LISTENING 14.

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Exercise 24. For questions 1-6, listen to a talk about a breakthrough in physics
and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN
FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space
provided.
Scientists are claimed to be 1.______________________ of a new chapter in the
history of physics as new evidence suggests a tiny subatomic particle could break
the known laws of physics, hinting at the existence of a
2.______________________.
Scientists at Fermilab have accelerated particle beams inside the
3.______________________ at high speed.
In the experiment, the particles called muons 4.______________________ than
normally, suggesting the existence of a mysterious particle.
The new discovery is described 5.______________________ and is likely to offer
a radical approach in physics.
The same outcome was achieved by scientists at the 6.______________________
a fortnight ago.