Cambridge IELTS 9 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 4
The Underground House — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for The Underground House, Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 3 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Underground House answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q31–32). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–32: 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.
“Their chief aim was to create somewhere that was as environmentally-friendly as possible”
B: the founders' 'chief aim was to create somewhere that was as environmentally-friendly as possible', not to save money or stand out.
“The price was relatively low, and they liked the idea of recycling the land, as it were”
A: the site appealed because 'the price was relatively low' and they liked 'the idea of recycling the land'.
Learn the question types in this part
Frequently asked questions
Where does the The Underground House listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in The Underground House?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
Every answer is paired with the sentence that proves it, so you can check each one against the passage yourself. Use the page after a timed attempt, not instead of one.
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