Cambridge IELTS 20 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 3
Project On Theatre Programmes — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Project On Theatre Programmes, Cambridge IELTS 20 Listening Test 3 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Project On Theatre Programmes 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 (Q21–26). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–26: 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 21–26
- AIts origin is somewhat controversial
- BIt is historically significant for a country
- CIt was effective at attracting audiences
- DIt is included in a recent project
- EIt contains insights into the show
- FIt resembles an artwork
“No one else on the course is doing the same as us”
Option B fits: they point out that no one else on the course is doing the same project, so their choice is distinctive.
“Contrary to what many people think, theatres don't hire people to do the programmes. In fact, companies buy the rights to publish programmes on the theatre's behalf”
Option A fits: contrary to what many people think, theatres do not hire programme staff; companies buy the rights instead.
“if the programme named a famous actor, that's who the public expected to perform. And if that didn't happen, people accused the theatre of breaking their agreement with the audience”
Option C fits: naming a famous actor made audiences expect him, and they accused the theatre of breaking its agreement.
“I also think it’s important to mention that lots of ordinary people at that time were illiterate, so theatre programmes were of limited value in advertising plays. When a company of actors arrived in a town, they’d parade around the streets in their costumes, beating drums and announcing their upcoming performances.”
Option A fits: most ordinary people were illiterate, so programmes were of limited value in advertising plays.
“But personally I think 18th century programmes were superior because they told the theatregoers so many things, including about the actors”
Option C fits: she thinks eighteenth-century programmes were superior because they told theatregoers so many things, including about the actors.
“What I don't really get is that after the war they didn't go back to being more than one sheet or change in any way for over 25 years”
Option B fits: after the war programmes did not return to more than one sheet and did not change for over twenty-five years.
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Where does the Project On Theatre Programmes listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 20 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Project On Theatre Programmes?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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