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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47171 Short The ocean
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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
The    ocean,    in    other    words,    has    stories    and    histories.    The    fact    that    may    be    to    many    of    you,    but    that    has    a,    compra    argues,    been    backgrounded,    literally    and    figuratively,    in    certain    representational    and    traditions.    What    happens?    A    conference    seems    to    ask    when    the    ocean    is    foregrounded    or    when    the    boundaries    foreground    from    background    dissolved.    To    say    that    the    ocean.    The    stories    and    histories    isn't    the    same    thing    as    saying    that    these    stories    and    histories    are    only    human,    or    that    the    sea    is    only    in    so    far    as    it    reflex.    Ex    human    behaviour.    A    compra    speaks    about    the    ocean    as    the    abode    of    ghosts    and    as    a    place    where    things    not    only    disappear,    but    are    made    to    reemerge,    sometimes    strangely    and    often    in    a    manner    beyond    human    control.    Thinking    along    these    lines,    maybe    it    isn't    so    much    a    matter    of    willing    the    ocean    to    certain    meanings,    or    studying    it    for    particular    signs,    but    opening.    And    self    to    its    communications.    

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Correct answer: obvious

Explanation: The speaker says "may be obvious to many". You need a describing word, not a word that tells how, when or how much.

Meaning: "obvious" means easy to see or understand.

Wrong options:

  • obviuos: Two letters are in the wrong order. The right spelling is "obvious". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • obviously: "obviously" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "obvious".
Correct answer: narrative

Explanation: You hear "representational and narrative traditions". It follows 'and', so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "narrative" means a way of telling stories or events.

Wrong options:

  • narative: It leaves out the "r". Write "narrative". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • narratives: "narratives" has an extra "s" at the end. The speaker says "narrative", with no "s".
Correct answer: separating

Explanation: Listen for "boundaries separating foreground from". It comes after 'boundaries', so the word ends in ing.

Meaning: "separating" means making a gap between two things.

Wrong options:

  • separate: "separate" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "separating", which ends in "ing".
Correct answer: interpretable

Explanation: On the recording you hear "sea is only interpretable in". After 'only' the sentence needs a word that ends in able.

Meaning: "interpretable" means able to be given a meaning.

Wrong options:

  • interpretible: It has "i" where the word has "a". Write "interpretable". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • interpreted: "interpreted" is a close word, but it ends in "ed". The speaker says "interpretable", which ends in "able".
Correct answer: innumerable

Explanation: Listen again to "abode of innumerable ghosts". The word means very many and hard to count.

Meaning: "innumerable" means too many to count, very many.

Wrong options:

  • innumerible: It has "i" where the word has "a". Check the letters: "innumerable". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • innumberable: It adds an extra "b". Check the letters: "innumerable". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
Correct answer: express

Explanation: Here you hear "ocean to express certain". After 'to' you need the plain action word, not with s.

Meaning: "express" means to show or give a meaning or feeling.

Wrong options:

  • expres: It leaves out the "s". Write "express". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • expresses: "expresses" has an extra "es" at the end. The speaker says "express", with no "es".

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