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2 – Listening comprehension

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3 – Listening (in)comprehension

1 – reporting ; 2 – balloons ; 3 – say again ; 4 – trouble ; 5 – speak up ; 6 – bird ; 7 – ground ; 8 – windshear ; 9 – ahead ; 10 – use caution ; 11 – earlier ; 12 – continue ;  13 – hold short ; 14 – remain ; 15 – say it again ; 16 – as filed ; 17 – correct ; 18 – repeat ; 19 – last ; 20 – launch ; 21 – station calling.

4 – the general English section

– a ground effect vehicle

– because the USSR developed and tested the program on the Caspian Sea, and they do look quite unnatural.

– with 8 turbofans

– a drone ekranoplan for cargo delivery