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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Graduate at One Hundred

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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. Fraser first left university because

  2. At the ceremony, Fraser

  3. Most of Fraser's recent studies were done

  4. Fraser's approach to her studies showed she was

  5. Fraser's comment to reporters suggests that she

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: A Nova Scotia university's spring convocation produced an unforgettable moment on Saturday, when one-hundred-year-old Dorothy Fraser crossed the stage to accept a Bachelor of Arts in history. University officials believe she is the oldest person ever to graduate from the institution, though records from earlier decades are incomplete. Fraser first enrolled in 1943, but abandoned her studies after a single year, when her father's sudden illness left her responsible for the family's hardware business in Truro. Marriage and raising four children kept the degree indefinitely on hold. At ninety-four, encouraged by a granddaughter, she resumed her coursework, completing nearly everything online from her kitchen table. Fraser reportedly declined every accommodation offered, including extended deadlines and a reduced course load, insisting on being evaluated like any other undergraduate. Her professors describe her assignments as remarkable, particularly an essay on wartime rationing that drew extensively on her own recollections. At the ceremony, Fraser waved away a wheelchair and walked unassisted with her cane, prompting a prolonged standing ovation from her fellow graduates. Asked whether a master's degree might follow, she laughed and told reporters, let me enjoy this one first.

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Answer key

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  1. Fraser first left university because D. she had to take over a family enterprise.
  2. At the ceremony, Fraser B. refused help getting across the stage.
  3. Most of Fraser's recent studies were done A. at home.
  4. Fraser's approach to her studies showed she was C. determined.
  5. Fraser's comment to reporters suggests that she D. has not ruled out more study.

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