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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Field of Sunflowers

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A free Listening Part 4 practice test in the CELPIP format: 5 questions with the answer key. Play each recording once, as in the real test, answer, then check your answers at the bottom of the page. The transcript is under each recording.

Questions
5
Format
1 news report, questions after it
Question style
Multiple choice, 4 options
Play like the real test
Each recording plays once, then each question with 30 seconds to answer (Parts 4–6: one timer for the part). No pausing to replay, like test day.

  1. The field was originally planted

  2. People started visiting the field after

  3. At first, Kowalski found the visitors

  4. Next summer, Kowalski's field will most likely

  5. The money collected from visitors

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: A sunflower field just outside Brandon, Manitoba, has become one of the province's most unexpected summer attractions. Farmer Dale Kowalski planted the forty-acre field last spring as an ordinary oilseed crop, and he never imagined it would draw a crowd. But when a visiting photographer shared pictures of the blooms online in early August, cars began lining the gravel road beside his property almost immediately. By the end of the month, an estimated eight thousand people had stopped to wander between the rows and take photographs.

NARRATOR: At first, Kowalski admits, the attention was more of a headache than a blessing. Visitors trampled sunflowers, blocked his equipment and left garbage scattered along the ditch. Rather than put up a fence, however, he decided to welcome them thoughtfully. He mowed a parking area, marked out walking paths, and began charging five dollars a car, with every dollar contributed to the local food bank. So far, the field has raised more than eleven thousand dollars.

NARRATOR: Neighbouring farmers have taken notice, and at least two are considering planting sunflowers of their own next year. Kowalski, however, says the season will end as planned. The flowers will be harvested for seed in September, and the field will go back to wheat.

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Answer key

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  1. The field was originally planted D. simply as a regular farm crop.
  2. People started visiting the field after B. someone passing through shared photos.
  3. At first, Kowalski found the visitors A. troublesome.
  4. Next summer, Kowalski's field will most likely C. be planted with a different crop.
  5. The money collected from visitors B. goes to help people in need.

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