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Paper 4: Listening
- Time allowed: 40 minutes
| Part | Task
type | Tests ability to | Questions |
| 1. Multiple choice | Listen
twice to three short extracts between interacting speakers. Answer two three-option
questions on each exchange. | focus on feeling, attitude,
opinion, purpose, function, agreement, course of action, gist, detail, etc. | 6 |
| 2. Sentence completion | Listen
twice to a monologue of around 3 minutes and complete sentences or take notes. | pick
out specific information from the text. | 8 |
| 3. Multiple choice | Listen
twice to a conversation or interview with 2 or 3 speakers lasting around 4 minutes.
The text is heard twice. Answer six multiple choice questions (choosing 1 from
4 options). | pick out attitude and opinion. | 6 |
| 4. Multiple matching | Listen
twice to a series of five short monologues (around 30 seconds each), heard twice,
and do a multiple matching task. | gist, attitude,
main points and interpreting context. | 10 |
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