LISTENING PRACTICE (CNN STUDENT NEWS FEB 19)

For question 1-15, listen to a piece of CNN news and supply the blanks with the missing
information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER, taken from the
recording for each answer in the space provided.

It`s one of the world`s greatest (1)_________and _______________-- what happened to Malaysia Airlines
Flight 370? On its way from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China, it vanished from radar on March 8th of
last year. Among the (2) _________________ and live export vessels at Perth`s Freemantle Harbor is a boat
that`s just arrived at port. This is Discovery, a former (3) _____________vessel that`s taking part in one of the
most challenging searches in history. They’ve got the whole survey area where we started with the seventh
arc. We`re looking at this (4) _____________ down here. The Boeing (5) _________, with 239 people on
board, disappeared almost a year ago. And according to satellite data, experts believe it`s somewhere here on
the ocean floor. After (6) ________________ roughly half the size of the United States, it`s been narrowed
down to a priority area of 60,000 square kilometers. But the conditions are (7) __________. Trenches,
volcanoes and (8) _________ are part of the terrain. And for the sonar equipment that`s towed 10 kilometers
behind the ship and four kilometers below, it`s a (9) ______________.As for the conditions above the surface,
search crews recently weathered (10) _____________ and waves up to 16 meters high.

ANSWER :

1.____________________ 6.____________________

2.____________________ 7.____________________

3.____________________ 8.____________________

4.____________________ 9.____________________

5.____________________ 10.___________________
KEY:

1. Aviation/ maritime mysteries

2. massive container ships
3. Norwegian Coast Guard
4. southern section
5. 777
6. initial search zone
7. horrendous
8. underwater mountains
9. logistical nightmare
10. three cyclones