Three Extracts - Test 1

C2 Proficiency · Listening Multiple Choice Extracts · Proficiency Testbuilder, 4th Edition, Mark Harrison, Macmillan

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 a reviewer on a radio programme talking about a book.

The speaker says that the book's title refers to the point at which

social epidemics are at their height.

something becomes a social epidemic.

people become concerned about social epidemics.

The speaker says that in her opinion the book

presents some challenging conclusions.

is less complex than it may appear.

uses terminology that may confuse readers.

You hear a reporter on a radio programme talking as he climbs a big rock.

One question the speaker asks himself is

why he feels the way he does.

where his climbing partner has gone.

what has motivated him to climb the rock.

The speaker says that at this exact moment

he doesn't care about the risk he is taking.

he is relishing the experience.

he feels that age is irrelevant.

You hear part of a radio programme about literary festivals.

The interviewer says that when writers appear at events at literary festivals,

they dislike being asked difficult questions.

they find the experience easier if they read their own work.

they seldom prepare as thoroughly as they should.

Why, according to William, do writers like meeting readers?

Writers are made to feel they have succeeded in their aim.

Writers want readers to know what they are really like.

Readers give writers ideas for future work.

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