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CELPIP Practice Listening: Listening for Information ID: #61991 Medium Brad's Design Business Interview
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  • 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: Entrepreneur.

Why this is correct: The interview discusses starting and running a business. This identifies the guest as an entrepreneur.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Hotelier.: The source establishes starting a business, without identifying hotel ownership.
  • Actor.: The guest’s stated work concerns a business rather than acting.
  • Painter.: The early creative work is graphic design, not painting as the occupation.

Correct Answer: Worked doing graphic design for a local branding agency.

Why this is correct: The guest’s early work was graphic design at a local branding agency.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He worked as a child actor in films.: The stated early role is graphic design rather than child acting.
  • Worked as a door to door marketing agent.: The guest describes graphic design rather than door-to-door marketing.
  • Worked as a photographer doing photo shoots.: The source identifies graphic design rather than professional photography.

Correct Answer: $200 in the bank.

Why this is correct: The guest states that the opening bank balance was about 200.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • $2000 in the bank.: The opening balance is 200 rather than 2000.
  • $500 in the bank.: The opening balance is 200 rather than 500.
  • $5000 in the bank.: The opening balance is 200 rather than 5000.

Correct Answer: He enlisted first few clients by posting on Facebook.

Why this is correct: Brad says that, besides referrals, a Facebook post helped bring in the first few clients.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He enlisted first few clients by word of mouth referrals.: Referrals are explicitly excluded by the question asking for the additional online platform.
  • He enlisted first few clients by offering free service.: Free service is not the platform named; the stated route is a Facebook post.
  • He enlisted first few clients with the help of his neighbors.: Neighbours are not the online platform identified; Facebook is.

Correct Answer: Networking and meet up groups.

Why this is correct: The guest identifies networking and meetup groups as ways to find clients.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Social groups and hi-tea get together.: The source names networking and meetup groups rather than social tea gatherings.
  • Rival groups and emails.: The source names networking and meetup groups rather than rival groups and emails.
  • Social media groups and tweets.: The source names networking groups rather than tweets or social-media groups.

Correct Answer: He admits to being a bit of an introvert.

Why this is correct: The guest directly describes being a bit of an introvert.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He is bit of an angry man seeking anger management.: The guest describes introversion rather than anger problems.
  • He is a woman's man spending on expensive gifts for his women.: The guest describes introversion rather than spending on romantic gifts.
  • He admits to being a spendthrift and not saving much.: The guest describes introversion rather than a habit of overspending.

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