Cambridge IELTS 6 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 4
Social History of the East End of London — IELTS Listening Answers
All 8 answers for Social History of the East End of London, Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 1 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Social History of the East End of London answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Table Completion (Q31–37). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–37: Table Completion
Strategy: Work row by row. The row label tells you where to look; the column heading tells you what kind of word you need.
“what's now the East End - the area by the river Thames, and along the road heading north-east from London to the coast - consisted of farmland with crops and livestock which helped to feed that population”
Farmland with crops and livestock 'helped to feed that population', so the verb feed fits the purpose column.
“The technology they introduced meant that metal and leather goods were produced there for the first time”
New technology meant 'metal and leather goods were produced there for the first time', so leather is the second material.
“The East End benefited from this, and because there were fewer restrictions there than in the city itself, plenty of newcomers settled there from abroad, bringing their skills as workers, merchants or money-lenders during the next few hundred years”
The East End attracted newcomers because 'there were fewer restrictions there than in the city itself'.
“In the sixteenth century the first dock was dug where ships were constructed, eventually making the East End the focus of massive international trade”
In the sixteenth century the first dock was dug 'where ships were constructed', so ships were the thing built.
“And in the late sixteenth century, when much of the rest of England was suffering economically, a lot of agricultural workers came to the East End to look for alternative work”
When 'much of the rest of England was suffering economically', agricultural workers came to the East End for work.
“In the seventeenth century, the East End was still a series of separate, semi-rural settlements. There was a shortage of accommodation, so marshland was drained and built on to house the large numbers of people now living there”
Marshland 'was drained and built on to house the large numbers of people now living there', so built is the verb.
“By the nineteenth century London was the busiest port in the world, and this became the main source of employment in the East End. Those who could afford to live in more pleasant surroundings moved out, and the area became one where the vast majority of people lived in extreme poverty,”
By the nineteenth century 'the vast majority of people lived in extreme poverty, and suffered from appalling sanitary conditions'.
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Where does the Social History of the East End of London listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Social History of the East End of London?
The part is tested with Table Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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