Cambridge IELTS 20 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 1
Restaurant Recommendations — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Restaurant Recommendations, Cambridge IELTS 20 Listening Test 1 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Restaurant Recommendations 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.
“The food's amazing. If you like fish, it's probably the best restaurant in town for that. It's always really fresh”
The restaurant is the best in town for fish, which is always really fresh, so the speciality is 'fish'.
“It's got a great atmosphere and before dinner you can go up on the roof and have a drink”
Before dinner you can go up on the roof for a drink, so the place named in the note is 'roof'.
“So is all the food they serve Spanish, then?”
The question confirms all the food served is Spanish, so the cuisine the note wants is 'Spanish'.
“Not sure. I’d say the selection of those would be quite limited”
Asked about vegetarian dishes, she says the selection would be quite limited, so the category is 'vegetarian'.
“A-U-D-L-E-Y. You must have heard of it. There's been a lot about it in the press”
The restaurant name is spelled A-U-D-L-E-Y, so write Audley with that exact spelling.
“MAN: It's in that hotel near Baxter Bridge, on the top floor”
It is in the hotel near Baxter Bridge, on the top floor, so the building type is 'hotel'.
“Anyway, it's had excellent reviews from all the newspapers”
It has had excellent reviews from all the newspapers, so the good publicity is 'reviews'.
“Yes. Everything at the restaurant has to be sourced within a short distance and absolutely nothing flown in from abroad.”
Everything has to be sourced within a short distance, with nothing flown in, so the produce is local.
“Well, you could go for the set lunch. That's quite reasonable for a top-class restaurant. £30 a head”
The set lunch costs 30 pounds a head, so write just the figure 30.
“No, the reviews I've read didn't mention that. I imagine they'd be average”
The reviews did not mention the service, and she imagines it would be average, so 'average' fits.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Restaurant Recommendations listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 20 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Restaurant Recommendations?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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