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Listening Task: Singapore

Listen to the monologue and fill in the blanks using the options below.

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Have you ever visited Singapore? Well, if you haven’t, let me tell you about Singapore. Singapore is an 1) city. Its population is about 3 million people. Most Singaporeans live in high-rise 2) .

Uhm, Singapore is a beautiful city with lots of parks and open 3) . It is also a very clean city. You know, the business 4) is very modern, with lots of tall and new 5) .

Now, let me tell you about the old section of the city. In Chinatown, there are rows of old 6) . The government buildings in Singapore are 7) and 8) . They date from the British 9) days.

Shopping! Wow, this is the part that I like very much! Singapore is 10) for its many good shopping centers. Most of the goods are duty free. It’s heaven for shoppers!

What about food? Uhm... yummy... yummy. It’s 11) . Singapore’s restaurants 12) Chinese, Indian, Malay, and European food, and the prices are quite 13) . I bet you’ll like it.

Since Singapore lies near the equator, so of course Singapore has a tropical climate, with nice weather in both dry season and 14) season.