Cambridge IELTS 19 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 4
Tree Planting — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Tree Planting, Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 4 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Tree Planting 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.
“Invasive species are a significant contributor to the current global biodiversity crisis and are often in competition with native species and may threaten their long-term survival.”
Invasive species are often in competition with native species and threaten their long-term survival, so the noun is 'competition'.
“Restoring biodiversity that will maximise carbon capture is key when reforesting an area, but ideally any reforestation project should have several goals. These could include selecting trees that can contribute to wildlife conservation,”
Reforestation should improve the availability of food for the local community, so the gap takes 'food'.
“Using seeds with low genetic diversity generally lowers the resilience of restored forests, which can make them vulnerable to disease and unable to adapt to climate change.”
Low genetic diversity makes restored forests vulnerable to disease, so the noun needed is 'disease'.
“Reforesting areas which are currently exploited for agriculture should be avoided as this often leads to other areas being deforested.”
Reforesting land currently exploited for agriculture should be avoided, since it pushes deforestation elsewhere.
“Making the right decisions about where to plant trees depends on having the right information. Having detailed and up-to-date maps identifying high-priority areas for intervention is essential.”
Detailed, up-to-date maps identifying high-priority areas are essential, so the plural noun is 'maps'.
“Drone technology is a useful tool in helping to prioritise and monitor areas of degraded forest for restoration. In Brazil, it’s being used to identify and quantify how parts of the Amazon are being devastated by human activities such as rearing cattle and illegal logging.”
In Brazil drones track devastation caused by rearing cattle and illegal logging, so the activity is 'cattle'.
“They are central to tropical reforestation projects as they accelerate the speed of the recovery process by attracting animals and birds which act as natural seed dispersers.”
Trees accelerate the speed of the recovery process by attracting seed-dispersing animals, so the gap takes 'speed'.
“At this site, for example, after only three rainy seasons, monkeys started visiting to eat the fig fruits, naturally dispersing seeds through defecation.”
After only three rainy seasons, monkeys began visiting to eat fig fruits and disperse seeds, so the animal is 'monkeys'.
“Destruction of the mangrove forests had a terrible impact on plant and animal life, and also badly affected the fishing industry, which was a major source of employment for local people living in coastal areas.”
Mangrove destruction badly affected the fishing industry, a major employer for coastal people, so the gap takes 'fishing'.
“The mangroves also act as a defence against the increased threat of flooding caused by climate change.”
Mangroves defend against the increased threat of flooding caused by climate change, so the noun is 'flooding'.
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Where does the Tree Planting listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Tree Planting?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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