Cambridge IELTS 10 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 4
The Spirit Bear — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for The Spirit Bear, Cambridge IELTS 10 Listening Test 1 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Spirit Bear 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.
“One in ten black bears is actually born with a white coat, which is the result of a special gene that surfaces in a few.”
The white coat results from 'a special gene that surfaces in a few', so gene is the cause.
“And according to the legends of these communities, its snowy fur brings with it a special power.”
Legend says its 'snowy fur brings with it a special power', so power is the gift.
“It is their way of protecting it when strangers visit the area.”
The bear is hidden as 'their way of protecting it when strangers visit the area', so strangers is the plural noun.
“For example, the old-growth trees have extremely long roots that help prevent erosion of the soil along the banks of the many fish streams”
Long roots 'help prevent erosion of the soil along the banks', so erosion is the damage prevented.
“Today, the spirit bear lives off the coast of the province of British Columbia on a few islands.”
It lives 'off the coast of ... British Columbia on a few islands', so islands is the habitat.
“In addition, they have built roads which have fractured the areas where the bear usually feeds, and many hibernation sites have also been lost.”
Logging companies 'have built roads which have fractured the areas where the bear usually feeds', so roads is the cause.
“To make matters worse, the number of salmon in those streams is declining because there is no legal limit on fishing at the moment.”
Salmon are declining 'because there is no legal limit on fishing at the moment', so fishing is unregulated.
“All these influences have a negative impact on the spirit bear’s very existence, which is made all the more fragile by the fact that reproduction among these bears has always been disappointingly low.”
The bear is vulnerable because 'reproduction among these bears has always been disappointingly low', so reproduction is the weak point.
“The government is now requiring logging companies to adopt a better logging method, which is a positive step.”
Government requires companies 'to adopt a better logging method', so method is the improvement.
“While it is important to maintain the spirit bear’s habitat, there also needs to be more emphasis on its expansion.”
Besides protecting habitat, 'there also needs to be more emphasis on its expansion', so expansion is the goal.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the The Spirit Bear listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 10 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in The Spirit Bear?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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