Cambridge IELTS 9 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 4
Business Cultures — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Business Cultures, Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 2 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Business Cultures answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q31–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–40: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the transcript, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“It's the type of culture that needs a central source of power to be effective, and because control is in the hands of just one or two people there aren't many rules or procedures”
Power structure: this culture 'needs a central source of power', with control in the hands of one or two people.
“Another characteristic is that communication usually takes the form of conversations rather than, say, formal meetings or written memos”
Communication 'usually takes the form of conversations', not formal meetings or written memos, so 'conversation' fits.
“But on the negative side, this type of organisation doesn't always act effectively, because it depends too much on one or two people at the top, and when these people make poor decisions there's no-one else who can influence them”
Adverb after 'act': the organisation 'doesn't always act effectively' because it depends on one or two people.
“And the kind of person who does well in this type of business culture is one who is happy to take risks, and for whom job security is a low priority”
The suited person is 'happy to take risks', and rates job security as a low priority.
“and this type is usually found in large companies, which have lots of different levels in them”
Structure: this type is found in large companies 'which have lots of different levels in them', so 'levels'.
“typically everyone's job is controlled by sets of rules and procedures – for example, there are specific job descriptions, rules for discipline, and so on”
Rules include 'specific job descriptions', listed alongside discipline rules, so 'description' follows 'job'.
“And secondly, it is particularly successful in business markets where technical expertise is important”
The culture succeeds in markets 'where technical expertise is important', so the adjective 'technical' precedes expertise.
“On the other hand, this culture is often very slow to recognise the need for change, and even slower to react”
Weakness: it is 'often very slow to recognise the need for change, and even slower to react'.
“Well it suits employees who value security, and who don't particularly want to have responsibility”
The culture suits people who value security and 'don't particularly want to have responsibility', so the uncountable noun fits.
“Now one of the major benefits of this culture is that it's flexible”
The main benefit stated is that this culture 'is flexible', allowing it to adapt — adjective after 'is'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Business Cultures listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Business Cultures?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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