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Duolingo English Test Listening Cloze Practice #7 — Medium Level

Free DET (Duolingo English Test) Listening Cloze practice #7 — Medium level. Just DET Listening questions, no grading — solve it yourself and check the answer or model response.

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Listening Cloze
Listen to the talk and fill in the blanks below.

The internet began as a military research project in the _____ in the late 1960s. It was originally called ARPANET and was designed to allow computers at research universities to _____ information. The big turning point came in 1991 when Tim Berners-Lee invented the _____, which made the internet much easier to use. Today, more than five billion people are _____ to the internet.

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1) United States · 2) share · 3) World Wide Web · 4) connected
Q1 · Comprehension
What was the original purpose of ARPANET?
  1. A. To allow research computers to share information
  2. B. To provide entertainment to the general public
  3. C. To connect people through social media
  4. D. To support commercial businesses online
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Correct: To allow research computers to share information
Q2 · Comprehension
Who invented the World Wide Web?
  1. A. Tim Berners-Lee
  2. B. Bill Gates
  3. C. Steve Jobs
  4. D. Mark Zuckerberg
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Correct: Tim Berners-Lee
Q3 · Comprehension
When did ordinary people first begin going online in large numbers?
  1. A. By the mid-1990s
  2. B. In the late 1960s
  3. C. During the 1980s
  4. D. After the year 2000
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Correct: By the mid-1990s
Q4 · Comprehension
What is the 'digital divide' as mentioned in the lecture?
  1. A. The gap between those with and without internet access
  2. B. The difference between old and new technology
  3. C. The divide between social media platforms
  4. D. The separation between mobile and desktop users
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Correct: The gap between those with and without internet access
Q5 · Comprehension
Which of the following best describes the main idea of the lecture?
  1. A. The internet started small but transformed society while also creating new challenges
  2. B. The internet was always intended to be used by the general public
  3. C. Social media is the most important invention of the internet age
  4. D. The digital divide has been completely solved by modern technology
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Correct: The internet started small but transformed society while also creating new challenges
Summary
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The internet began as a US military research project called ARPANET in the 1960s. After Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1991, the internet opened to the public and grew rapidly. Today, it connects over five billion people and has transformed communication, commerce, and entertainment, while also raising concerns about privacy, misinformation, and the digital divide.

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