Directions
In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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My favorite TV. show? "The Twilight Zone. " I(26)like the episode called "The Printer'sDevil. " It's about a newspaper editor who's being(27) out of business by a big newspapersyndicate--you know, a group of papers(28)by the same people.He's about to(29)when he's interrupted by an old man who says his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered $ 5,000 to pay off his newspaper's(30), but this Smith character also offers hisservices for free. It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he's turning out newspapers with31 The small paper is successful again. The editor is/(32)athow quickly Smith gets his stories--only minutes after they happen--but soon he's presented with acontract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is(33)the news even before it happens--and it's all terrible--one disaster after another. Anyway, there is a little more to tell, but I don't want to(34)the story for you. I really like these old episodes of "The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating. They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they deal with(35).
