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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #43894 Medium Reflection
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You will see a video where a person reflects on their past experiences with competitions and their personal life. Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

Transcript:

And the old days when I was actually doing competitions, I was doing competitions and freestyle. I would practise in the swimming pool, which. Is not very. Good, because it's sluggish and slow now. They go to the air tunnel, which I've also been in, but now I'm too old to be actually competing. And so it's a very, very fast. You've only got to do a little turn in your hand and you're spinning. But it is a joy. It is absolutely wonderful and I love my life, love my life. But it wasn't always like that. At 54 years old, I was like a chicken with my head cut off. I had a stressful job, a responsible job. I was a single parent. I was 54. Thinking life is going to end pretty soon. Not yet, but I did think then I didn't have a lover, I was alone and I was working hard and I was full of fear and stress and fear and stress are the killers.

How does the speaker describe their practice environment for competitions in the past?

* Listen to the recording and select the correct answer

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Option 2: "As sluggish and slow"

Explanation: The speaker describes their practice environment in the swimming pool as 'sluggish and slow,' which directly reflects their experience and assessment of the conditions for practicing freestyle.

Option 1: "As an excellent place for freestyle practice"

Explanation: The text does not support this option as the speaker explicitly mentions that practicing in the swimming pool is 'not very good,' indicating that it is not an excellent place for freestyle practice.

Option 3: "As fast and exciting"

Explanation: This option contradicts the speaker's description of the swimming pool practice environment. The speaker associates their past practice with sluggishness, not speed or excitement.

Option 4: "As ideal for older competitors"

Explanation: The speaker does not describe the practice environment as ideal for older competitors. Instead, they express that they feel too old to compete, which suggests that the environment is not suitable for them.

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