Cambridge IELTS 21 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 4
Challenges Facing the Cruise Ship Industry — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Challenges Facing the Cruise Ship Industry, Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 2 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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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.
“Pollution, for example, is among the greatest threats to many popular tourist destinations”
Threat named first: 'Pollution, for example, is among the greatest threats' to popular destinations, so 'Pollution' heads the list.
“Several cities, such as Barcelona, have responded by imposing a tax which all visitors to the city from cruise ships have to pay”
Response: Barcelona and others impose 'a tax which all visitors to the city from cruise ships have to pay', so 'tax'.
“The city was becoming like a 'theme park', with shops only catering for tourists, selling chocolate, which Belgium is famous for, and other souvenirs”
The city became a 'theme park' whose shops sell 'chocolate, which Belgium is famous for', so 'chocolate' names the product.
“What it does now is control the timing of all cruise ship entries to the city's port”
Measure: the port now controls 'the timing of all cruise ship entries', staggering arrivals, so 'timing' fits.
“A recent survey showed that cost is also a major factor in putting younger groups off going on a cruise”
Younger people are put off because 'cost is also a major factor', so the noun 'cost' fills the gap.
“And another perception is that cruises have lots of rules about what to wear and how to behave”
Perception: cruises supposedly have 'lots of rules about what to wear and how to behave', so 'rules'.
“There's even a boxing ring on one ship, and most offer diving expeditions. But there's also a huge focus on well-being with a variety of sessions of different kinds”
Activity listed: most ships 'offer diving expeditions', alongside a boxing ring, so 'diving' precedes expeditions.
“Food is always a very important part of any cruise and cruise ships have had to radically update their menus to suit the tastes of their younger customers. Vegan dishes are standard, for example”
Menus have been updated and 'Vegan dishes are standard, for example', so 'vegan' describes the dishes.
“Many people going on longer cruises also spend time working, so companies have to guarantee wifi that can be relied upon at all times”
Since passengers work on longer cruises, companies must 'guarantee wifi that can be relied upon at all times'.
“Leading cruise lines now employ top agencies to produce first rate videos for social media channels”
Marketing: cruise lines employ agencies 'to produce first rate videos for social media channels', so 'videos'.
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It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 31–40.
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The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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