Cambridge IELTS 6 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 4
Lions — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Lions, Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 4 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Lions 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.
“It's almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species”
B: the Asiatic lion 'split off and developed as a sub-species' almost a hundred thousand years ago.
“In museums, you can now see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion on them”
A: Greek coins in museums carry 'clear images of the Asiatic lion', evidence of where the species once lived.
“However, Europe saw its last Asiatic lion roaming free two thousand years ago”
B: 'Europe saw its last Asiatic lion roaming free two thousand years ago', so they disappeared there long ago.
“Asiatic lions also have a long fold of skin on their undersides, whereas not many African lions have this”
C: Asiatic lions have 'a long fold of skin on their undersides, whereas not many African lions have this'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Lions listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Lions?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
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