Three Extracts - Test 4

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 psychologist talking about confidence.

What does the speaker say about the word 'confidence'?

Most dictionary definitions of it are inaccurate.

It means a great deal more than simply 'self-assurance'.

It is a hard word to define precisely.

What does the speaker say about having confidence?

There is no one who doesn't wish to have it.

It frequently changes into feeling superior.

Some people are incapable of it.

You hear a critic talking about a new book.

The speaker says that Goldman's latest book contains

views even more negative than those in his previous book.

confusing comments on actors and directors.

criticism that may be unnecessarily harsh.

The speaker believes that Goldman

exaggerates the difficulties of his occupation.

has an unfavourable opinion of his own occupation.

is unaware of how much his work is admired.

You hear a musician talking about American music.

What does the speaker say about the James Brown records he mentions?

They conveyed a sense of joy.

They were surprise hits.

They were totally unlike Brown's other records.

The speaker says that people growing up in Britain in the 1960s

had only a limited view of what America was like.

had the same view of America as Americans did.

felt that American music was more varied than British music.

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