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CELPIP Practice Listening: Listening for Information ID: #62003 Medium An Archaeology Professor Discusses Ancient Places
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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: To interview him on his work on the archaeology.

Why this is correct: Jim Cuno introduces an interview with archaeology professor Colin Renfrew. The purpose is to discuss the guest’s archaeology work.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • To talk about the conservation.: The introduction identifies archaeology rather than conservation as the interview subject.
  • To have a discussion about history of England.: English places occur later, but the introduction identifies the guest’s archaeology work rather than English history generally.
  • To know further about medieval churches.: Churches are not the interview subject identified in the introduction; archaeology is.

Correct Answer: From his school days.

Why this is correct: The guest says interest in ancient things began while still a schoolboy.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • When he met his professor.: Meeting a professor is not given as the beginning of this interest.
  • After doing some research on the antique things.: The source dates the interest to schoolboy years, rather than a later research project.
  • When he became an adult.: The source dates the interest to schoolboy years, before adulthood.

Correct Answer: It is one of the great medieval cities of England.

Why this is correct: The guest describes Canterbury as one of England’s great medieval cities, with a rich Roman occupation.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • One of the modern cities in England.: The source calls the city medieval rather than modern.
  • For its Roman empire.: Rich Roman occupation does not mean Canterbury had a Roman empire.
  • For its architectural marvels of churches.: The defining description given is a great medieval city, rather than architectural marvels of churches.

Correct Answer: Science subjects.

Why this is correct: Colin says he switched from sciences to archaeology. Science subjects therefore came before archaeology.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Archaeology.: Archaeology was the field switched into rather than the earlier subject.
  • Research about the past.: The source names sciences rather than historical research as the earlier study.
  • Excavation of different places.: Excavation is archaeological work rather than the science subjects he studied before switching.

Correct Answer: There is little or no literary evidence to use.

Why this is correct: The interviewer says there is little or no literary evidence for the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Colin agrees and explains that prehistory requires making sense of material remains rather than relying on a useful written narrative.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • There was a lot of research done on it.: The question asks about available literary evidence rather than the amount of research done.
  • A lot of archaeologists worked on these sites.: The number of archaeologists working at sites does not answer how much literary evidence exists.
  • Too many evidences are available about.: The source says little or no literary evidence rather than too much evidence.

Correct Answer: Studying the prehistory.

Why this is correct: Colin says prehistory fascinates him because there is no written narrative that can be used meaningfully; the challenge is to reconstruct it from material remains.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Study of the modern times.: The stated fascination concerns prehistory rather than modern times.
  • Research on different sites.: Researching sites is a general archaeological activity, rather than the specifically named fascination with prehistory.
  • Doing different excavations.: Excavation is a method, rather than the period whose lack of a written narrative fascinates the guest.

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