Cambridge IELTS 5 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 2
Pedal Power — IELTS Listening Answers
All 8 answers for Pedal Power, Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 2 Part 2, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Pedal Power answer key at a glance
Questions 11–20. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q11–15). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 11–15: 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.
“I loved travelling, so I decided to join a voluntary organisation and was sent to Ecuador to carry out land surveys”
C: she 'loved travelling, so I decided to join a voluntary organisation and was sent to Ecuador to carry out land surveys'.
“Then I realised having a bike meant he could get where he wanted to go without much trouble. Other local carpenters could only accept jobs in a three-kilometre radius, so no matter how skilled they were, they could never do as many jobs as my neighbour”
C: the bike meant the carpenter 'could get where he wanted to go without much trouble', while rivals were limited to a three-kilometre radius.
“But in order to continue operating we need to have a constant supply of bikes which we send out every six months”
C: the charity needs 'a constant supply of bikes which we send out every six months', so donations must keep arriving.
“The local economy has developed so much, you wouldn't recognise it as the same place”
C: 'The local economy has developed so much, you wouldn't recognise it as the same place' — the area has been transformed.
“In August 2000, we simply ran out of money. We had containers of bikes ready to send, but no money to pay the bills”
A: 'In August 2000, we simply ran out of money', with containers of bikes ready but no cash to pay the bills.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Pedal Power listening section come from?
It is Part 2 of Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 11–20.
What question types appear in Pedal Power?
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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