Cambridge IELTS 12 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 1
Public Library — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Public Library, Cambridge IELTS 12 Listening Test 3 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Public Library answer key at a glance
Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q1–10). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–10: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the transcript, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“we’ve got a much larger section of the library devoted to travel books now”
The gap needs the subject of the enlarged section: it is 'devoted to travel books', so the noun travel fits.
“Yes, actually we’ve now got a new section with materials on the history of the town and surrounding region.”
A new section holds 'materials on the history of the town', so history is the subject word required.
“we do have a room called the community room. It can be hired out for meetings, but at other times people can use it to study.”
The community room can be hired for meetings, but at other times people 'use it to study', so study is the purpose.
“we’ve introduced a special section of fiction written specially for teenagers”
The fiction is written 'specially for teenagers', so the age group needed in the note is teenagers.
“For example we have a Science Club. At the next meeting, they’re going to be doing experiments with stuff that everyone has in the kitchen”
The Science Club experiments use 'stuff that everyone has in the kitchen', so kitchen names where the materials come from.
“On Friday we have a local author called Tanya Streep who’s going to be talking about her new novel. It’s called ‘Catch the Mouse’ and she based the story on a crime that actually took place here years ago.”
Tanya Streep based her novel on 'a crime that actually took place here', so crime is the story's basis.
“we do have IT support available for members. We get quite a few older people coming along who are wanting to get up to speed with computer technology. It’s on Tuesday mornings – they don’t need to make an appointment or anything, they just turn up.”
For IT help, older people 'don't need to make an appointment', so the note records appointment, meaning no booking.
“And there’s another service which you wouldn’t expect from a library, which is a free medical check-up. The hospital arranges for someone to come along and measure the level of sugar in your blood, and they check cholesterol levels at the same time.”
The free check-up measures 'the level of sugar in your blood', so sugar is the substance tested, not cholesterol.
“we do have a little shop with things like wallcharts and greetings cards, and also stamps”
The shop sells wallcharts, greetings cards 'and also stamps', so stamps completes the list of items on sale.
“is there parking available?”
The enquirer asks 'is there parking available?', so parking is the facility being checked.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Public Library listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 12 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Public Library?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
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