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Task 2
Listen the text again to complete the blanks.

Text 1

Pasta is a food made from ________ flour or rice and water. ________ sometimes has
eggs in it. It ______ usually cooked in hot water before _______ eaten. Pasta is also the
national _______ of Italy and has also been ________ in many parts of Asia for a _______
time. It is usually eaten in _____ fried, or in soup. Pasta comes in _______ different shapes
and sizes.

Text 2

A giraffe is a mammal from _____. It is the tallest animal that lives ____ land. Giraffes
can be 4.8 to _____ meters tall and weight up to ____ kilograms. Giraffes have very long
______ and legs. Their fur is a light ______or brownish color with dark patches. _____ eat
mostly leaves from tall trees, ________ they can reach because of their ______legs and
long necks, they also ___ small insects and fruit. Another interesting fact about giraffes is
that they can _______ without water for weeks.

Text 3

Lightning is a powerful electrical discharge _____ during a thunderstorm. The electric
current is _____hot and causes the air around it _____ expand very quickly, which in turn
______ thunder. Sometimes it happens between clouds. ______ lightining strikes, the
surface rubs electrons from the ____, and a spark of electricity shoots from the _____to
the surface. In a thunderstorm, the lower _____ hve as many as 100 million _______ of
electricity in them.

Text 4

Global warming is the most recent threats our Earth has to endure. It is a change in our part
or whole Earth’s surface temperature. Temperatures today are 0.74 C higher than 150
years ago. The basic cause seems to be a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. When people
use fossil fuels like coal and oil, this adds carbon dioxide to the air. Nature has already
provided us with the preventive equipments, which are trees. But nowadays, people cut
down the Earth’s forests recklessly; that means less carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants.

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