تحلیل لیسنینگ آیلتس آکادمیک و جنرال کمبریج 8 - تست 4: بررسی سوالات، نکات کلیدی و استراتژی‌های پاسخ‌دهی

📝 Question 1: Vacancies for 1 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: waiter(s)

📍 Location in Audio Script: "We're looking for **waiters** at the moment. There was one post for a cook, but that's already been taken."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks for the current vacancies. The speaker explicitly states they are looking for "**waiters**." The post for a cook is mentioned as a distractor, as it has already been filled.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**cook**" is mentioned but is no longer available.

⭐ Key Learning Point: When multiple possibilities are discussed, listen for the item that is **currently needed** or available.

📝 Question 2: Can choose your 2 ....... (must be the same each week)

🔹 Correct Answer: day off

📍 Location in Audio Script: "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."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks what the employee can choose/negotiate. The speaker states they can negotiate their **day off**, which must be consistent each week.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The **shifts** (day shift/late shift) are mentioned, but the speaker says they alternate them, meaning the employee cannot choose their shift.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Distinguish between conditions that are **fixed** (shifts) and conditions that are **negotiable** (day off).

📝 Question 3: Pay: £5.50 per hour including a 3 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: break

📍 Location in Audio Script: "You get £5.50 an hour, and that includes a **break**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks what is included in the hourly rate. The speaker states the pay "includes a **break**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The pay rate "**£5.50**" is given but is not the answer. The word **tips** is mentioned as an extra to the pay, not included in the £5.50 rate itself.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer immediately follows the key phrase "**includes a**."

📝 Question 4: A 4 ....... is provided in the hotel

🔹 Correct Answer: (free) meal

📍 Location in Audio Script: "You can get a **meal** in the hotel if you want to, and there's no charge for it so you might as well."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks what is provided in the hotel. The speaker states the employee can get a **meal** (which is free).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The candidate might try to use "**no charge**" or "**home**" (where they don't have to eat), which is not the **item provided**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Look for the **noun** that represents the item being offered or supplied.

📝 Question 5: Dress: a white shirt and 5 ....... trousers (not supplied), a 6 ....... (supplied)

🔹 Correct Answer: dark (coloured)

📍 Location in Audio Script: "You need to wear a white shirt, just a plain one, and **dark trousers**. You know, not green or anything like that."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The required adjective for the trousers is "**dark**" (or dark coloured).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**green**" is mentioned as an example of what they shouldn't wear. The word "**white**" is for the shirt, not the trousers.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for the **adjective** describing the specific piece of clothing, and note that color is often the requirement.

📝 Question 6: Dress: a white shirt and 5 ....... trousers (not supplied), a 6 ....... (supplied)

🔹 Correct Answer: jacket

📍 Location in Audio Script: "You have to wear a **jacket**, but the hotel lends you that [supplied]."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks for the **supplied item** of clothing. The speaker confirms the hotel lends a "**jacket**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**waistcoat**" is mentioned but is quickly dismissed/not required. The shirt and trousers are **not supplied**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the parenthetical note (**supplied**) to distinguish this item from the others that are not supplied.

📝 Question 7: Starting date: 7 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: 28 June

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Yes, the **28th**, in time for the summer."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker confirms the starting date is the "**28th**," which the context confirms is **June**. (The man said he's available from the 10th of June, and the agent confirms the 28th.)

⚠️ Potential Traps: The man mentions he is available from the "**10th**" (which is too early) and the speaker mentions the "**end of June**" (too vague). The exact date is required.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Capture the **specific day and month** when a date is requested.

📝 Question 8: Call Jane 8 ....... (service manage) before 9 ....... tomorrow (Tel: 832009)

🔹 Correct Answer: Urwin

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Her name's Jane **Urwin**, that's U-R-W-I-N, and she'll probably arrange to meet you."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The question asks for Jane's surname, which the speaker spells out: "**Urwin**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The first name "**Jane**" is already provided. The candidate must ensure the **spelling** is correct.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Be ready to write down the **spelling of a surname** immediately after it's introduced and confirmed.

📝 Question 9: Call Jane 8 ....... (service manage) before 9 ....... tomorrow (Tel: 832009)

🔹 Correct Answer: 12.00 (pm)/noon/midday

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Could you call tomorrow? Um, she usually starts checking the rooms at **midday**, so before then if you can..."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The best time to call is before **midday** (**12.00 pm/noon**). The question is asking for the **time limit**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The first number mentioned in the phone number (**832**) is a numerical distractor.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Time limits are often given using common terms like **midday or noon**, which should be written as numbers (**12.00 pm**) or words.

📝 Question 10: She will require a 10 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: reference

📍 Location in Audio Script: "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."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The final requirement mentioned is a "**reference**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The description of a reference ("someone who knows you and can vouch for you") is context, not the answer.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Final notes often summarize a **key requirement for employment**.

