Cambridge IELTS 3 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 3
Local History — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Local History, Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 4 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Local History answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q21–23). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–23: 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.
“You can see that I decided to change the topic - I had been interested in looking at Barings Factory.BRYSON: Oh, I think the hospital was a much better choice”
B — she 'decided to change the topic' from Barings Factory, and Bryson says the hospital was 'a much better choice'.
“It opens well and the first chapter is fine but the middle section really stood out for me most interesting”
C — the first chapter is only 'fine', but 'the middle section really stood out' as most interesting.
“BRYSON: But there’s plenty of good ideas. It opens well and the first chapter is fine but the middle section really stood out for me most interesting.AMINA: That’s amazing because I really didn’t find it a bit easy to write”
C — Bryson says 'there's plenty of good ideas', so the ideas are numerous rather than scarce.
Learn the question types in this part
Frequently asked questions
Where does the Local History listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Local History?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
Every answer is paired with the sentence that proves it, so you can check each one against the passage yourself. Use the page after a timed attempt, not instead of one.
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