Listening Practice

Listening Practice

1. Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Liste carefully and then fill in the unmbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN YHREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

2. Fill in the blanks with the information you have heard.

Hello, everyone. Today I`d like to talk about something about ___1____ online. Just as we all know, __2____ shopping is becoming increasingly popular with the ___3____ use of the Internet, especially among the young people, but I have a question to ask: what are the ___4__ and disadvantages of shopping online? Well, I got __5___ e-mail replies: 180 messages on the advantages, and the rest on its disadvantages. Let`s look at some of them. What are some of the advantages?

First it`s ___6____ ---you can do all your shopping in one place---at home. Second, it`s a 24-hour service---you don`t have to__7__ until a store or the customer service department opens to make a __8__. Third, there are no ___9____ costs-you don`t spent money on parking or train or bus __10____ just to go shopping. So what are the __11____? First, the product isn`t there. You can`t see, feel, or try things. Second, very importantly, it`s not __12_____ safe to give your credit card number over the Internet. You don`t know who might see it and use it. And finally, not all web __13_____ are for real companies. You may try to buy things from a company that doesn`t __14_____, and may suffer a great loss of money that way. If you`re ___15_____ enough, online shopping is one of the best ways to shop. Take it from me and 180 listeners.

16. 170

17.home

18. service

19. safe

20. lose

1. shopping

2. online

3. wide

4. advanges

5. 350

6. convenient

7. wait

8. purchase

9. transportation 10. fares 11. disadvantages 12. 100% 13. addresses 14. exist 15. careful