📝 Question 11: Community groups are mainly concerned about

A pedestrian safety

B traffic jams

C increased pollution

🔹 Correct Answer: A

📍 Location in Audio Script: "People we've heard from are mainly worried about traffic in the area, and, in particular, the **increasing speed of cars near schools**... They feel that it is only a matter of time before there is an **accident** as a lot of the children walk to the school."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The main concern is the "**increasing speed of cars near schools**" and the fear of an "**accident**" because children walk to the school. This is a clear focus on **pedestrian safety** (Option A).

⚠️ Potential Traps: **Traffic jams** (B) is a problem, but the **main concern** is safety related to speed. Pollution (C) is not mentioned.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Link the specific danger (speeding cars near children) to the overarching theme (**safety**).

📝 Question 12: It has been decided that the overhead power lines will be

A extended

B buried

C repaired

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...I'm happy to report that the power company have agreed to move the power lines **underground** at a cost of $800,000."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Moving the power lines "**underground**" is a direct synonym for being **buried** (Option B).

⚠️ Potential Traps: Repaired (C) is too vague; the power lines are simply old. Extended (A) is the opposite of the change.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on the **physical change of location or state**, not just general action.

📝 Question 13: The expenses related to the power lines will be paid by

A the council

B the power company

C local businesses

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Well, the **power company** have agreed to **bear the cost of this themselves** after a lot of discussion with the council."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker explicitly states the **power company** will "**bear the cost of this themselves**" (Option B).

⚠️ Potential Traps: Local businesses (C) are mentioned in a question about rate increases, and the council (A) is mentioned as negotiating but **not paying**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for the entity responsible for the **cost**, often signaled by "**agreed to bear the cost**."

📝 Questions 14-20: Label the map below. Write the correct letter A-H next to questions 14-20.

📝 Question 14: Trees

🔹 Correct Answer: C

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Firstly, we'll plant mature pine trees to provide shelter and shade just to the **right of the supermarket** in Days Road."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The supermarket is marked on the map, and **location C** is immediately to its **right** (Days Road runs vertically).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The **supermarket itself** is a landmark, not the answer. C is the location next to it.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the specified **landmarks and directional cues** (to the right of) to place the item.

📝 Question 15: Wider footpaths

🔹 Correct Answer: D

📍 Location in Audio Script: "In order to address the traffic problems, the pavements on the **corner of Carberry and Thomas Street** will be widened."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Widened pavements (**footpaths**) are at the corner of **Carberry and Thomas Street**, which is **location D** on the map.

⚠️ Potential Traps: None, as this is a precise location at a named intersection.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Identify the **intersection points** on the map using the named streets.

📝 Question 16: Coloured road surface

🔹 Correct Answer: G

📍 Location in Audio Script: "So the roadway at the **entry to Thomas Street from Days Road** will be painted red."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The location at the intersection of **Thomas Street and Days Road** (the entry to Thomas Street) is where the road will be painted. This corresponds to **location G**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: D is the other end of Thomas Street's intersection with Carberry. **G** is the correct **entry point** from Days Road.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Distinguish between the **beginning and end** of a specific street relative to the main roads.

📝 Question 17: New sign

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "A 'keep clear' sign will be erected at the **junction of Evelyn Street and Hill Street**..."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: A 'keep clear' sign (**new sign**) will be placed at the **junction of Evelyn Street and Hill Street**, which is **location B**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: F is the other corner on Evelyn Street, which is a distractor.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the **specific location** along the street.

📝 Question 18: Traffic lights

🔹 Correct Answer: F

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...to install **traffic lights half way down Hill Street** where it crosses Days Road."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: **Location F** is the mid-point of **Hill Street** where it crosses Days Road.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The signs are at B. The **traffic lights** are specifically **mid-street**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use directional words like "**half way down**" or **where it crosses** to pinpoint the correct location.

📝 Question 19: Artwork

🔹 Correct Answer: A

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...an artist will incorporate that story into paintings on the **wall of a building on the other side of Hill Street from the supermarket**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: This location is on the **opposite side of Hill Street from the supermarket**, which is **location A**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The supermarket is a key landmark, and **A** is the building **directly opposite** it on Hill Street.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use **relative location** (**on the other side of / opposite**) to locate the item on the map.

📝 Question 20: Children’s playground

🔹 Correct Answer: E

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...we've agreed to build a new children's playground which will be at the **other end of Hill Street close to the intersection with Carberry Street**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The location is the **end of Hill Street near Carberry Street**, which is **location E**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: B is the other end of Hill Street. **E** is clearly at the **Carberry intersection**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the **intersection names** to define the ends of the streets.

