Section B  Audio-visual Tasks

Task3  Spot Dictation

        Listen to a passage three times and while listening, you are to put the missing word in each numbered blank according to what you hear. 

Autism is ageneral term for a group of brain disorders that limit the development ofsocial and communication skills. Medical professionals call them autism (1)____ disorders. Experts say autism is permanent and cannot be cured. Butthere are ways to treat it that they say can reduce the (2) _________.

Doctors traditionally consider the possibility of autism only if a child shows (3)_________ speech or unusually repetitive behaviors. These may be clear signs ofit, but they usually do not (4) _________ until a child is two or three yearsold.

Doctor Johnsonsays the medical profession has learned a lot about earlier signs of autism.She says the (5) _________ process can begin in the waiting room at a doctor’soffice.

Parents couldanswer a list of (6) _________ questions about their baby. Then the doctorcould perform tests as simple as (7) _________ the baby’s ability to follow amoving object with its eyes. Experts say (8) _________ to watch a moving objectmay be a sign of autism.

Spot Dictation Answer:

1. spectrum

2. severity

3. delayed

4. appear

5. identification

6. written

7. observing

8. failing

9. normal

10. stuffed

11. points

12. intervention