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CELPIP Listening Part 4: Listening to a News Item

CELPIP Listening Part 4 Practice Test: A Violin Left in a Taxi

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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. Kowal's violin

  2. Pike found the case

  3. Pike most likely went back to the hotel early because he

  4. Before the violin was returned, Kowal had

  5. In the end, Pike asked Kowal for

Transcript (read it after you answer)

NARRATOR: A St. John's taxi driver is being celebrated this week after going to considerable lengths to return a valuable violin to a visiting musician. On Sunday night, Gerald Pike collected a passenger outside a downtown concert hall and dropped her at a hotel near the harbour. Only after his shift ended, at around three in the morning, did he discover a black case wedged behind the passenger seat. Pike had no way of contacting the woman, and hotel staff, citing privacy, wouldn't confirm whether she was a guest. So he returned at seven, well before most guests check out, and waited in the lobby with the case on his knees. The owner, Toronto violinist Hana Kowal, says the instrument is nearly two centuries old and is on loan from a private foundation. She had already reported it missing to police and was dreading the conversation with the foundation. Kowal offered Pike a $500 reward, which he politely declined. Asked whether there was anything else she could do, he made one modest request: two tickets to her next performance in Newfoundland, for himself and his wife, who teaches piano.

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Answer key

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  1. Kowal's violin C. belongs to an organization.
  2. Pike found the case A. after he had finished working.
  3. Pike most likely went back to the hotel early because he B. did not want to miss the owner.
  4. Before the violin was returned, Kowal had D. contacted the police.
  5. In the end, Pike asked Kowal for A. a chance to see Kowal perform.

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