Cambridge IELTS 5 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 4
Household Waste Recycling — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Household Waste Recycling, Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 3 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Household Waste Recycling 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 (Q31–35). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–35: 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.
“The agreed targets for the UK mean that by 2008 we must reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5%, compared with 1990”
A percentage is required: by 2008 the UK must cut carbon dioxide emissions 'by 12.5%, compared with 1990', so 12.5% fills the figure gap.
“and also recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfill sites and incineration plants”
Two waste sites are named: recycling cuts emissions from 'landfill sites and incineration plants', so the plural fits the second blank.
“One problem is that there aren't enough 'drop-off' sites, that is, the places where the public are supposed to take their waste”
The term defined is 'drop-off' sites — 'the places where the public are supposed to take their waste' — so the hyphenated compound is needed.
“Another difficulty is that toughened glass used for cooking doesn't fully melt at the temperature required for other glass, and so that also has to be picked out by hand”
A purpose word before 'glass' fits: 'toughened glass used for cooking doesn't fully melt' at the temperature used for other glass.
“Two million tons of glass is thrown away each year, that is, seven billion bottles and jars; but only 500,000 tons of that is collected and recycled”
The contrast is with 'two million tons' thrown away, of which 'only 500,000 tons of that is collected and recycled'.
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Where does the Household Waste Recycling listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Household Waste Recycling?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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