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Boosting Your English Listening Skills

Listen and answer

Q1 : the first Earth Day took place

P1 : five years ago

P2 : fifty years ago

P3 : fifteen years ago

Q2 : Around that time there were

P1 : oil spills off the coast of California

P2 : endangered species in the jungles

P3 : extinction of animal habitat

Q3 : the smog was so thick

P1 : could hardly see the birds flying on the hills

P2 : that you hardly could see the city of Los Angeles

P3 : could hardly see downtown from Hollywood hills

Q4 : the good news is

P1 : reusing is crucial to our life

P2 : recycling is part of daily life

P3 : reducing should be present in our daily life

Q5 : the speaker didn't talk about

P1 : endangered species

P2 : air pollution

P3 : soil pollution

Q6 : we've messed up the climate means

P1 : we've made ravages to the climate

P2 : the climate change is beneficial to the planet and creatures

P3 : pollution doesn't cause climate change

Q7 : rivers and lakes once filled with .........................are swimmable again

P1 : chemistry and sewers

P2 : chemicals and sewage

P3 : fertilizers and sewage

Q8 : the solutions are real. Which one is not mentioned in the listening passage

P1 : better building practices

P2 : reducing consumption by using things again and again

P3 : renewable energy systems