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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Teen's Little Free Libraries

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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. Amara Okafor built her first box

  2. We can infer that the first box

  3. Okafor believes picture books are popular because

  4. The city agreed to a trial once Okafor

  5. By next summer, Okafor hopes to

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: An Edmonton teenager has turned a school woodworking assignment into a neighbourhood movement. Fifteen-year-old Amara Okafor built her first little free library, a weatherproof wooden box on a post where anyone can take or leave a book, for a class project last winter. At her teacher's suggestion, she donated it, installing it in a park near her home. Within a month, the shelves were emptying faster than she could restock them, and neighbours began leaving handwritten notes asking for more. Since then, Okafor has built fourteen boxes, using lumber donated by a local contractor and leftover paint from her grandfather's garage. The city initially hesitated, citing concerns about vandalism and maintenance, but approved a trial after Okafor promised that a volunteer would inspect every box once a week. So far, only one has been damaged, and it was repaired within days. Okafor says the most popular books aren't novels but children's picture books, which she suspects reflects the number of young families in the surrounding streets. Her goal is twenty-five boxes by next summer, enough for every park in her area, and she has already begun teaching younger students to build their own.

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Answer key

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  1. Amara Okafor built her first box C. to complete her schoolwork.
  2. We can infer that the first box A. drew more readers than she expected.
  3. Okafor believes picture books are popular because D. many children live close to the boxes.
  4. The city agreed to a trial once Okafor B. set up weekly checks of the boxes.
  5. By next summer, Okafor hopes to C. have a box in each local park.

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