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CELPIP Practice Listening: Listening for Information ID: #61988 Medium A Performer's Work and Family Life
Instructions ›
  • You will hear a conversation followed by 6 questions.
  • Listen to each question. You will hear the question only once.
  • Choose the best answer to each question.
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Correct Answer: He is an actor.

Why this is correct: The speaker has been cast in a movie and works on set. That identifies the speaker as an actor.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He is a sports star.: The guest describes acting on a movie set rather than playing professional sport.
  • He is a politician.: The guest’s work is a movie role, rather than political office.
  • He is a designer.: Endorsing a brand does not establish working as a designer; the movie role establishes acting.

Correct Answer: Simple daily routine seldom occurs.

Why this is correct: The speaker says that the simple daily routine seldom happens. A busy work schedule interrupts it.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He wakes up late after working late nights.: The speaker says getting up early is usual, rather than waking late after night work.
  • He does not have a fixed schedule.: The source says a simple routine seldom happens, which does not establish having no fixed schedule at all.
  • He wakes up before sunrise each day without fail.: The usual waking time is around six or seven; the source does not say before sunrise without exception.

Correct Answer: a good cook.

Why this is correct: The speaker directly describes the wife as a good cook.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • a busy person.: The speaker praises the wife’s cooking, rather than describing the wife as busy.
  • a negative person.: The description is positive about cooking, rather than negative about personality.
  • his source of inspiration.: The speaker identifies good cooking, without describing the wife as a source of inspiration.

Correct Answer: Because he has been cast in a new movie.

Why this is correct: The speaker has been cast in a new movie and has to be on set almost every day.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Because he is starting a business.: The stated reason is a new movie role, rather than starting a business.
  • Because he is taking a break.: The speaker is working on set almost daily, rather than taking a break.
  • Because he is going to a trip.: The stated work is filming, rather than preparing for a trip.

Correct Answer: A scene about an angry lover.

Why this is correct: The scene being acted today concerns an angry lover.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A scene for a biopic.: The stated scene concerns an angry lover, without identifying a biographical film.
  • A scene for an advertisement.: The scene being filmed is about an angry lover, rather than an advertisement.
  • A scene about the world war.: The stated scene concerns an angry lover, rather than a world war.

Correct Answer: Go home, have dinner and study scripts.

Why this is correct: The evening routine is to go home, eat dinner and study scripts.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Go out and party hard.: The evening routine is dinner and scripts; going out is described separately as a weekend preference.
  • Play a few games of snooker and unwind.: Snooker is not part of the evening routine given; dinner and scripts are.
  • Listen to some music.: Listening to music is not the evening activity described; studying scripts is.

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