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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #47885 Medium Jack Nicholson
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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
Jack  Nicholson,  playing  the  crazed  caretaker  in  The  Shining,  makes  me  reach  for  a  blanket  .  Now  a  study  finds  that  people  we  find,  well,  creepy  can  actually  make  us  feel  colder  .  The  research  will  be  published  in  the  journal    Science.  Researchers  interviewed  40  college  undergraduates.  During  each  interaction  ,  the  experimenter  was  either  chummy  with  the  student  or  very  stiff  and  .  The  investigator  also  alternated  between  mimicking  students'  posture  –  a  signal  of  rapport  –  and  not  doing  anything  at  all.  Participants  then  completed  a  questionnaire  designed  to  find  out  how  hot  or  cold  they  felt.  The  results  showed  that  the  subjects  actually  felt  colder  when  the  investigator  acted  inappropriately  or  sent  mixed  signals.  The  researchers  conjecture  that  because  the  brain  tries  to  interpret  social  cues  and  purely  physical  ones    people  unconsciously  associate  icy  stares  and  chilly  interactions  with  actual  physical  coldness.

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Correct answer: Psychological

Explanation: The speaker says "journal Psychological Science". It comes before "Science", so you need a describing word.

Meaning: "Psychological" means about the mind or behaviour.

Wrong options:

  • Psychologial: It leaves out the "c". The right spelling is "Psychological". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • Physiological: It is a different word about the body, not the mind.
Correct answer: professional

Explanation: You hear "stiff and professional". It comes after "and", so you need a describing word for behaviour.

Meaning: "professional" means formal and following work rules.

Wrong options:

  • proffesional: It adds an extra "f" and it leaves out the "s". The right spelling is "professional". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: simultaneously

Explanation: Listen for "physical ones simultaneously people unconsciously". You need a word that tells when, so it ends in ly.

Meaning: "simultaneously" means at the same time.

Wrong options:

  • simultanously: It leaves out the "e". Write "simultaneously". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • simultaneous: "simultaneous" is missing the ending. The speaker says "simultaneously", with "ly" at the end.

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