Cambridge IELTS 19 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Recycling Footwear — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Recycling Footwear, Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Recycling Footwear 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 (Q21–24). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–24: 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 21–24
- Aone shoe was missing
- Bthe colour of one shoe had faded
- Cone shoe had a hole in it
- Dthe shoes were brand new
- Ethe shoes were too dirty
- Fthe stitching on the shoes was broken
“Well, before I started reading it, I thought recycling footwear, well, although it’s quite interesting, perhaps there isn’t enough to say about it”
Option A fits: before reading, he doubted there was enough to say about footwear recycling, so he expected thin coverage.
“I guess they are very hard-wearing, but don’t they look a bit casual for school uniform? I don’t think they’re right for that.”
Option B fits: the shoes are hard-wearing but look too casual for school uniform, so they are not suitable there.
“I must admit, I’ve recycled some perfectly good shoes, that haven’t gone out of fashion and still fit, just because they don’t look great on me any more. That’s awful isn’t it?”
Option B fits: he has recycled perfectly good shoes only because they no longer look great on him, which he calls awful.
“No. But then it said that the amount of recycled footwear has fallen: it’s 6 percent now compared to a previous level of 11 percent. That doesn’t seem to make sense.”
Option B fits: the share of recycled footwear fell from 11 percent to 6 percent, a change he says does not make sense.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Recycling Footwear listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Recycling Footwear?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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