Collins Listening Unit 1-3

Question 1

Social focal point

Answer 1

A place of gathering

Question 2

Coordinator

Answer 2

A person who organizes the different parts of an activity and the people involved in it so that it works well

Question 3

Cyclone

Answer 3

A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle

Question 4

Gale

Answer 4

An extremely strong wind
idiom : Gale(s) of laughter

Question 5

Balmy

Answer 5

(of the air, weather, etc.) warm and pleasant

Question 6

Precipitation

Answer 6

Falling of rain, snow, etc.
A chemical process in which solid material is separated from a liquid

Question 7

Mist

Answer 7

Fog
Mist is less thick than fog.1
The fog finally lifted.
The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog.

Question 8

Haze

Answer 8

Fog

Question 9

Drizzle

Answer 9

When it is drizzling, it is raining lightly.

Question 10

Salinity

Answer 10

The amount of salt contained in something.
- to measure the salinity of water

Question 11

be snowed in/up

Answer 11

idiom :
to be unable to leave a place because of heavy snow

Question 12

Scorching

Answer 12

Very hot

Question 13

Tidal wave

Answer 13

a very large ocean wave that is caused by a storm or an earthquake, and that destroys things when it reaches the land

Question 14

Lethargic

Answer 14

without any energy or enthusiasm for doing things
SYNONYM listless
The weather made her lethargic.

Question 15

Slack

Answer 15

not stretched tight
synonym : loose
She was staring into space, her mouth slack.
The rope suddenly went slack.

Question 16

sluggish(Adj)

Answer 16

moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal
sluggish traffic or economy

Question 17

Hazard(noun)

Answer 17

something that can be dangerous or cause damage
Everybody is aware of the hazards of smoking.

Question 18

Cue cards

Answer 18

Prompt cards
a large card held up behind a television camera so that it can be read by actors or television presenters but cannot be seen on television

Question 19

Emission

Answer 19

the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.

Question 20

Smelter

Answer 20

A factory that melts down metal.

Question 21

Power Plant

Answer 21

A building or group of buildings where electricity is produced.

Question 22

compound

Answer 22

a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together

Question 23

Pollutant

Answer 23

a substance that pollutes something, especially air and water