Cambridge IELTS 15 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 4
Early History Of Keeping Clean — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Early History Of Keeping Clean, Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 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.
“at least that it rinsed mud off their hands.”
The earliest washing only 'rinsed mud off their hands', so the substance named in the gap is 'mud'.
“Archaeologists discovered cylinders made of clay”
The cylinders archaeologists discovered were 'made of clay', so 'clay' names the material.
“scraped off the oil and dirt with a metal instrument known as a strigil.”
They scraped off oil and dirt 'with a metal instrument known as a strigil', so the material is 'metal'.
“They used this mixture to tint their hair red.”
The mixture was used 'to tint their hair red', so 'hair' is what was coloured.
“The first of the famous Roman baths, supplied with water from their aqueducts”
The note refers to the famous Roman 'baths', and the singular 'bath' fits the gap.
“This lack of personal cleanliness and related unsanitary living conditions were major factors in the outbreaks of disease in the Middle Ages, and especially the Black Death of the 14th century.”
Outbreaks of 'disease' in the Middle Ages, especially the Black Death, were linked to poor cleanliness.
“Vegetable and animal oils were used with ashes of plants, along with perfume, apparently for the first time.”
Soap ingredients included oils and plant ashes 'along with perfume', so 'perfume' fills the gap.
“patented a process for turning salt into soda ash”
The patented process turned 'salt into soda ash', so 'salt' is the raw material named.
“His studies established the basis for both fat and soap chemistry, and soapmaking became a science.”
His studies of fat and soap chemistry meant soapmaking 'became a science', so that noun fills the gap.
“a development that was reinforced when the high tax was removed.”
The development was reinforced 'when the high tax was removed', so the noun is 'tax'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Early History Of Keeping Clean listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Early History Of Keeping Clean?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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