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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Rescue Dog Retires

By Iris

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. Juno is retiring because

  2. The snowboarder Juno found

  3. Mark Ellison suggests that

  4. After she retires, Juno will

  5. We can infer that until spring, the Squamish team

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: After ten years of searching the mountains and forests around Squamish, a German shepherd named Juno is hanging up her harness. The eleven-year-old dog joined the local search and rescue team as a puppy and has since taken part in more than two hundred callouts, from lost hikers to skiers caught in avalanches. Her handler, volunteer Mark Ellison, says Juno's most memorable find came four winters ago, when she located a snowboarder buried under nearly two metres of snow just twenty minutes after arriving on the scene. A veterinarian recently noticed stiffness in her back legs, and the team agreed that steep, icy terrain was no longer fair to ask of her. Ellison says the decision was harder on him than on Juno, who seems perfectly content with longer naps. She will stay with the Ellison family, where she has always lived between missions. Her replacement, a two-year-old Labrador called Pepper, is still in training and is not expected to be certified until spring. Until then, the team will rely on dogs borrowed from neighbouring communities. Volunteers will honour Juno at a small ceremony at the rescue hall next Saturday, and residents are welcome to attend.

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Answer key

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  1. Juno is retiring because D. her body can no longer handle the work.
  2. The snowboarder Juno found B. was located soon after Juno got there.
  3. Mark Ellison suggests that A. the decision affected him more than Juno.
  4. After she retires, Juno will C. go on living in her handler's home.
  5. We can infer that until spring, the Squamish team B. will have no fully trained dog of its own.

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