Cambridge IELTS 15 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 4
How The Industrial Revolution Affected Life In Britain — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for How The Industrial Revolution Affected Life In Britain, Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 4 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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How The Industrial Revolution Affected Life In Britain 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.
“In fact, it was in the 19th century that the quantity and quality of people’s possessions was used as an indication of the wealth of the country.”
The gap follows 'the ... of the country', and the transcript says possessions indicated 'the wealth of the country'.
“when improvements in how goods were made as well as in technology triggered massive social changes that transformed life for just about everybody in several key areas.”
The gap is joined to 'improvements in how goods were made as well as in ...', and the missing noun is 'technology'.
“And it’s true that the Industrial Revolution couldn’t have taken place at all if it weren’t for these new sources of power.”
The gap follows 'new sources of', and the speaker says the revolution depended on 'these new sources of power'.
“The most advanced industry for much of the 19th century was textiles.”
The leading industry was 'textiles'; the note takes the singular attributive form 'textile', which is also accepted.
“But enormous new machines were now being created that could produce the goods faster and on a larger scale, and these required a lot more space.”
The gap is the subject that 'could produce the goods faster', which the speaker calls 'enormous new machines'.
“they included newspapers”
'They included newspapers' — the plural noun names one item in the list of goods the note summarises.
“goods could now be sold all over the country, instead of just in the local market.”
The contrast is between selling 'all over the country' and 'just in the local market', so the adjective 'local' fits.
“improved lighting inside greatly increased the visibility of the goods for sale.”
The gap needs a noun for what improved, and the speaker says 'improved lighting inside greatly increased the visibility'.
“which made it possible for windows to be much larger than previously.”
The gap is the thing that could be 'much larger than previously', which the speaker identifies as 'windows'.
“now there was an explosion in advertising trying to persuade people to go shopping.”
'an explosion in advertising' is the phrase used, so the capitalised noun 'Advertising' heads the note line.
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Frequently asked questions
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It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in How The Industrial Revolution Affected Life In Britain?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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