Cambridge IELTS 8 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 1
West Bay Hotel Details of Job — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for West Bay Hotel Details of Job, Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 4 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q1–10). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–10: 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.
“We're looking for waiters at the moment. There was one post for a cook, but that's already been taken”
The notice is for 'waiters at the moment'; the cook post 'has already been taken', so waiters is the only vacancy left.
“You get one day off and I think you can negotiate which one you want, it's more or less up to you. But it has to be the same one every week”
The perk is 'one day off' each week, and the negotiable part is which day, not how many days.
“You get £5.50 an hour, and that includes a break”
The hourly rate 'includes a break', so the missing item is a break rather than extra pay.
“You can get a meal in the hotel if you want to, and there's no charge for it so you might as well”
The hotel meal carries 'no charge', so the benefit is a free meal, the noun phrase the notes need.
“Yes, I forgot to mention that. You need to wear a white shirt, just a plain one, and dark trousers. You know, not green or anything like that. And we don't supply those”
Colour adjective: trousers must be 'dark', and the speaker explicitly rules out 'green or anything like that'.
“You have to wear a jacket, but the hotel lends you that”
The hotel lends staff a 'jacket', an item separate from the shirt and trousers they must supply themselves.
“Just a minute, I think it's some time around the end of June. Yes, the 28th, in time for the summer”
Starting date is 'the 28th' of June; 'end of June' was only a rough guess before the exact day was given.
“Well, if you can call again you need to speak to the Service Manager. Her name's Jane Urwin, that's U-R-W-I-N, and she'll probably arrange to meet you”
Surname spelled letter by letter, 'U-R-W-I-N', so Urwin is correct; her first name is Jane.
“Could you call tomorrow? Um, she usually starts checking the rooms at midday, so before then if you can, so she'll have more time to chat”
Time detail: she 'starts checking the rooms at midday', so the call needs to come earlier that morning.
“And by the way, she will ask you for a reference, so you might like to be thinking about that. You know, just someone who knows you and can vouch for you”
The manager will ask for 'a reference', meaning someone who knows her and can 'vouch for you'.
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It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 1–10.
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The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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