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Listening Exercise: Extreme Sports

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Extreme sports listening exercise

Extreme sports listening exercise

In this English listening exercise we hear DNews talk about extreme sports.

Extreme sports seem to be on the rise across the globe. Why do these individuals risk their lives for a thrill?

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Listening exercise

Listen to why extreme sports is a big hit today, and answer the questions in the following listening exercise. Write your answers in the comments box at the bottom of the page, and we will reply with the answers shortly!

 

 

Questions:

1. What _____ us to these scary life-threatening experiences?

2. Both men crashed while trying to fly _______ an outcropping and were found dead many hours later.

3. ...all places to jump ____ while wearing a wingsuit, a parachute or both.

4. ...called BASE jumping and free-climbing "_____-________" activities.

5. Why do we risk death for a _____?

6. More than 800 people have died _________ the mountains of Nepal.

7. __________ fear is a meaningful and constructive event in their lives.

8. ...enjoying the natural-____they get from the dompamine release that follows.

9. This is called sensation-seeking behavior; language created to describe heavy-use drug ______.

​10. ...inspired people all over the globe to explore their planet _____-____.

 

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