IELTS Listening: gap-fill about consumerism

Listen to the recording about materialism (attaching importance to money and possessions). Then fill the gaps in the text below.

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Beginning in the 1990s, the most ______ ______ given for attending college had changed from reasons such as becoming an ______ in a field or helping others to the ______ ______ ______ a lot of money. At the same time, compact disc players, ______ ______, personal computers, and cellular telephones all began to integrate into ______ ______. Madeline Levine criticised what she saw as a large change in American culture – “a shift away from ______ ______ ______, spirituality, and integrity, and toward competition, materialism and disconnection.”

Comments

[Vy]

1. frequent reason
2. authority
3. desire to make
4. everyday lifestyle
5. value of community

[fish]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

[sara]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
value of community

[Charles Wang]

frequent reason,
authority,
desire to make,
digital media,
everyday lifestyle,
values of community.

Thanks Simon!

[Ai]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

[Aleksandra Bucholc]

-frequent reason
-authority
-desire to make
-digital media
-everyday lifestyle
-values of communities

[Nguyen Hoang Bach]

frequent reason / authority/desire to make / digital media / everyday lifestyle / value of communities.
Thanks Simon.

[nur]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

[laarni]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of community

[roro]

frequent reason
authority
to the desire
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of community

[Veeryday lifestyle]

Frequent Reason
Authority
Desire to make
Digital Media
Everyday Lifestyle
Value of Community

[mozahid]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

Thanks saimon

[semenchu]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

[Tereza]

1.frequent reason
2.authority
3.desire to make
4.digital media
5.everyday lifestyle
6.values of community

[Tereza]

6.values of communities

[seunggil]

1.freguent reason
2. authority
3.desire to make
4.digital media
5.everyday lifestyle
6.values of communities

[Seema]

1.Frequent Reason
2.Authority
3.Desire to make
4.Digital media
5.Everyday lifestyle
6.Values of communities.
Thanks Simon

[Bekhzod]

Hi Dear Simon!
here my paraphrase for introduction, is this true or false:
"The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transport"
this is my:
"The line graph compares the amount of freight via four type of transport in the UK among 1974 and 2002"
I'll wait for your answer, Thanks!

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. frequent reason

2. authority

3. desire to make

4. digital media

5. everyday lifestyle

6. values of community

[GÖZDE]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of community

ALL OF THEM ARE TRUE :))))

[DuongThi]

frequent reason
authority
design to make
everyday lifestyle
values of community

[DuongThi]

frequent reason
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of community

[Filo]

Answers:
frequent reasons
authority
desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
values of communities

[benazeer]

1. frequent reason
2. authority
3. desire to make
4. everyday lifestyle
5. value of communities

[Tanveera sheikh]

Frequent reason
Authority
Desire to make
Digital media
Everyday life-styles
values of communities

[Narin]

Frequent reason
Authority
Desire to make
digital media
everyday lifestyle
valley of community

[Mohamed Achamsi]

Thank you for providing such interesting material. Could I have a copy of the listening track?