Easy English Listening Fill in The Blanks and Test – a Dog That Walks Backwards

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

3. Answer the questions

1. The story is about:

• A) A dog that doesn’t want to go upstairs in the house.
• B) A dog that goes in the bedroom backwards.
• C) A dog that only walks backwards.

2. The name of the dog means:

• A) Cheese.
• B) Cheers.
• C) Chairs.

3. The dog walks backwards:

• A) In the yard.
• B) In the upstairs bedroom.
• C) In the kitchen.

4. The dog walks backwards because:

• A) He likes to play.
• B) He is afraid.
• C) Both.

5. Queso’s owners think that he is afraid of:

• A) The floor.
• B) The door.
• C) Them.

6. When Queso goes out of the bedroom, he:

• A) Goes backwards again.
• B) He goes straight.
• C) Sometimes he goes backwards, and sometimes he goes straight.

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