【易学PTE】听力练习2 | Listening: Practice Set 2Practice Set 2: Listening- Fill in the Blanks Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud. Before the beginning of the 1900s, theonly way to obtain pearls was by collecting very large numbers of pearl oysters from the ocean floor by hand. The oysters - or sometimes mussels - were brought to the surface, opened, and 1____________. More than a ton of these had to be checked in order to find just three or four quality pearls. Divers often descended to depths of over 100 feet on just one single breath. Now, of course this exposed them to 2____________creatures and dangerous waves, not to mention drowning. In some areas, divers put grease on their bodies to conserve heat and they held a large 3____________, like a rock, to descend so they didn't have to exert effort going down. Today, pearl diving has pretty much been supplanted by cultured pearl 4____________ Particles are implanted in the oyster to encourage the formation of pearls, and this allows for more predictable production. The divers who still work, do so mainly for the 5____________ industry. Item 4 of 9 请按“下一页”按钮继续 |