CELPIP Listening Part 5 · Discussion · set 7 of 10

Choosing the Grad Trip

A CELPIP Listening Part 5 practice set (Discussion): the transcript, 8 questions and the answer key with an explanation for each answer. No sign-up needed. This page prints the transcript and has no audio; on the real test you hear the recording once and cannot replay it.

The task

You will watch a video of a discussion. You will hear it only once. Listen carefully, then answer the questions.

You hear the discussion only once.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Questions: 8
Time: 4 minutes
Practice set: 7 of 10

Transcript

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Ethan: So the survey results are in. Sixty-one percent of the grads voted for Montreal, three days, by train. That's pretty clear. I think we just book it. Aisha: It's clear for the people who answered. Only about half the grade filled it out. And I've had at least ten people tell me privately they can't afford six hundred and ninety dollars. They're not going to say that in a survey. Carla: Aisha's right to raise that. Last year, when the trip went to Quebec City, nearly a third of the grade stayed home, and a lot of them felt really left out. Ethan: Okay, but if we go cheap, we end up at Niagara Falls for a day, and everybody's been there a hundred times. Nobody's going to sign up for that either. Aisha: I'm not saying Niagara. I'm saying we look at the price. What makes Montreal so expensive? Carla: Mostly the hotel. Three nights in the Old Port is about half the cost. The train itself is around a hundred and sixty return with the group discount. Ethan: What if we cut it to two nights? Leave Friday morning, come back Sunday night. Carla: That would bring it down to roughly five hundred and twenty. Aisha: Better. And if we did some fundraising, a bottle drive and the bake sale at the spring concert, we could take a bit more off per person. Ethan: The bottle drive last fall made almost three thousand dollars. Divide that by, what, a hundred and forty grads? Carla: About twenty dollars each. So realistically we're looking at around five hundred. And the school has a hardship fund that can cover part of it for families who ask, confidentially. Aisha: That's the part people need to hear. If they know there's help, and nobody else finds out, I think a lot more would come. Ethan: Okay, I'm on board. Two nights instead of three is honestly fine. We'd be too tired for a third day anyway. Carla: Then here's the plan. Montreal, two nights, the second weekend of May. I'll get a revised quote from the travel company. Ethan, you organize the bottle drive. Aisha, can you write the announcement, and make sure the hardship fund is mentioned clearly? Aisha: Definitely. I'll put it right at the top.

Questions and answer key

1What is the main purpose of the meeting?
1. ✓To settle the plans for the graduating class trip
2. BTo count the votes in a new survey
3. CTo choose a date for the spring concert
4. DTo plan a fundraiser for a new school fund
Answer: A
Ethan begins with the survey results, and Carla ends with "Then here's the plan" for the trip. The bottle drive and concert are only ways to lower the cost.
2How many grads voted for Montreal in the survey?
1. AAbout half of the grade
2. BNearly a third of the grade
3. CA hundred and forty students
4. ✓Sixty-one percent of those who answered
Answer: D
Ethan says "Sixty-one percent of the grads voted for Montreal," and Aisha points out this was among "the people who answered." Half is how many filled out the survey; a third stayed home last year.
3What is Aisha's main concern about the survey?
1. ✓It may not show students who cannot afford the trip.
2. BToo many students voted for Niagara Falls.
3. CThe questions were confusing.
4. DTeachers were not allowed to vote.
Answer: A
Aisha says people told her "privately they can't afford" the trip and "They're not going to say that in a survey."
4Why does Carla mention last year's trip to Quebec City?
1. ATo suggest going back to Quebec City
2. ✓To show that many students missed out when the trip was costly
3. CTo compare train prices between the cities
4. DTo explain why the survey had fewer answers
Answer: B
She says "nearly a third of the grade stayed home, and a lot of them felt really left out," to support Aisha's point about cost.
5Why does Ethan reject a day trip to Niagara Falls?
1. AIt is too far from London.
2. ✓Most students have already been there.
3. CThe hotel there is too expensive.
4. DIt would take place on a school day.
Answer: B
Ethan says "everybody's been there a hundred times." The hotel cost is the problem in Montreal, not Niagara.
6What is the largest part of the cost of the Montreal trip?
1. AThe train
2. BMeals in the Old Port
3. CMuseum tickets
4. ✓The hotel
Answer: D
Carla says "Mostly the hotel. Three nights in the Old Port is about half the cost." The train is only about a hundred and sixty dollars.
7According to Carla, last fall's bottle drive money would give each grad about ___.
1. A$40
2. B$160
3. ✓$20
4. D$520
Answer: C
Carla calculates "About twenty dollars each." $160 is the train fare and $520 is the two-night price.
8What is the final decision?
1. AA three-night trip to Montreal in May
2. BA trip to Quebec City by train
3. ✓A two-night trip to Montreal in May
4. DA one-day trip to Niagara Falls
Answer: C
Carla says "Montreal, two nights, the second weekend of May." The original survey option was three nights.

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