Cambridge IELTS 11 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 3
Study on Gender in Physics — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Study on Gender in Physics, Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 1 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Study on Gender in Physics 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 (Q21–30). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–30: 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.
“They weren’t actually majoring in physics – they were majoring in what’s known as the STEM disciplines. That’s science, technology, engineering and …”
C fits: the students 'weren't actually majoring in physics' but in 'the STEM disciplines', a broader group.
“Yeah. But what the researchers wanted to find out was basically what they could do about the relatively low level of the women’s results.”
B fits: researchers wanted to know 'what they could do about the relatively low level of the women's results', so improving results.
“But actually they were wrong … No one was making any assumption about the female students at all.”
B fits: the earlier assumption was wrong, since 'no one was making any assumption about the female students at all'.
“Values-affirmation – they had to write an essay focusing on things that were significant to them, not particularly to do with the subject they were studying, but more general things like music or people who mattered to them.”
C fits: students wrote about 'things that were significant to them', such as 'music or people who mattered to them'.
“And putting these thoughts into words can relax them and help them overcome the psychological factors that lead to poor performance.”
A fits: 'putting these thoughts into words can relax them' and help overcome 'the psychological factors that lead to poor performance'.
“But what the researchers in the study hadn’t expected was that this one activity raised the women’s physics grades from the C to the B range.”
B fits: unexpectedly 'this one activity raised the women's physics grades from the C to the B range'.
“And had they been told why they were doing the writing? That might have affected the results.”
C fits: students were not told why they wrote, since 'that might have affected the results', leaving the reason unclear.
“Or even, half do the same writing task as in the original research and half do a factual writing task.”
A fits: the suggestion is that 'half do the same writing task ... and half do a factual writing task', comparing two tasks.
“That’s what I expected, but actually the men and the women got the same results whether they were working in teams or on their own.”
B fits: 'the men and the women got the same results whether they were working in teams or on their own'.
“We could have a look at the timetable for the science classes … or perhaps we should just make an appointment to see one of the science professors. That’d be better.”
A fits: instead of checking the timetable, 'make an appointment to see one of the science professors. That'd be better'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Study on Gender in Physics listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Study on Gender in Physics?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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