Cambridge IELTS 13 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 3
Seed Germination — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Seed Germination, Cambridge IELTS 13 Listening Test 1 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Seed Germination 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 (Q21–25). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–25: 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.
“No, there’s an optional module on seed structure and function in the third year that I might do, so I thought it might be useful for that.”
A fits: he takes the module because an optional third-year module on seed structure will make it useful.
“That should be fine if we start now. A lot of the other possible experiments need quite a bit longer.”
C fits: they can start now, while 'a lot of the other possible experiments need quite a bit longer'.
“But we need to be sure we’re the only ones doing it.”
B fits because they must be sure 'we're the only ones doing it' — uniqueness matters.
“I found it quite hard to follow – lots about the theory, which I hadn’t expected”
C fits: the reading was 'quite hard to follow' and had 'lots about the theory', more than expected.
“His analysis of figures comparing the times of the fires and the proportion of seeds that germinated was done in a lot of detail – very impressive”
B fits: his analysis of figures was 'done in a lot of detail – very impressive'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Seed Germination listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 13 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Seed Germination?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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