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Practice Listening: Select Missing Word ID: #4239 Short Gold finger
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You will hear a recording. At the end of the recording the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

Transcript:

The trouble is, the colonel continues, that the Bank is only prepared to pay £1,000 for a gold bar, which is the equivalent of the $35 per ounce price paid in America, whereas the same gold is worth 70% more in India, where there is a high demand for gold jewellery. It is thus highly profitable to smuggle gold out of the country and sell it overseas. The villain Auric Gold finger’s cunning scheme is to own pawnbrokers all over Britain, buy up gold jewellery and trinkets from ordinary Brits in need of a bit of cash, then melt them down into plates, attach the plates to his Rolls-Royce, drive them to Switzerland, reprocess them and fly them to India. By doing so, Gold finger will not only undermine the British currency and economy, but also - earn profits he could use to fund communists and other miscreants.
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Option 2: "earn profits he could use to fund communists and other miscreants"

Explanation: This option accurately reflects the conclusion of Goldfinger's scheme as described in the text. It connects directly to the main idea that Goldfinger's actions not only undermine the British economy but also serve a larger purpose of funding undesirable groups, which is explicitly stated in the text.

Option 1: "smuggle gold out of the country and sell it overseas"

Explanation: While the text discusses smuggling gold as a profitable venture, this option does not complete the sentence in a way that aligns with the main idea of Goldfinger's scheme. The focus is on the profits he earns, not merely the act of smuggling.

Option 3: "put an end to the colonial tendencies of the Bank"

Explanation: This option introduces a concept not mentioned in the text. The focus is on financial gain and undermining the economy, rather than addressing colonial tendencies, making this option irrelevant.

Option 4: "get a chance to see India"

Explanation: This option is unrelated to the main theme of the text. The text discusses financial motives and schemes rather than personal experiences or travel, thus making this option incorrect.

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