She turned to Paper 3, which had always been her strongest. But the updated mock threw a curveball. The listening data file was no longer a clean, slow recording from a radio programme. It featured a with three speakers: a boss with a crackling microphone, a distracted intern, and an aggressive client from Singapore. Background noise included construction drills and a deliveryman buzzing an apartment intercom.

Practice identifying the target audience, tone, and text type required by the prompt in under 2 minutes.