When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading materials are _____1_____ books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the _____2_____ that car washes have. But how do you explain this? A yearly book festival in west Los Angeles is _____3______ “sold out” year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become ______4______.This outdoor festival, supported by a newspaper, takes place every April for one weekend. This year, about 70,000 people _______5_______ the festival on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival ______6______ 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an _____7______ question-and-answer period following each talk. A food court sold all kinds of local foods, from hot dogs to ice drinks. Except for a 7 parking fee, the festival was ________8________. Even so, some people take their own sandwiches and drinks to avoid the high prices of the food court.The idea for holding the festival in Los Angeles was ______9_______ years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would people in this city _______10_______ one? “Fortunately, they do,” said one of the festival founders.

Listen to a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading materials are _____1_____ books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the _____2_____ that car washes have. But how do you explain this? A yearly book festival in west Los Angeles is _____3______ “sold out” year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become ______4______.This outdoor festival, supported by a newspaper, takes place every April for one weekend. This year, about 70,000 people _______5_______ the festival on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival ______6______ 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an _____7______ question-and-answer period following each talk. A food court sold all kinds of local foods, from hot dogs to ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking fee, the festival was ________8________. Even so, some people take their own sandwiches and drinks to avoid the high prices of the food court.The idea for holding the festival in Los Angeles was ______9_______ years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would people in this city _______10_______ one? “Fortunately, they do,” said one of the festival founders.