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Unit 5: The Hottest Places in the World

Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 17)


Mom: Have you __________ your ___________ _____?
Kid: _________. Done! Do you want to ________ ___ ____ _________ about the Sahara Desert?
Mom: ____ __________.
Kid: OK, _______ ___ ________. The Sahara __________ is the hottest place in the world. It is in Northern
Africa and _________ 11 countries. It is really _____ ________ because it’s ________ the _________. The
desert is the _______ _______ as the United States. Only __ _____ ________ live there like camels,
________, and vipers. And only a few ________ _____ _______ there like _________ and ________ trees.
Not many people live there _______ because there isn’t ________ water. There are even huge _______
________ as high ___180 meters.
Mom: That was ______ ____________, but it needs a little more _____________. It might be better to
_________ some facts about the _________.
Kid: Oh. I ___________ forgot to ________ ________ that. How about ___ I _____ this, Mom? The
__________ _____________ in the Sahara desert is _______ 30 degrees, but it can be __ _______ ___ 50
degrees _________ the hot period.
Mom: It _______ _______ __________. ________ _______ ___ _________ tomorrow!

Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 18)


1) Lisa wants to go to the _________ __________ she _______ ___ ______ some piranhas. They are
______-eating fish.
2) Mark wants to go to Egypt because he wants to see the __________. They are ____________ of _______
old.
3) Kevin wants to ___ ___ __________ because he wants to see bottlenose __________. They are very
________ animals and show great __________ to _________.
4) Max wants to go to ____________ because he wants to see ________ _________. They are very
_________ and _______ ____ ________.

Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 19)


_________ are many ______ _________ __________ the _________, but today we are only going to talk
about two: ________ and ___________. Deserts are large _____ ________ of land. They have _______
________ ________, and not many people or animals can _________ in them. Some _________ deserts are
the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert. ___________ ___________, on the other hand, _________ lots
of rain. Rainforests are _______ ____ ________ and _________. The largest one is the Amazon Rainforest.
_______ _________ deserts and rainforests are both hot _________, they ________ in _______ ________.

Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 20)


Lindsey: Hey, Tim. Wow, you _______ _________. Where did you go _____ _______ ___________?
Tim: Hi, Lindsey! I went to the ____________ with my family.
Lindsey: ______ ______ ____?
Tim: ___ _____ really hot and ________, but we ______ ___ _______ ______. We ________ seven days ___
___ _________. We went swimming and ___________ ___ _____ ________ for the first five days, and then
we spent _____ ______ ____ _____ rainforest. We saw over 500 different kinds of _________ ____
________. Oh, and one of the birds was _______, so we had to ________ it!
Lindsey: Cool. It sounds like you _____ _____ ___ ______. I want to go to the Philippines!
Tim: Yeah. It was cool. Oh, and I __________ ____________ _____ ______. Here!
Lindsey: Wow, ________! What is this?
Tim: The Philippines is ___________ _____ _________ ___________ like corals and ________. It is a ______
__________. I thought it would ________ _______ ___ ______.

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