Cambridge IELTS 21 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 2
How to Become a Makeup Artist in the Film Industry — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for How to Become a Makeup Artist in the Film Industry, Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 1 Part 2, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 11–20. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q11–16). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 11–16: 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.
Options for Questions 11–16
- Abeing well-organised
- Bbeing flexible
- Cworking quickly
“Make sure your transport costs are covered - and remember, there's very unlikely to be any catering provided, so bring plenty of food”
A: performers must sort out travel costs and bring food because catering is unlikely — planning ahead, i.e. being well-organised.
“But you're likely to get the opportunity to work with a range of age groups, as well as different ethnicities”
B: the work involves 'a range of age groups, as well as different ethnicities', so adapting to different people — being flexible.
“It can be stressful but you'll see that the top makeup artists are very professional - even when they're having to work with directors who are impatient, or unhappy with the makeup artist's work”
A: top artists stay professional even with impatient directors or when their work is criticised, which takes organisation.
“At first, I found it overwhelming and could hardly speak. I was so in awe”
A: she was 'so in awe' that she 'could hardly speak' at first, so being well-organised helps manage that early pressure.
“Every makeup trainee will need a makeup kit, which they'll be expected to have with them at all times. Just the essentials will do for the kinds of tasks you'll be given - it won't be anything complicated”
A: trainees need 'a makeup kit' with them 'at all times', so being prepared and organised is the requirement.
“But remember you'll need to get approval from the makeup designer in charge of the department”
C: even when time is short, approval must come 'from the makeup designer in charge of the department' before you act.
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It is Part 2 of Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 11–20.
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