Cambridge IELTS 1 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Australian Studies Tutorial — IELTS Listening Answers
All 11 answers for Australian Studies Tutorial, Cambridge IELTS 1 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Australian Studies Tutorial answer key at a glance
Questions 21–32. 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.
“F: (sarcastically) Fascinating, I’m sure!M: Well it’s not as boring as you’d think”
B: 'Fascinating, I'm sure' is sarcastic, and he replies that the topic is 'not as boring as you'd think'.
“Yes, they’re an extremely nourishing food”
C: bananas are 'an extremely nourishing food', so the quality being praised is their nutritional value.
“Well, it’d be a good practice run for my tutorial next week. I’ll do the same for you some time.F: OK. Fire away”
D: he offers the practice because it is 'a good practice run for my tutorial next week'.
“Well apparently there was an English Duke who was particularly fond of bananas and he used to cultivate them in his hothouse, which is where you have to grow them in England, of course, because of the cool climate and they became quite popular in the UK.”
B: an English Duke grew the fruit in his hothouse and was 'the one responsible for cultivating the Cavendish banana'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Australian Studies Tutorial listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 1 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–32.
What question types appear in Australian Studies Tutorial?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
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