Wednesday 15 February 2017

CPE Listening: Part One


Extract One
You hear a consultant in communication talking about business meetings.

1.       What is the consultant doing when he mentions mobile phones at meetings?
a)      Criticising the overuse of technology
b)      Explaining how they can boost a person's image
c)       Warning against making them visible

2.       What advice does he give about talking at meetings?
a)      Comment on all points made.
b)      Avoid answering questions impulsively.
c)       Offer strong closing contributions

Extract Two
You hear an ecologist, Todd Howell, talking about his new educational organisation 'Green Adventure'.

3.       Todd believes that the public's concern about climate change
a)      is increasing rapidly.
b)      is becoming too simplistic.
c)       is being undermined by commercial interests.

4.       When talking about introducing ecology to schoolchildren, Todd reveals
a)      his amusement at their naive answers.
b)      his delight in their straightforward reactions.
c)       his concern about the content of the curriculum.

Extract Three
You hear a photographer talking about the art of photography.

5.       What approach is she advocating?
a)      gaining inspiration from paintings
b)      ensuring photographs have a clearly-defined subject
c)       selecting seemingly trivial subjects

6.       Why does she mention globalisation?
a)      to lament the decline in strong local images available to photographers
b)      to suggest that it enhances the fascination with certain photographic images
c)       to remind photographers of the need to work to the highest standards

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