Cambridge IELTS 11 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 4
Designing A Public Building: The Taylor Concert Hall — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Designing A Public Building: The Taylor Concert Hall, Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 2 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Designing A Public Building: The Taylor Concert Hall 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.
“this includes its physical location obviously, but it also includes the social meaning of the building how it relates to the people it’s built for”
A building's context includes 'the social meaning of the building' and 'how it relates to the people it's built for', so social is the word.
“The location chosen was a site in a run-down district that has been ignored in previous redevelopment plans. It was occupied by a factory that had been empty for some years.”
The site was 'occupied by a factory that had been empty for some years', so factory names the former building.
“The site itself was bordered to the north by a canal”
The site 'was bordered to the north by a canal', so canal is the water feature.
“As people approach the entrance, they therefore have to cross over a bridge.”
Approaching visitors 'have to cross over a bridge', so bridge is the structure they use.
“the initial impression he wanted to create from the shape of the building as a whole was that of a box.”
Harrison wanted the building to look like 'a box', so box describes the overall shape.
“And this flat wall also has another purpose. At night-time, projectors are switched on and it functions as a huge screen, onto which images are projected.”
At night the flat wall 'functions as a huge screen, onto which images are projected', so screen is its function.
“The floor’s supported by ten massive pads. These are constructed from rubber”
The floor rests on ten massive pads 'constructed from rubber', so rubber is the material.
“they are not straight, they are curved.”
The seating rows are 'not straight, they are curved', so curved is the adjective required.
“the walls also have curtains which can be opened or closed to change the acoustics.”
The walls 'have curtains which can be opened or closed to change the acoustics', so curtains control sound.
“However, the evaluation of some critics has been less enthusiastic. In spite of Harrison’s efforts to use local materials, they criticise the style of the design as being international rather than local”
Critics say the style is 'international rather than local', so international is their complaint, despite local materials.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Designing A Public Building: The Taylor Concert Hall listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Designing A Public Building: The Taylor Concert Hall?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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