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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Maze in the Shape of Canada

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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. Lindqvist designed the maze

  2. Visitors are given a passport so they can

  3. Some visitors have spent over an hour in the maze because

  4. The idea for the maze came from

  5. The ending of the report is

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: A farmer near Red Deer, Alberta, has turned eight acres of corn into what may be the largest map in the province. Seen from the air, Gord Lindqvist's maze shows all ten provinces and three territories, separated by narrow paths that visitors follow from coast to coast. Lindqvist, whose family has farmed the land for three generations, says the idea came from his granddaughter, who was struggling to memorize the provinces for a geography test. He drew the design on graph paper last winter, planted the corn in May, and cut the paths by hand once the stalks were knee-high. At the entrance, each visitor receives a paper passport and collects a stamp in every capital city. The trickiest section, Lindqvist admits, is Nunavut, where a series of dead ends has left some people wandering for more than an hour. Staff on tall ladders keep watch and can direct anyone who gets lost. Since opening in August, the maze has welcomed nearly six thousand visitors, including several school groups. And his granddaughter? She received a perfect score on her test, although she still insists that Prince Edward Island is impossible to find.

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Answer key

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  1. Lindqvist designed the maze C. months before the corn went in.
  2. Visitors are given a passport so they can B. record where they have been.
  3. Some visitors have spent over an hour in the maze because D. one northern area keeps leading nowhere.
  4. The idea for the maze came from A. a young relative's schoolwork.
  5. The ending of the report is C. playful.

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