CAE Listening Practice Test 17

CAE Listening Practice Test 17


CAE Listening Part 4

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about problems related to their work

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TASK ONE
For questions 21-25, choose from the list A-H the person who is speaking.

TASK TWO
For questions 26-30, choose from the list A-H what each speaker is expressing or talking about
A a receptionist
B an apprentice
C a temporary worker
D a manager
E a caretaker
F a secretary
G a courier
H a pensioner

21 Speaker 1

22 Speaker 2

23 Speaker 3

24 Speaker 4

25 Speaker 5

A a suspicion that people like to find excuses not to do work
B the view that you should never ask for a pay rise
C the feeling that helping an understudy may go unappreciated
D an intimate knowledge of other people’s affairs that could be profitable
E the view that you should never take work home with you
F a distrust of colleagues who are nice to you
G a feeling of having been taken advantage of on account of inexperience
H the wisdom of prioritising tasks

26 Speaker 1

27 Speaker 2

28 Speaker 3

29 Speaker 4

30 Speaker 5

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