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CELPIP Practice Listening: Problem Solving ID: #62082 Medium School Traffic and Local Parking Rules
Instructions ›
  • You will hear a conversation in 3 sections. You will hear each section only once.
  • After each section, you will hear 2 or 3 questions. You will hear the questions only once.
  • Choose the best answer to each question.
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Correct Answer: A place to park his car.

Why this is correct: He asks the inspector where he can park his car. The immediate request is for a parking place.

Tips: A person can mention a destination while asking for help with a different immediate problem.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Fire Brigade.: He asks an inspector about parking, not for a fire brigade.
  • Car Wash.: He needs somewhere to park rather than a car wash.
  • School.: The school is his destination, but he asks the inspector to find parking for his car.

Correct Answer: He is helpful.

Why this is correct: The officer gives parking information and suggests another way to avoid the long walk, showing helpfulness.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: He is helpful.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • He is arrogant.: His practical directions and suggestions do not show arrogance.
  • He seeks money.: He offers help without asking for money.
  • He is bored.: He responds to the parking problem rather than showing boredom.

Correct Answer: The designated parking lot.

Why this is correct: The officer identifies a designated parking lot; roadside parking is prohibited.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: the designated parking lot.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • On the road.: The officer says parking on the road is prohibited.
  • In the market.: He identifies a designated lot, not a market parking area.
  • Off the highway.: A location off the highway is not the suggested parking place.

Correct Answer: A designated parking space.

Why this is correct: The school has no space for parking on its campus.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: a designated parking space.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Ample faculty for students.: The school's lack of parking space says nothing about faculty numbers.
  • A pick and drop service.: The missing facility is parking, not a pick-up and drop-off service.
  • A school bus service.: The school bus service is not the facility reported missing.

Correct Answer: As long as the parents stay seated inside the car the police allow parking.

Why this is correct: Brief parking is allowed when parents remain in the car.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: as long as the parents stay seated inside the car the police allow parking .

Why the other options are wrong:

  • No parking is allowed under any circumstances.: A brief exception is allowed for parents who remain seated in the car.
  • The designated parking is just 1Km away.: The lot is described as 1.5 miles away, not one kilometre.
  • The designated parking is in the market yard.: The officer locates it south of the current position, not in a market yard.

Correct Answer: A fellow parent.

Why this is correct: The policeman says he is a parent too.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: a fellow parent.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A fellow driver.: He identifies himself as a parent, not as a fellow driver.
  • A fellow citizen.: His statement concerns being a parent rather than merely being a citizen.
  • A school warden.: He is a policeman, and does not claim to be a school warden.

Correct Answer: Department's website feedback mechanism.

Why this is correct: Suggestions can be sent through the police department website.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: department's website feedback mechanism.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Mobile app of the municipal corporation.: He directs the man to the police website, not a municipal mobile app.
  • A letter to the police commissioner.: He suggests online feedback rather than a letter to the commissioner.
  • A letter to the school principal.: He does not direct the man to write to the school principal.

Correct Answer: Good suggestions are adopted.

Why this is correct: The officer says useful suggestions are put into practice.

Tips: Listen for the detail that answers this question: good suggestions are adopted.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • All suggestions were largely ignored.: The officer says good suggestions are adopted, contradicting the idea that all are ignored.
  • No one ever gave suggestions.: He discusses how feedback is handled rather than saying nobody sends it.
  • Suggestions is just a formality.: Adopting good suggestions shows that feedback is more than a formality.

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