Listening · Part 4

Multiple MatchingExercise 1 of 50

For questions 1–10, complete both tasks while you listen: for each speaker, choose one option from each list (A–⁠H). Use each letter only once per task. There are 3 letters in each list you don't need.

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You will hear five short extracts in which people describe an unexpected truth they uncovered about their family history.

Recording

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Task 1

How did each speaker discover the surprise in their family history?

  1. Afrom a DNA test bought online
  2. Bfrom a detail spotted in an old photograph
  3. Cthrough patient digging in official records
  4. Dthrough a confession by an ageing relative
  5. Ethrough an unexpected approach from an unknown relative
  6. Ffrom possessions gone through after a death
  7. Gfrom an offhand comment by a neighbour
  8. Hfrom a warning flagged by a medical test

Task 2

How did the discovery change the way each speaker sees themselves?

  1. Aburdened by a duty to preserve the past
  2. Bproud to carry on a distinguished name
  3. Cno longer bound by a family reputation
  4. Dno longer alone in the world
  5. Efreer to define who they are
  6. Fmore forgiving of earlier generations
  7. Gdriven to map out the whole family tree
  8. Hrooted in the people who raised them

Speakers

Speaker 1

Task 1

Task 2

Speaker 2

Task 1

Task 2

Speaker 3

Task 1

Task 2

Speaker 4

Task 1

Task 2

Speaker 5

Task 1

Task 2

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