Bài tập luyện nghe tiếng Anh trình độ trên trung cấp – Nghe và viết những thông tin còn thiếu phần 35

You will hear a woman called Mandy Butler talking about the production of candles. For questions 1-10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Candle making

Mandy was surprised to learn that (1) nuts and olive oil were first used to make wax.

Mandy tried to reproduce a time-keeping stick that burned a different (2) every 60 minutes.

Mandy was unaware that a weight such as a (3) could be used in candles as a timing device.

Mandy discovered that in the 13the century, candle making was banned because of its (4) .

Mandy thinks the best improvement to candles was limiting the (5) they produced.

Mandy has seen a (6) at a museum, which demonstrated candle manufacturing.

Mandy wrote an article on how wax was produced from (7) in the mid 19th century.

Because of how it burned, Mandy explains that (8) was used for the central ‘wick’ in a candle.

Mandy now enjoys using candles for (9) purposes at home.

Today’s workshop will focus on experiments with mixtures of (10) .