📝 Questions 21 and 22: In which TWO ways is Dan financing his course?

🔹 Correct Answer: B, E (in any order)

📍 Location in Audio Script (E): "So then I asked the boss of the company I used to work for if they would sponsor me, and much to my surprise, he said they'd **make a contribution**." (**Former employer providing partial funding**)

📍 Location in Audio Script (B): "My parents had been saying that as I already had a job, I ought to support myself through college. But in the end they **took pity on me**, so now I've just about got enough." (**Family willing to help**)

🔹 Analysis of the Answer:

• E (Former employer): The boss agreed to "**make a contribution**."
• B (Family): His parents "**took pity on me**" and decided to help.

⚠️ Potential Traps:

• A (Government) / D (Local council) / C (College grant): These sources of funding were either **rejected** or he was **ineligible** for them.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for **clear acceptance** (make a contribution, took pity on me) versus rejection/delay (turned down, mistaken, leave them).

📝 Questions 23 and 24: Which TWO reasons does Jeannie give for deciding to leave some college clubs?

🔹 Correct Answer: A, C (in any order)

📍 Location in Audio Script (A): "I don't think the conductor **stretches us enough**, though so I'll **give up** after the next concert." (**Not sufficiently challenged**)

📍 Location in Audio Script (C): "It's fun, but with all the rehearsing I'm doing, **something has to go**, and I'm afraid that's the one." (**Not enough time**)

🔹 Analysis of the Answer:

• A (Singing group): She's leaving because the conductor doesn't "**stretch us enough**."
• C (Debating society): She's leaving because "**something has to go**" due to rehearsing (lack of time).

⚠️ Potential Traps:

• D/E (Tennis/Hockey): She talks about these but does **not say she is quitting them** for the given reasons.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Distinguish between the activity she is **leaving** (Singing/Debating) and the activities she is **staying** in (Hockey/Tennis).

📝 Question 25: What does Dan say about the seminars on the course?

A The other students do not give him a chance to speak

B The seminars make him feel inferior to the other students

C The preparation for seminars takes too much time

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "All those people saying clever things that I could never think of – it's quite interesting, but **I wonder if I'm clever enough to be doing this course**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Dan questions if he is "**clever enough**" because of the things other students say, indicating he **feels inferior to them** (Option B).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The idea of the other students talking a lot is mentioned ("clever things"), but the **effect on Dan** is the key, not the students' actions (A). The time aspect (C) is not mentioned.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on the speaker's **personal reflection or emotion** (**I wonder if I'm clever enough**) to identify the core issue.

📝 Question 26: What does Jeannie say about the tutorials on the course?

A They are an inefficient way of providing guidance

B They are more challenging than she had expected

C They are helping her to develop her study skills

🔹 Correct Answer: C

📍 Location in Audio Script: "She gives me lots of feedback and advice, so I've **got much better at writing essays**. And she's **helping me plan my revision** for the end-of-year exams."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Jeannie's tutor helps her get "**much better at writing essays**" and "**plan my revision**," which are both aspects of **developing study skills** (Option C).

⚠️ Potential Traps: Dan mentions the inefficiency (A), but the question asks for **Jeannie's opinion**, which is **positive**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: When two speakers are talking about the same activity, ensure you choose the **opinion of the speaker named** in the question.

📝 Question 27: Work out your 27 ....... for revision and write them on a card

🔹 Correct Answer: priorities

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Then you can sort out your revision **priorities**, based on what's most likely to come up. I put these on a card, and read them through regularly."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The third step is sorting out revision "**priorities**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**card**" is mentioned as the medium for writing the priorities.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer to "**work out your X**" is the **plan or strategy noun**.

📝 Question 28: Make a 28 ....... and keep it in view

🔹 Correct Answer: timetable

📍 Location in Audio Script: "You also need a **timetable**, to see how you can fit everything in, in the time available. Then keep it in front of you while you're studying."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The next step is making a "**timetable**" and keeping it in view.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The phrase "**fit everything in**" is the reason for the timetable.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer to "**Make a X**" is often a **noun for a plan or schedule**.

📝 Question 29: Divide revision into 29 ....... about each day

🔹 Correct Answer: (small) tasks

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...if you break down your revision into small **tasks**, and allocate them to specific days, there's more incentive to tackle them."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The advice is to divide the revision into "**small tasks**" (or just tasks).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**days**" is mentioned, but the unit of work is the **task**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer is the **countable noun** that defines the unit of division.

📝 Question 30: Write one 30 ....... about each topic.

🔹 Correct Answer: (single) paragraph

📍 Location in Audio Script: "And as I revise each topic I write a single **paragraph** about it – then later I can read it through quickly, and it helps fix things in my mind."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The final writing step is to write a "**single paragraph**" about each topic.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The word "**topic**" is in the notes.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer is the **unit of written work**.

