SPRINGBOARD - LISTENING | AUTHENTIC LISTENING - SERIES #6 Question Type : Gap-Filling Exercise 1. Listen to a recording and fill in the blanks with NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. Audio Link : 99-year-old trucking company Yellow shuts down, putting 30,000 o... The closure of one of the biggest (1) _______________ in the U.S. may affect your (2) _______________. Yellow company has already (3) _______________ and they are anticipated to (4) _______________ They do a (5) _______________ for some famous intermediaries like Walmart, Home Depot. A 700 million dollar (6) _______________ was provided by the Government 3 years ago. Because of this, they are likely to be the largest (7) _______________ in the U.S. history. Yellow Corp has (8) _______________ with the union for its (9) _______________. The CEO states that they are now (10) _______________ of 30.000 employees. They will try every possible way to save American jobs. The IBT has released a statement indicating in part that Yellow Corp has (11) _______________ that it could not (12) _______________ despite billions of dollars in (13) _______________ and hundreds of dollars in (14) _______________ from the federal government. Exercise 2. Listen to a recording and fill in the blanks with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. Audio Link : Australia's first 'wellbeing budget' shows mixed results | ABC News Australia's first 'wellbeing budget' shows mixed results | ABC News A (1) ___________ gives insight into the country's economic and social strengths. This indicator was eagerly designated to (2) __________ what the speaker expects for the economy and society. Malicious contents have been encountered by (3) __________ online population worldwide.