Three Extracts - Test 1

C2 Proficiency · Listening Multiple Choice Extracts · Cambridge English Proficiency 2, Cambridge University Press

You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1–6, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.

You hear two colleagues discussing the work they are doing in a historic palace.

What is the man's role in the restoration team?

managing the restoration being done

researching how previous restoration was done

assessing whether restoration needs to be done

How does the woman feel about the purchase of an original dining table?

impressed it was worth so much

frustrated that it took so long to find it

satisfied with the part she played

You hear part of an interview with a scientist who is talking about her research into primate communication.

The scientist compares the sounds primates make to human speech in order to illustrate

the research methods scientists have used.

a question scientists have been trying to solve.

the huge variety of simple sounds.

The scientist thinks the reason that gelada monkeys are significant is because

they use facial gestures in a similar way to humans.

the types of sounds they make are similar to human speech.

the rhythm of their vocalisation is similar to that of humans.

You hear a journalist talking about changes that have taken place over her professional lifetime.

What explanation does the journalist give for changes in the quality of news reports?

the ease with which information can be manipulated

the public demand for sensational images

the value placed on real-time reporting

She refers to different ways of eating to suggest that readers of printed newspapers

begin by selecting what interests them most.

tackle content that is difficult.

skim over the majority of topics.

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