Title [Springboard] MQC Listening Objective CPE - Detailed Explanation ✅

OBJECTIVE CPE - MULTIPLE CHOICE LISTENING QUESTION FILE & AUDIO HERE [GLOBALIZATION - WORKBOOK - PAGE 40] 1. D (represent more than just a business proposition) ● Beyond merely a commercial transaction 2. A (The Internet has a huge influence) ● The interconnectedness it brings to everything in life 3. D (Speakers of language use symbols without realizing it ● Speakers would not think of as symbolic 4. B (It was somewhat misleading) ● But that's clearly not the case 5. B (The notion of linking a driver character with car color) ● Companies charge more people with red cars because symbolises anger and aggression [HEALTH AND FITNESS - WORKBOOK - PAGE 56] 1. B. it all depends on the proficiency of the participant -> The question is only relevant if you're a member of the public looking to get fit from a starting point of not already being fit. 2. D. a popular misconception exists -> Endurance is just one aspect of a much wider picture, but it's the thing that people grab on to 3. C. counter-productive for serious athletes -> I agree; cease to be effective 4. A. some users would do better to go elsewhere -> using the gym to treat a long-distance skier at the moment; in fact uses a highly repetitive motion 5. B. it's possible to take too much exercise -> over-exerting yourself can no doubt lead to lowered resistance to infection
[FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE - STUDENT'S BOOK - PAGE 92] 1. D (She looked up to Steve, but didn't love him) ● See as big brother; realise he was nowhere getting romantically 2. A (He saw it as an aberration, brought on by boredom) ● rationalised it as her whipping up a fleeting fantasy - she had time on hands, fired from her job and on her own a lot 3. B (He was showing more commitment to his work) ● never been that keen and efficient before 4. B (tell Steve's office he was sick) ● phoned my office to say that I was at death's door 5. C (was given advice by someone he did not know well) ● had not seen him for five years. He looked me between the eyes and said [HEALTH SCARES - STUDENT'S BOOK - PAGE 122] 1. B. Reconciled to health scares being a necessary evil -> One of them proves to be serious that it leads to action 2. D. She believes they pose less of a danger today -> Communicable disease is exceptionally controlled 3. C. Bewilderment when their assumptions are challenges -> We have tremendously high expectation 4. A. Some businesses have a vested interest in promoting them -> The margarine industry; they are not the only players; if sell pills, they also sells papers 5. C. They might make people disregard potential risks -> When the real thing comes along, people have difficulty distinguishing it from background noise. [JOB SATISFACTION - STUDENT'S BOOK - PAGE 126] 1. B. She feels that many long-serving employees failed to make a useful contribution -> but at the end of it all which nine times out of time was not deserved 2. B. accept lateral moves if they are attractive -> willing to step sideways more than one to gain fresh experience 3. D. It is unnecessary but only up to a point -> does not matter provided that the team remains an entity, but there is an exception to the leader 4. C. more creativity -> a quantum leap in terms of ideas generated 5. A. run-of-the-mill employees who play safe
-> mediocre employees who want to keep their heads down are far more likely to cause problems [DARREN'S NEW CAREER - STUDENT'S BOOK - PAGE 151] 1. D. claimed she knew that this might happen -> but I always thought you were a bit of a square peg in a round hole, so I've always half expected it - a square peg (in a round hole) : a person who do not feel happy, comfortable in a situation 2. A. shouldn't be seen as an easy option -> but I guess my lack of real conviction and experience was pretty obvious, and they saw straight through me. // Quite right. I don't know why you'd think they would. They need big hitters just like in banking, not people who don't know what they want - big hitter : a powerful person who has a lot of influence 3. D. He decided to accept the challenge -> I jumped at the chance and handed in my notice at work straightaway 4. C. he fitted into the routine of things quite quickly -> I just got on with things. 5. A. he is temperamentally more suited to the work -> the City just wasn't right for me, while this is [TERRY PSYCHOLOGY LECTURER - STUDENT'S BOOK - PAGE 172] 1. B. eccentrics live longer than average -> It was a bit of an eye-opener (surprise) that eccentrics are renowned for their longevity. (live longer) 2. A. it is still a debated issue -> Though exactly how much deviation from the norm it takes to qualify as a true eccentric is a bit of a vexed point - vexed question/issue a problem that is difficult to deal with 3. D. They have mixed feelings about them -> we all love eccentrics and yet we are profoundly ambivalent (have mixed feelings) about them. 4. C. a lack of regard for conventional behavior -> Non-conformity (non-conventional behavior) seems to be the principal characteristic. 5. C. score highly in belief in the paranormal -> more likely to endorse what for a better expression we call 'magical thinking' (the paranormal) - dreams that portend the future, deja vu, things like that