Cambridge IELTS 18 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 4
Space Traffic Management — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Space Traffic Management, Cambridge IELTS 18 Listening Test 3 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Space Traffic Management answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q31–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–40: 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.
“In order to do this, we’d need to have a set of legal measures, and we’d also have to develop the technical systems to enable us to prevent such accidents.”
An adjective before 'systems' is needed, and the talk mentions developing 'the technical systems' to prevent accidents.
“Well, for one thing, satellites are relatively cheap these days, compared with how they were in the past, meaning that more people can afford to put them into space.”
An adjective describes cost, and satellites are now 'relatively cheap', so more people can afford to launch them.
“So there’s a lot more of them out there, and people aren’t just launching single satellites but whole constellations, consisting of thousands of them designed to work together. So space is getting more crowded every day.”
A plural number follows 'consisting of', and constellations are made up of 'thousands of them'.
“it doesn’t have to send back any information to Earth to allow its identification.”
A noun is required after 'its', and the satellite need not send data 'to allow its identification'.
“at present we don’t have anything like enough proper ways of tracking them.”
A gerund follows 'ways of', and the problem is the lack of 'proper ways of tracking them'.
“In addition, some operators may be unwilling to share information about the satellites they’ve launched. For example, a satellite may be designed for military purposes”
An adjective describes purpose, and some satellites are 'designed for military purposes'.
“And even if the operators are willing to provide it, the information isn’t easy to collect. Details are needed about the object itself, as well as about its location at a particular time”
A noun is needed alongside details about the object, and information is required about 'its location at a particular time'.
“We don’t have any sensors that can constantly follow something moving so fast, so all that the scientists can do is to put forward a prediction concerning where the satellite is heading next.”
A singular noun follows 'put forward a', and scientists can only offer 'a prediction' of where the satellite is heading.
“Then, as all this information’s collected, it needs to be put together so it can be used, and that will involve creating a single database on which it can be entered.”
A singular noun follows 'a single', and the data must go into 'a single database'.
“but it’s also essential that this system is one that establishes trust in the people that use it, both nationally and at a global level.”
A noun is needed as the object of 'establishes', and the system must build 'trust in the people that use it'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Space Traffic Management listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 18 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Space Traffic Management?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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