Back to Course Listening 33 – Listen for specific words 0% Complete 0/0 Steps Quiz 1 of 0 Listening 33 – Listen for specific words Listening 33 – Listen for specific words Time limit: 0 Quiz Summary 0 of 1 Questions completed Questions: Information You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again. Quiz is loading… You must sign in or sign up to start the quiz. You must first complete the following: Results Quiz complete. Results are being recorded. Results Time has elapsed You have reached 0 of 0 point(s), (0) Earned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0) 0 Essay(s) Pending (Possible Point(s): 0) Categories Not categorized 0% 1 Question 1 of 1 1. Question Try to fill in the missing words: An “urban legend” is a story that is often creepy or sensationalistic and which may or may not be true. These stories are retold by many people, picking up different BLANK 1 of 24 along the way. Urban legends usually propagate by word of mouth, which is now BLANK 2 of 24 by email and social media. They have even inspired the creation of BLANK 3 of 24 and TV shows aiming to debunk them. However, there are a striking number of traditional urban legends that have their BLANK 4 of 24 in reality. One such story is about events in a horror film BLANK 5 of 24 for real on set. A prominent example of this is The Exorcist, a film about the demonic BLANK 6 of 24 of a 12-year-old girl, which suffered a number of mysterious problems during its filming. Linda Blair, who BLANK 7 of 24 the afflicted young girl in the movie, was injured as her safety harness inexplicably failed, and a large fire (one of BLANK 8 of 24 during filming) destroyed much of the set. In addition, two of the film’s actors died prematurely shortly after filming – all this despite the director BLANK 9 of 24 a priest to give a blessing and reassure the cast. The problems continued during the later production of the prequel, when the two BLANK 10 of 24 both experienced the same disturbing visions! Outside of Hollywood, perhaps one of the most gruesome urban legends is the one where you and your loved one check into a motel. You are getting BLANK 11 of 24 in bed when you begin to notice a noxious odor coming from somewhere in the room. You check the BLANK 12 of 24 to see if the smell is coming from the drain or toilet, and imagine that there might be a dead BLANK 13 of 24 under the floorboards. But you’re too tired to BLANK 14 of 24 to the motel staff, so you make do and drift off to sleep – and all the while, a dead body lies decomposing beneath your mattress. This is a horrible notion, and even BLANK 15 of 24 is the fact that it has actually happened on multiple occasions in the U.S. in a number of different cities! One of the BLANK 16 of 24 “corpse under the bed” incidents is from 1982, involving three men who ran a BLANK 17 of 24 operation together. Two of them decided to kill the third, so they fed him a BLANK 18 of 24 containing cyanide while staying in a motel. The poison apparently took too long to BLANK 19 of 24 its desired effect, and the two criminals, impatient to BLANK 20 of 24 the deed, strangled their victim and hid the body under the bed. It was found four days later – after several other guests had BLANK 21 of 24 in the room. They had all put up with the foul smell, but no one – not even the BLANK 22 of 24 staff – had bothered to look under the bed. So next time you hear an urban legend, make sure to check the facts before BLANK 23 of 24 it on – but remember, there’s a slim BLANK 24 of 24 that it might be true! An “urban legend” is a story that is often creepy or sensationalistic and which may or may not be true. These stories are retold by many people, picking up different Fill in the blank 1 of 24 along the way. Urban legends usually propagate by word of mouth, which is now Fill in the blank 2 of 24 by email and social media. They have even inspired the creation of Fill in the blank 3 of 24 and TV shows aiming to debunk them. However, there are a striking number of traditional urban legends that have their Fill in the blank 4 of 24 in reality. One such story is about events in a horror film Fill in the blank 5 of 24 for real on set. A prominent example of this is The Exorcist, a film about the demonic Fill in the blank 6 of 24 of a 12-year-old girl, which suffered a number of mysterious problems during its filming. Linda Blair, who Fill in the blank 7 of 24 the afflicted young girl in the movie, was injured as her safety harness inexplicably failed, and a large fire (one of Fill in the blank 8 of 24 during filming) destroyed much of the set. In addition, two of the film’s actors died prematurely shortly after filming – all this despite the director Fill in the blank 9 of 24 a priest to give a blessing and reassure the cast. The problems continued during the later production of the prequel, when the two Fill in the blank 10 of 24 both experienced the same disturbing visions! Outside of Hollywood, perhaps one of the most gruesome urban legends is the one where you and your loved one check into a motel. You are getting Fill in the blank 11 of 24 in bed when you begin to notice a noxious odor coming from somewhere in the room. You check the Fill in the blank 12 of 24 to see if the smell is coming from the drain or toilet, and imagine that there might be a dead Fill in the blank 13 of 24 under the floorboards. But you’re too tired to Fill in the blank 14 of 24 to the motel staff, so you make do and drift off to sleep – and all the while, a dead body lies decomposing beneath your mattress. This is a horrible notion, and even Fill in the blank 15 of 24 is the fact that it has actually happened on multiple occasions in the U.S. in a number of different cities! One of the Fill in the blank 16 of 24 “corpse under the bed” incidents is from 1982, involving three men who ran a Fill in the blank 17 of 24 operation together. Two of them decided to kill the third, so they fed him a Fill in the blank 18 of 24 containing cyanide while staying in a motel. The poison apparently took too long to Fill in the blank 19 of 24 its desired effect, and the two criminals, impatient to Fill in the blank 20 of 24 the deed, strangled their victim and hid the body under the bed. It was found four days later – after several other guests had Fill in the blank 21 of 24 in the room. They had all put up with the foul smell, but no one – not even the Fill in the blank 22 of 24 staff – had bothered to look under the bed. So next time you hear an urban legend, make sure to check the facts before Fill in the blank 23 of 24 it on – but remember, there’s a slim Fill in the blank 24 of 24 that it might be true! Correct / 24 Points Incorrect / 24 Points
