- Instructions
- Copy the text below and paste it in a text-editing program (Microsoft Word/ Open office, etc.).
- Play the audio and fill in the blanks in the text you have pasted in the text-editing program.
- Answer the questions in the test below.
- Download the Answer Sheet
1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks:
Reporter: What’s a dog to do when he’s scared to __________ through a doorway? This is the __________ of a pit bull who puts his fears behind him by __________ in backwards. His name is Queso, Spanish for __________.
Dog owner: My husband and I were just like: “What is he __________?”
Reporter: When they moved into their __________ house in Austin, Texas their shelter __________ Queso refused to go into any of the upstairs __________ except for theirs. And that one, he had to force himself to enter backwards.
Dog owner: He’s come up with this genius technique to overcome the __________ and it works for him and it’s awesome.
Reporter: __________ being called the “moonwalking” pit bull in the style of Michael Jackson. Queso’s __________ don‘t think it’s actually the doorway that scares him. They think it’s the __________. But once he gets in, does he back out the door?
Dog owner: No, going out the door, he goes straight…I __________ explain it…
Important Vocabulary
| doorway | the opening where a door is |
| pit bull | a dog breed known to be a strong fighter |
| to refuse | say ‘no’ to something |
| to force yourself | to make yourself do something you don’t want to |
| backwards | (moving) towards the back |
| to overcome | to successfully deal with something |
| technique | a method, a way to do something |
| moonwalk | a dance invented by Michael Jackson |
3. Answer the questions
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