Cambridge IELTS 14 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 2
Visit To Branley Castle — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Visit To Branley Castle, Cambridge IELTS 14 Listening Test 2 Part 2, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Visit To Branley Castle answer key at a glance
Questions 11–20. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q11–15). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 11–15: 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’d make a new house for her out of wood next to the main hall.”
B fits: a new wooden house was to be built for her 'next to the main hall'.
“It was eventually taken over by a company who owned a number of amusement parks”
C fits: the castle was taken over by 'a company who owned a number of amusement parks'.
“When you go inside, you’ll find that in the state rooms there are life-like moving wax models dressed in costumes of different periods in the past, which even carry on conversations together.”
C fits: the state rooms hold 'life-like moving wax models' in period costume that even talk to each other.
“Nowadays the old zoo buildings are used for public displays of painting and sculpture.”
B fits: the old zoo buildings now host 'public displays of painting and sculpture'.
“we’ll then take you to the same place, where afternoon tea will be served to you.”
A fits: afternoon tea 'will be served to you' at the same place, so the visit ends with tea.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Visit To Branley Castle listening section come from?
It is Part 2 of Cambridge IELTS 14 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 11–20.
What question types appear in Visit To Branley Castle?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
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