PTE Quiz – Listening – Multiple Choice Question
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PTE Listening MCQ, Choose Single Answer
In the speaker’s opinion, which of the following is true of editors who are also novelists?
a) They are always able o see the novel from the author’s point of view.
b) They are sympathetic to the difficult lives authors lead.
c) They may try to re-shape the novelist’s work in their own way.
d) They find it difficult to see the author’s real intentions.
Answer: c)
a) is incorrect because the speaker says that the editor may view the work as if they themselves had written it.
b) is incorrect because no mention is made of editors understanding authors’ difficult lives.
d) is incorrect because the speaker says editors might take no account of the author’s original intentions, not that they find it difficult to see them.
c) is correct because the speaker says: Editors might, from their experience as writers, possibly unconsciously try to make over the submitted novel as they themselves would have written it.
PTE Listening MCQ, Choose Single Answer
According to the speaker, which of the following is true of people who speak two or more languages?
a) They are more intelligent than people who speak only one language.
b) They find it difficult to express their emotions.
c) They tend to lead healthier lives than other people.
d) They develop a more attractive personality than other people.
e) They are generally regarded as being clever.
Answer: e)
a) is incorrect because the speaker says we only tend to think of people who speak more than one language as being “bright”, not that they actually are brighter.
b) is incorrect because the speaker says they often find one language more suitable than another for expressing certain kinds of thoughts and feelings, not that they have difficulty expressing emotions.
c) is incorrect because the writer refers to mental exercise, not physical exercise.
d) is incorrect because the idea of having a split personality is mentioned, not the idea of having an attractive personality.
e) is correct because the speaker says: And it’s true that we tend to think of people who can speak two or more languages as being bright.
c
A