Cambridge IELTS 14 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 4
The History Of Weather Forecasting — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for The History Of Weather Forecasting, Cambridge IELTS 14 Listening Test 2 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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The History Of Weather Forecasting 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.
“Many ancient civilisations developed rites such as dances in order to make the weather gods look kindly on them.”
Ancient civilisations developed 'rites such as dances' to make the weather gods look kindly on them.
“in fact their survival depended on it.”
Forecasting mattered because 'their survival depended on it', so 'survival' fills the gap.
“based on their observations of clouds and other phenomena.”
Forecasts were 'based on their observations of clouds and other phenomena', so 'clouds' is named.
“astronomers had developed a calendar which divided the year into 24 festivals”
The calendar 'divided the year into 24 festivals', so the plural 'festivals' fits.
“that is, bright circles of light around the sun, the moon and bright stars – and comets.”
Unusual phenomena included haloes and 'comets', so the plural noun 'comets' completes the list.
“Alongside this, though, in the Middle Ages weather observations were passed on in the form of proverbs, such as ‘Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning’.”
Proverbs relied on sky colour: 'Red sky at night, shepherd's delight', so 'sky' fills the gap.
“For centuries, any attempt to forecast the weather could only be based on personal observation, but in the fifteenth century scientists began to see the need for instruments.”
In the fifteenth century scientists 'began to see the need for instruments', so that plural noun fits.
“the Italian scientist and inventor Galileo developed the world’s first thermometer.”
Galileo 'developed the world's first thermometer', so 'thermometer' is the invention named.
“It was Franklin who discovered that storms generally travel from west to east.”
Franklin 'discovered that storms generally travel from west to east', so 'storms' fits.
“People in different locations began to keep records, and in the mid-nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible for these records to be collated.”
The 'invention of the telegraph' allowed records to be collated, so that noun fills the gap.
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Frequently asked questions
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It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 14 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in The History Of Weather Forecasting?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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