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Listening
Succeed in LRN - Level C2 - Practice Test 1

Part 2
Listen to 3 longer conversations. For questions 11-20, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You will hear each conversa-
tion TWICE. You now have 2 minutes to read the questions.

Finding a babysitter 17. Ben usually
11.The couple A. saves his work before leaving the office.
A. are going to have a party. B. saves his work as he goes along.
B. are going to have dinner with friends. C. sees no reason to save his work.
C. are having a weekend celebration.
18. When the computer crashed Practice T
12.The wife A. Ben had finished his report.
A. has left it too late to find a babysitter. B. Ben was trying to meet a deadline.
B. is unwilling to have a babysitter in general. C. Ben was saving his report.
C. doesn’t want to use an agency at first.
A difference of opinion
13.The husband thinks 19. What does the conversation tell us about the man? est 1
A. a friend will demand money for babysitting. A. He thinks that animal testing is accurate.
B. friends aren’t reliable babysitters. B. He did not know there are alternatives to animal
C. friends may not have time to babysit. testing.
C. He is not convinced the woman is dedicated to
14.At the end of the conversation, the husband her cause.
A. seems critical of his wife’s suggestion.
B. accepts his wife’s suggestion. 20. At the end of the conversation, the woman suggests
C. is unsure about his wife’s suggestion. A. the man is unwilling to change.
B. the man’s attitude is shared by many.
A bad day C. the man does not understand technology.
15. Ben
A. forgot to set his alarm clock.
B. incorrectly set his alarm clock.
C. forgot to alter the settings in his alarm clock.

16. Ben got off the bus because
A. he didn’t want to be late.
B. the driver told him to get off.
C. he felt uncomfortable.

Part 3

Listen to an extract from a radio talk about the threat posed by artificial intelligence. For questions 21-25, choose the best
answer (A, B or C). You will hear the extract TWICE. You now have 2 minutes to look at the questions.
21.Which of the following statements is FALSE according 24.It is Dr. Armstrong’s belief that robots
to what is said at the beginning of the extract? A. will adopt their own morality.
A. Initially, people were looking forward to a future B. may not see the point in morality.
co-existing with robots. C. may be given a flawed code of morality.
B. Fiction has repeatedly warned us about the dangers
of artificial intelligence. 25.It is the speaker’s belief that
C. The age of artificial intelligence is still distant. A. artificial intelligence technology will develop rapidly.
B. artificial intelligence technology will slow down.
22.Dr. Armstrong believes that artificial intelligence C. artificial intelligence technology will develop slowly
A. could wipe out the human race. but surely.
B. is only a threat to jobs.
C. will change our morality.

23.Dr. Armstrong believes that future robots will
A. need humans to function.
B. interact with humans.
C. function independently of humans.

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