📝 Questions 31-36: Australian Aboriginal Rock Paintings

A: Dynamic B: Yam C: Modern

📝 Question 31: figures revealing bones

🔹 Correct Answer: C

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...the **Modern style**, which is known as 'x-ray' because it actually makes a feature of the **internal skeleton** as well as the organs of animals and humans."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The internal skeleton (**bones**) is a feature of the **Modern style** (C), which is known as '**x-ray**.'

⚠️ Potential Traps: None, this is a clear definition of the **Modern style**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for **technical or descriptive names** (like 'x-ray') that define the artistic style.

📝 Question 32: rounded figures

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "The **Yam style** of painting got its name from the fact that it featured much **curvier figures** that actually resemble the vegetable called a yam..."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The **Yam style** (B) features "**curvier figures**," which is a good paraphrase for **rounded figures**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The stick-like figures of the Dynamic style and the skeletal figures of the Modern style are contrasts.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Relate a **visual description** (curvy/rounded) to the **specific artistic style**.

📝 Question 33: figures with parts missing

🔹 Correct Answer: C

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...Aborigines managed to convey the idea of the settlers' clothing by simply painting the Europeans **without any hands**..."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Painting settlers **without any hands** means the **figures have parts missing**, which is a feature of the **Modern style** (C).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The **handless nature** is a specific example of the missing parts.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The answer may be an **inference** based on a specific example in the audio.

📝 Question 34: figures smaller than life size

🔹 Correct Answer: A

📍 Location in Audio Script: "The more recent images tend to be life size or even larger, but the **Dynamic figures** are painted in **miniature**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The **Dynamic figures** (A) are painted "**in miniature**," meaning they are **smaller than life size**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The more recent images (Modern) are life size or larger.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on the **comparison of size** across the different styles.

📝 Question 35: sea creatures

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "In fact, **fish** didn't start to appear in paintings until the **Yam period** along with shells and other **marine images**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Fish, shells, and **marine images** (**sea creatures**) first appeared in the **Yam period** (B).

⚠️ Potential Traps: They appeared in the Modern period as **freshwater** creatures, but the initial appearance of **sea creatures** was in the Yam period.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Distinguish between **sea/marine life** (Yam) and freshwater life (Modern).

📝 Question 36: plants

🔹 Correct Answer: B

📍 Location in Audio Script: "The paintings of the **Yam tradition** also suggest that, during this time... they began including **vegetables** in their diet, as these feature prominently."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: **Vegetables** (a type of **plant**) began to feature prominently in the **Yam tradition** (B).

⚠️ Potential Traps: None, as this is a specific dietary/artistic feature of the **Yam period**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Relate specific examples (**vegetables**) to the broader category (**plants**).

📝 Question 37: Aim of project: to identify the 37 ....... used as the basis for the Rainbow Serpent

🔹 Correct Answer: animal/creature

📍 Location in Audio Script: "...we decided to study the Rainbow Serpent paintings to see if we could locate the **animal** that the very first painters based their image on."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The aim was to locate the **animal** (or **creature**) that the image was based on.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The snake or serpent is the appearance, and kangaroo or crocodile are mentioned as elements, but the aim is to find the **original animal/creature**.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The noun completes the purpose: "**identify the X used as the basis**."

📝 Question 38: Environmental changes led to higher 38 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: sea/water level(s)

📍 Location in Audio Script: "This brought about tremendous change in the environment, with the **sea levels rising** and creeping steadily inland."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The environmental change was the **sea levels rising** (**higher sea/water levels**).

⚠️ Potential Traps: The term "**ice age**" is the broader context for the change.

⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the word "**rising**" to lead to the noun that changed (**sea levels**).

📝 Question 39: Traditional activities were affected especially 39 .......

🔹 Correct Answer: hunting

📍 Location in Audio Script: "This flooded many familiar land features and also caused a great deal of disruption to traditional patterns of life, **hunting in particular**."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The specific activity that was disrupted was "**hunting**."

⚠️ Potential Traps: The broader term "**traditional patterns of life**" is too vague.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The phrase "**in particular**" signposts the specific example being asked for.

📝 Question 40: Symbolises 40 ....... in Aboriginal culture

🔹 Correct Answer: creation

📍 Location in Audio Script: "Even today, Aborigines see the Rainbow Serpent as a symbol of **creation**, which is understandable given the increase in vegetation and the new life forms that featured when the image first appeared."

🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The final point is the **symbolism** of the Rainbow Serpent: **creation**.

⚠️ Potential Traps: The **new life forms and vegetation** are the reason for the symbolism, not the symbol itself.

⭐ Key Learning Point: The phrase "**symbol of**" clearly indicates the required noun.