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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #48519 Medium Cyber cafes
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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
In  its  short  life,  the  Internet  has  become  an  agent  of    change  and  is  one  of  the  fastest  tools  to  promote  and  defend  freedom  and  to  facilitate    access  to  information  and  knowledge.  It  has  emerged  as  one  of  today's  greatest  instruments  of  progress  and  has  gradually  become  a  part  of  the  vital    of  global  social,  economic,  cultural  and  political  life.  The  Internet's  effect  on  our  lives  is  .  Over  the  past  decade,  the  use  of  email,  the  web  and  blogs  have  become  part  of  the  daily  routine  of  more  than  a  billion  Internet  users.  Today  the  Internet  access  touch  points  have    the  traditional  PC  based  Internet  browsers  (Internet  Explorer,  Firefox)  to  desktop  applications,  mobile  phones  and  satellite  navigational  devices  in  vehicles  and  living  rooms.

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Correct answer: revolutionary

Explanation: Listen again to "an agent of revolutionary change". It is a describing word that ends in ary.

Meaning: "revolutionary" means very big change.

Wrong options:

  • revolutionnary: It adds an extra "n". Check the letters: "revolutionary". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
  • revolutonary: It leaves out the "i". Write "revolutionary". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
Correct answer: democratic

Explanation: Here you hear "to facilitate democratic access to". It comes after 'facilitate', so you need a describing word that ends in ic.

Meaning: "democratic" means open to many people.

Wrong options:

  • democractic: It adds an extra "c". The right spelling is "democratic". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • democraticly: "democraticly" has an extra "ly" at the end. The speaker says "democratic".
Correct answer: infrastructure

Explanation: The speaker says "part of the vital infrastructure of". It comes after 'vital', so you need a word for a thing.

Meaning: "infrastructure" means basic systems and services.

Wrong options:

  • infrastruture: It leaves out the "c". The right spelling is "infrastructure". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • infastructure: It leaves out the "r". The right spelling is "infrastructure". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
Correct answer: pervasive

Explanation: You hear "The Internet's effect on our lives is pervasive". You need a describing word that ends in ive.

Meaning: "pervasive" means present everywhere.

Wrong options:

  • pervassive: It adds an extra "s". The right spelling is "pervasive". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • pervading: The sentence needs a describing word that ends in ive, not this form.
Correct answer: outgrown

Explanation: Listen for "Internet access touch points have outgrown the". It follows 'have', so the word shows a completed action and ends in n.

Meaning: "outgrown" means become too big for.

Wrong options:

  • outgrow: "outgrow" is missing the ending. The speaker says "outgrown", with "n" at the end.

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