Cambridge IELTS 4 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 3
Population Studies — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Population Studies, Cambridge IELTS 4 Listening Test 1 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Population Studies 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 (Q21–22). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–22: 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 21–22
- Amust read
- Buseful
- Climited value
- Dread first section
- Eread research methods
- Fread conclusion
- Gdon't read
- Auncooperative landlord
- Benvironment
- Cspace
- Dnoisy neighbours
- Enear city
- Fwork location
- Gtransport
- Hrent
“Well, I had a really big assignment due in for another course, and I've been spending all my time on that, and I thought”
A — her time went on 'a really big assignment due in for another course', so that is the reason given.
“Well, yes, it is possible, but extensions are normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons, otherwise it's really a question of organising your study, and we don't like giving extensions to students who simply didn't plan their work properly”
C — extensions are 'normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons', so poor planning is not accepted.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Population Studies listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 4 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Population Studies?
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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