Exercise

Practice 1
Listen and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE
THAN FOUR WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from the recording for each
answer in the spaces provided.

Till To 3:46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w66ULku7I-g

- Highlights:

● New updates in the battle over (1) ____________, when a mother

decided to get out of Texas for her procedure owing to the state’s ban.
● (2) ____________ are urgently searching for survivors in a building
collapse.
● (3) ____________: Richard interviews a hostage recently released out of
the tunnel in Gaza.
● The battle over (4) ____________: an undercover video of a crime in
progress.

- A pregnant Texas Woman:

● Due to the state’s (5) ____________, Kate Cox has to seek medical help
outside Texas.
● At the center of this (6) ____________: It has been a hellish week for a
mother of two and now pregnant with a twenty-week baby diagnosed with a
(7) ____________.
● Despite a (8) ____________’s order not to enforce the aforementioned
policy on Kate Cox, the highest office (10) ____________ to stop her
procedure.
● This act is shocking and condemned as a (9) ____________.
Practice 2
Listen to a TED video 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 spaces provided.

The science of falling in love - Shannon Odell

THE SCIENCE OF FALLING IN LOVE

Commonly labeled as heart-warming, heart-wrenching and heart-breaking, love is

a complex harmonious interplay of (1) ____________ systems. The first stage of
love is called (2) ____________ or ____________, marked by strong,
desirous feelings towards their partner akin to drug abuse. Activities in the
cognitive center of the brain are reduced, glossing over any possible character
flaws of the partner. This (3) ____________ of emotions and brain activities,
however, only lasts for a few months. The next stage is called (4)____________,
or ____________ love, marked by more commitment thanks to two pair-
bonding hormones. As early love's (5)____________ fades, the connection is
now deepended and fueled by honest understanding, paling the tint of the former
(6)____________, giving rise to relationship problems. Breakups may happen,
and the brain takes all blame for the agony, because such a distress triggers the
(7)____________, assimilating the pain to body injuries and social rejection.
Similar to an extreme hunger or thirst, those heart-broken victims are goaded to
crave contact with their former partners. This (8)____________ triggers stress
responses, leaving those victims shaken and restless. Overtime,
(9)____________ associated with rationality can dampen those signals, which
can be speeded up by exercising and spending time with friends. Given adequate
support, escaping with life-changing lessons from even the most
(10)____________ is feasible.
Practice 3
Listen and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE
THAN FOUR WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from the recording for each
answer in the spaces provided.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BDJIrvAQo

- Glock control:

● In 2008, OakLand authorities decided to buy guns from citizens as a measure

to counter shootings, each for $250.
● However, some guns weren’t worth that much, with many people arriving
with their dusty (1) ____________ - how could that ____________ a
misdeed?
● Ironically, this policy has also given rise to an (2) ____________, with
some people ready to pay $300 for specialty items.

- Payday:

● In 2002, the US decided to pay Afghan farmers (3) ____________ to

destroy their poppy crops.
● However, it inadvertently prompted (4) ____________to explode. Many
farmers painstakingly extracted the (5) ____________ to sell on the black
market before destroying the crop - profiteering twice from the program
● This scheme became such a (6) ____________ that was even mocked as
"an appalling piece of complete raw ____________”.

- Light trucks:

● The government had been (7) ____________ who failed to meet fuel
efficiency standards, which ultimately created (8) ____________ for
passenger cars compared to trucks used for (9) ____________.
● Those manufacturers flew off the handle and decided to make their car
bigger, giving rise to more (10) ____________.
Keys
- Highlights:

● New updates in the battle over (1) abortion access, when a mother decided to
get out of Texas for her procedure owing to the state’s ban.
● (2) Rescue crews are urgently searching for survivors in a building collapse.
● (3) NBC News exclusive: Richard interviews a hostage recently released out
of the tunnel in Gaza.
● The battle over (4) counterfeit drugs: an undercover video of a crime in
progress.

- A pregnant Texas Woman:

● Due to the state’s (5) six-week abortion ban, Kate Cox has to seek medical
help outside Texas.
● At the center of this (6) legal roller coaster: It has been a hellish week for a
mother of two and now pregnant with a twenty-week baby diagnosed with a
(7) fatal genetic condition.
● Despite a (8) state court judge’s order not to enforce the aforementioned
policy on Kate Cox, the highest office (10) petitioned to stop her procedure.
● This act is shocking and condemned as a (9) genuine miscarriage of justice.
Commonly labeled as heart-warming, heart-wrenching and heart breaking, love is a
complex harmonious interplay of (1) neurochemicals and brain systems. The first
stage of love is called (2) infatuation or passionate love, marked by strong, desirous
feelings towards their partner akin to drug abuse. Activities in the cognitive center
of the brain are also reduced, glossing over any possible character flaws of the
lover. This (3) intense rollercoaster of emotions, however, only lasts for a few
months. The next stage is called (4) attachment, or compassionate love, marked by
more commitment thanks to two pair-bonding hormones. As early love's
(5)suspension of judgment fades, the connection is now deepended and fueled by
honest understanding, paling the tint of the former (6) rose-colored glasses, giving
rise to relationship problems. Breakups may happen, and the brain takes all blame
for the agony, because such a distress triggers the (7) insular cortex, assimilating
the pain to body injuries and social rejection. Similar to an extreme hunger or
thirst, those heart-broken victims are goaded to crave contact with their former
partners. This (8) emotional whirlwind triggers stress responses, leaving those
victims shaken and restless. Overtime, (9) higher cortical regions associated with
rationality can dampen those signals, which can be speeded up by exercising and
spending time with friends. Given adequate support, escaping with life-changing
lessons from even the most (10) devastating heartbreak is feasible.
- Glock control:

● In 2008, OakLand authorities decided to buy guns from citizens as a measure

to counter shootings, each for $250.
● However, some guns weren’t worth that much, with many people arriving
with their dusty (1) old junk - how could that perpetrate a misdeed?
● Ironically, this policy has also given rise to an (2) openair gun market, with
some people ready to pay $300 for specialty items.

- Payday:

● In 2002, the US decided to pay Afghan farmers (3) $700 an acre to destroy
their poppy crops.
● However, it inadvertently prompted (4) poppy cultivation to explode. Many
farmers painstakingly extracted the (5) valuable sap to sell on the black
market before destroying the crop - profiteering twice from the program
● This scheme became such a (6) fiasco that was even mocked as "an appalling
piece of complete raw navieté”.

- Light trucks:

● The government had been (7) penalizing automakers who failed to meet fuel
efficiency standards, which ultimately created (8) more stringent targets for
passenger cars compared to trucks used for (9) farmwork and commercial
hauling.
● Those manufacturers flew off the handle and decided to make their car
bigger, giving rise to more (10) crossovers, SUVs and minivans.