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WANDERLUST
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Listening Part 2 Sentence completion
1 S P E A K Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the following questions.
Where in the world do you think it is?
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What might draw someone to visit somewhere like this?
2
3 Are there any areas like this in your country?
W h a t t o e x p e c t i n t h e e x a m
• In Part 2, you will listen to an informative monologue.
There are nine gapped or incomplete sentences to
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answer. You need to complete the gaps with either single
words or short phrases. The questions follow the order
of the information in the text.
• For some questions you will hear distractors: words or
phrases that fit the sentence grammatically, and might
seem relevant, but are incorrect.

H o w t o g o a b o u t i t
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You will hear the recording twice. Before you listen, read through all the questions and
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predict the type of information required.
• Underline the key words in each sentence. This can help guide you through the
speaker’s monologue. As these tracks are quite long – around four minutes – it’s
possible to get lost. Knowing what type of information is coming up can help you
identify if you have missed a question and need to move on.
• The second time you listen to the recording, check your answers. Make sure that your
spelling is correct and that your answer fits the sentence grammatically.

2 2.1 You will hear a travel expert and writer reporting on travelling in deserts. https://english0905.com/private/
For questions 1–9 , complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Into the wilderness
Into the wilderness

According to the writer, deserts are the (1) for experienced travellers like herself.
While describing desert features, she compares rock formations to (2) .
In contrast to the other three types of deserts, (3) do not experience extremely
high or low temperatures.
She describes the sand dunes outside of Merzouga as (4) and .
The writer recommends wearing long trousers to protect you, especially from (5) .
She says that taking numerous (6) is the best way to deal with
dramatic changes in temperatures.

With the exception of camels, a single (7) was the only form
of desert wildlife the writer had the chance to see up close.
She particularly admires the (8) of the
addax, a type of endangered antelope.

The writer is sceptical of what is
called (9) , which for
her represents the wrong way to
think about deserts.

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