British School of English Rome

C1 Advanced Listening Part 3

Listen to an interview and choose the best answer, A, B, C or D.

Part 3 only1 interview6 questions

Before you start

  • This activity practises C1 Advanced Listening Part 3.
  • You will hear an interview with two journalists.
  • There are six multiple-choice questions: questions 15–20.
  • Each question has A, B, C or D.
  • Your final score gives you a quick level estimate: A2, B1, B2 or C1.
Optional explanation: how to approach C1 Listening Part 3

Part 3 tests how well you follow a longer discussion and identify opinions, attitudes, agreement and implied meaning.

  • Before listening: underline the focus of each question, not just the topic.
  • First listening: choose the option that matches the speaker’s meaning overall.
  • Second listening: check traps: options may repeat words from the audio but change the meaning.
C1 AdvancedListening Part 3Questions 15–20

Interview: two journalists

You will hear an interview in which two journalists called Jenny Langdon and Peter Sharples are talking about their work. For questions 15–20, choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.

Audio recording

Listen to the Part 3 audio twice before answering questions 15–20.

If the player does not load, replace only this audio URL with the exact Part 3 MP3 from your media library.

15

You hear an interview in which two journalists called Jenny Langdon and Peter Sharples are talking about their work.

What does Jenny say about the story which made her name?

Correct answer: C.
16

You hear Jenny talking about her first national daily newspaper.

What does Jenny suggest about the editor she worked for?

Correct answer: B.
17

You hear Jenny talking about getting her own daily column.

When Jenny got her own daily column on the newspaper, she felt...

Correct answer: C.
18

You hear Peter talking about his early career.

Peter thinks he got a job on Carp Magazine thanks to...

Correct answer: B.
19

You hear Peter and Jenny discussing journalism courses.

Peter and Jenny agree that courses in journalism...

Correct answer: A.
20

You hear Peter and Jenny talking about their novels.

When asked about their novels, Peter and Jenny reveal...

Correct answer: D.
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