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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47134 Short Great Barrier
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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
Rapid    rises    in    temperature,    one    of    the    unique    things,    especially    about    the    point    on    the    that    we're    sitting    at    now    is    it    has    been    identified    as    a    bit    of    a    global    for    warming,    especially    SE    Australia,    and    just    to    provide    another    way    of    looking    at    that,    this    is    some    average    sea    surface    temperature    anomaly    data,    so    differences    in    sea    surface    temperature    every    year.    From    a    long    term    and    you    can    see    what    we    saw    before.    Since    the    20s,    temperatures    are    rising    globally.    If    you    look    at    some    more    local    work,    I've    sort    of    overlaid    same    data    series    for.    One    tree    island    which    is    on    the    southern    end    of    the    Great    Barrier    Reef    where    we    have    our    field    station    and    then    Sydney    in    blue    and    you    can    see    the    rate    of    increase    is    much  .  And    this    is    characteristic    as    you    move    further    to    the    South.    If    I    had    done    Tasmania,    you'd    see    an    even    steeper    increase    and    of    course    then    this    is    driving    shifts    in    organisms    within    our    local    Australian    context.    And    here's    a    few    examples.    There's    some.

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Correct answer: planet

Explanation: Here you hear "point on the planet that we're". The word follows "on the", so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "planet" means the Earth.

Wrong options:

  • planent: It adds an extra "n". The right spelling is "planet". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • place: This is a different word. The speaker says the Earth, not a general place.
Correct answer: hotspot

Explanation: The speaker says "a global hotspot for warming, especially". You need a single word for a warm place or area.

Meaning: "hotspot" means a place much warmer than the area around it.

Wrong options:

  • hotspote: It adds an extra "e". The right spelling is "hotspot". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • hot: This is only a describing word. The sentence needs a word for a place.
Correct answer: average

Explanation: You hear "From a long term average and you". It follows "long term", so you need a word for the usual amount.

Meaning: "average" means the usual or typical value.

Wrong options:

  • avarage: It has "a" where the word has "e". The right spelling is "average". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: pulled

Explanation: Listen for "overlaid same data series pulled for". The next word follows "series", so you need an action word in the past that ends in ed.

Meaning: "pulled" means taken or added from one place to another.

Wrong options:

  • pulld: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "pulled". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • pushed: This is a different action. The speaker said a word that means taken, not pushed.
Correct answer: steeper

Explanation: On the recording you hear "the rate of increase is much steeper". The sentence needs a word that shows more, so it ends in er.

Meaning: "steeper" means more sharp or greater in slope or rate.

Wrong options:

  • steper: It leaves out the "e". Check the letters: "steeper". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • steep: "steep" is missing the ending. The speaker says "steeper", with "er" at the end.
Correct answer: range

Explanation: Listen again to "this is driving range shifts in organisms". After "driving" the sentence needs a word for the space where animals live.

Meaning: "range" means the area where an animal or plant lives and moves.

Wrong options:

  • raange: It adds an extra "a". The right spelling is "range". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • ranges: "ranges" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "range", with no "s".

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