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Practice Listening: Select Missing Word ID: #4250 Short Shocking news
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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 At the end of the recording the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep.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:

Shocking news just in: people advertising themselves on online dating services lie! That’s the alarming finding of a study coming out in April in the journal Proceedings of Computer/Human Interaction. The study examined 40 men and 40 women who were using the popular web dating services Match.com, Yahoo Personals, American Singles or Web date. And here are the horrifying numbers: 53 percent of the men and 39 percent of the women lied about their height. 64 percent of the women and 61 percent of the men lied about their weight. Interestingly, lies about age were far less common. 24 percent of men and only 13 percent of women fibbed about how old they were. Too bad they didn’t ask about occupations. Somebody I know - okay, okay, it was me - went to dinner with a woman who had described herself on a website as a professional actress. Turned out she was a serving wench at a Renaissance festival. Yeesh. Anyway, in the time since the data for this study were collected, most dating sites have moved to describing a general body type - rather than a specific weight.
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Option 4: "rather than a specific weight"

Explanation: This option is correct as it aligns perfectly with the text's conclusion that dating sites have shifted to describing a general body type instead of providing specific weight details. This reflects the main idea of the text regarding the evolution of online dating profiles.

Option 1: "for men only"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not suggest that the findings or the changes in dating site descriptions apply exclusively to men. The study discusses both men and women, and the context does not support a gender-specific interpretation.

Option 2: "rather than their age"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as it misrepresents the text. The text mentions that lies about age were less common, but it does not imply that the focus should be on age instead of weight. The context indicates a shift towards body type descriptions, not age.

Option 3: "for professional actresses"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because it inaccurately narrows the context to professional actresses. The text discusses general trends in online dating profiles and does not specifically mention professional actresses as a category for the changes in description.

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