Cambridge IELTS 6 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 4
Farming in Ancient Ireland — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Farming in Ancient Ireland, Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 3 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Farming in Ancient Ireland answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q31–34). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–34: 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.
“Now, there are several hypotheses about the origins of the first Neolithic settlers in Ireland, but most of these contain problems”
C: several hypotheses explain the first Neolithic settlers, 'but most of these contain problems', so the evidence is inadequate.
“So we must assume that from the beginnings of Neolithic farming the number of breeding sheep would have considerably exceeded three hundred, and the national cattle herd must have been of a similar size”
A: breeding sheep 'would have considerably exceeded three hundred', with cattle numbers of 'a similar size', so herds were large.
“It's usually suggested that the Neolithic settlers used skin-covered boats to transport livestock. But this method would have severely restricted the range of the colonising fleets”
A: skin-covered boats 'would have severely restricted the range of the colonising fleets', making that transport theory doubtful.
“The main evidence for their presence consists of impressions on pottery, where a cereal grain accidentally became embedded in the surface of a pot before it was fired. The grain itself was destroyed by the firing, but it left an impression on the pot which could be studied and identified by botanists”
B: the main evidence is 'impressions on pottery', where 'a cereal grain accidentally became embedded' before the pot was fired.
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Where does the Farming in Ancient Ireland listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Farming in Ancient Ireland?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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