Cambridge IELTS 8 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Australian Honey Bees — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Australian Honey Bees, Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Australian Honey Bees answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q21–24). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–24: One Choice
Strategy: Read the question stem and predict the answer before looking at the options. Wrong options often repeat words from the audio while the correct one paraphrases them.
“We discovered a few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them”
A: the few Asian bees found in Queensland were 'eradicated', so that incursion was dealt with.
“Well, in fact, they look almost the same, but they are infested with mites – microscopic creatures which live on them, and which can seriously damage our own home-grown bees, or could even wipe them out”
B: the bees look similar but are 'infested with mites' that could 'wipe out' local honeybees.
“In fact, Australia exports native Queen bees to a large number of countries because of this”
C: Australia exports native Queen bees to many countries, an advantage worth protecting.
“but if Asian bees got in there could be other consequences. We could lose a lot of money because you might not be aware, but it's estimated that native bees' pollination of flower and vegetable crops is worth 1.2 billion dollars a year”
A: native bees' pollination is 'worth 1.2 billion dollars a year', the money at risk.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Australian Honey Bees listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Australian Honey Bees?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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