Cambridge IELTS 1 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 3
Revenue Management — IELTS Listening Answers
All 9 answers for Revenue Management, Cambridge IELTS 1 Listening Test 3 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Revenue Management answer key at a glance
Questions 24–32. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q24–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 24–27: 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.
“you were going to give us a quick run down on a new strategy for pricing which is now being used by many large companies known as “revenue management” before we go on to your actual tutorial paper on Sales Targets”
B: the talk is a 'quick run down on a new strategy for pricing... known as revenue management', so pricing is the topic.
“even cheaper if you buy a ticket where you can’t get a refund if you have to cancel; in that case the ticket costs about half the price”
C: a ticket you cannot refund on 'costs about half the price', so the saving is roughly 50%.
“M: Well not really when you think about it, that’s just common sense isn't it”
D: he dismisses the point as 'just common sense', so he thinks it is obvious rather than remarkable.
“The fact is that the companies are not actually interested in selling you a cheap flight! They’re interested in selling the seats and flying aeroplanes that are full”
A: airlines are 'not actually interested in selling you a cheap flight', only in filling seats.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Revenue Management listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 1 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 24–32.
What question types appear in Revenue Management?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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