de and ends with tion.

Meaning: "deforestation" means the cutting down of large areas of forest.

Wrong options:

  • deforrestation: It adds an extra "r". The right spelling is "deforestation". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • forestation: Forestation means planting forests, the opposite of cutting them down.

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