University Life - Cloze Exercise

University Life - Cloze Exercise

Listen carefully to the news story. Fill in the blanks with the missing words. You may want to check the University Life crossword puzzle for some hints to the missing vocabulary. Good Luck!
One Year Graduate: A 19-year-old is on track to graduate from college after just a year of study. WDIV's Paula Tutman reports (April 26)

LLOYD: When you set up your class schedule in college, you have to make some decisions about what to take when. Does make more sense in the Fall or Spring? Maybe one of music instead of history. Why not just take them all? Paula Tutman of WDIV introduces us to a student who did just that.
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PAULA TUTMAN, WDIV REPORTER: Her name is Nicole Matisse. She was reading at a 5th grade level at age 5, finished in a year, and even with fake nails, can pretty much type as fast as she can think, or as quickly as anybody can .

TUTMAN: "A Time to Kill" by John Grisham: "Harry Rex Bonner was a huge slob of a lawyer.

NICOLE MATISSE, 19 YEAR OLD COLLEGE GRADUATE: Reporters crammed into the room which overflowed and trailed down the hall into the reception area.

TUTMAN: Reporters crammed into the room which overflowed and trailed down the hall into the reception area.

TUTMAN: She this year from the University of Michigan at the tender age of 19 with a 4.0 average insight having aced 87 in one year.

MATISSE: The easiest I think I took in college was Behavioral Neuroscience.

TUTMAN: Behavioral Neuroscience? A product of public schools, she says her biggest challenge is she has yet to really find a challenge.

PAM NABOYCHIK, NICOLE'S MOTHER: I was used to hearing the say she was her work when she was five. She was actually writing things they were thinking she was copying from the World Book.

TUTMAN: Next stop: Wayne State University Law School, where she'll enter as one of the youngest ever.
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First, read through the cloze activity. Can you imagine what some of the missing words are? Hint: Use the University Life Crossword puzzle to help you.

Second, when you are ready to try the cloze listening activity, launch the video.


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