
مقدمه
بخش لیسنینگ، اولین و یکی از مهمترین چالشها در آزمون آیلتس است که نیازمند تمرکز بالا و درک شنیداری دقیق میباشد. در این مقاله، به تحلیل جامع تست ۴ لیسنینگ از کتاب آیلتس کمبریج ۱۱ (Cambridge IELTS 11) میپردازیم. هدف ما شکستن ساختار سوالات، شناسایی تلههای رایج و ارائه استراتژیهای کاربردی برای کمک به شما در مدیریت زمان و افزایش دقت پاسخدهی است. این تست شامل چهار بخش با موضوعات و فرمتهای متنوع سوال است. داوطلبان باید با انواع سوالات مانند Multiple Choice، Form Completion، Matching و Map Labelling آشنا باشند. با ما همراه باشید تا با بررسی جزء به جزء این تست، با اطمینان بیشتری به سراغ آزمون اصلی بروید.
Table of Contents (فهرست مطالب)
PART 1 Questions 1-10 + Audio Script
📝 Question 1: Venue for Jazz band
🔹 Correct Answer: school
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Yes, that’s right, the secondary school"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker confirms the venue for the jazz band is the secondary school, directly answering the question.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions "Make sure you don’t go to the primary school by mistake!", which could be a distractor.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the specific details and avoid being distracted by similar options.
📝 Question 2: Carolyn Hart plays the
🔹 Correct Answer: flute
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Yes the flute. She usually plays with symphony orchestras, and apparently this is her first time with a jazz band."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker confirms that Carolyn Hart plays the flute. Melanie mentions oboe or flute, but the speaker corrects her by saying "yes, the flute".
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions "oboe, or flute or something?" earlier, which could distract test-takers.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be careful about the initial guesses and focus on the final confirmation.
📝 Question 3: Duck races start behind the
🔹 Correct Answer: cinema
📍 Location in Audio Script: "All the ducks will be launched into the river at the back of the cinema."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that the ducks are launched from behind the cinema, indicating the start point.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions the ducks will float along the river to the railway bridge, which is the finish line, not the start.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Note specific locations (start vs. finish) to answer accurately.
📝 Question 4: Prize: tickets for...
🔹 Correct Answer: concert
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Yes, the first duck in each race to arrive at the finishing line wins its owner free tickets for the concert on the last night of the festival."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker directly states the prize is tickets to a concert.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The information is clearly stated.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for explicit connections between a prize and what it is awarded for.
📝 Question 5: Ducks can be bought in the
🔹 Correct Answer: market
📍 Location in Audio Script: "They’re on sale at a stall in the market."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that ducks can be bought in the market, making it a direct answer to the question.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The information is clear.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to words that indicate locations for transactions (e.g., "on sale at").
📝 Question 6: Flower show venue
🔹 Correct Answer: Bythwaite
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Well, admission is free, and the show is being held in Bythwaite Hall."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker specifies that the flower show will be held in Bythwaite Hall.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker has to spell out the name of the hall "B-Y-T-H-W-A-I-T-E. Bythwaite," which could be challenging if listeners don't know the name.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the spelling of place names or proper nouns that you may not know.
📝 Question 7: Prizes presented by a well-known
🔹 Correct Answer: actor
📍 Location in Audio Script: "The prizes are being given by a famous actor, Kevin Shapless."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker explicitly identifies Kevin Shapless as an actor presenting the prizes.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions, "He lives nearby and gets involved in a lot of community events" which might distract from his profession.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on identifying someone’s profession rather than their activities.
📝 Question 8: The Mystery of Muldoon - suitable for?
🔹 Correct Answer: A (mainly for children)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "That’s aimed at five to ten-year-olds."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions that "The Mystery of Muldoon" is aimed at children aged five to ten years old, making choice A the correct one.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions that the listener might enjoy it less than their children, but the key focus is the age group of the play.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Recognize that "aimed at" is equivalent to "mainly for."
📝 Question 9: Fire and Flood - suitable for?
🔹 Correct Answer: B (mainly for adults)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "If you’d like something for yourself and your husband and leave your children with a babysitter, you might like to see ‘Fire and Flood’ ... and children might find it rather frightening."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker suggests that the play "Fire and Flood" is suitable for adults and not for children because it is frightening for them, which is why choice B is correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker also mentions the play is about "events that really happened," which could be a distractor if the listener focuses on historical events rather than intended audience.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the language used to identify the audience being addressed.
📝 Question 10: Silly Sailor - suitable for?
🔹 Correct Answer: C (suitable for people of all ages)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "That’s a comedy, and it’s for young and old."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker directly states that "Silly Sailor" is for both "young and old," equivalent to "suitable for people of all ages," which makes option C correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions that it is a comedy and won an award which might distract from the correct answer
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be alert to statements that directly link to answer choices using synonym or equivalent phrases.
PART 1 Audio Script
ROB: Good morning. Stretton Festival box office. How can I help you?
MELANIE: Oh, hello. My family and I are on holiday on the area, and we’ve seen some posters about the festival this week. Could you tell me about some of the events, please?
ROB: Of course.
MELANIE: First of all, are there still tickets available for the jazz band on Saturday?
ROB: There are, but only £18 (Example). The £12 seats have all been sold.
MELANIE: OK. And the venue is the school, isn’t it?
ROB: Yes, that’s right, the 📍Q1 secondary school. Make sure you don’t go to the primary school by mistake! And there’s an additional performer who isn’t mentioned on the posters – Carolyn Hart is going to play with the band.
MELANIE: Oh, I think I’ve heard her on the radio. Doesn’t she play the oboe, or flute or something?
ROB: Yes the 📍Q2 flute. She usually plays with symphony orchestras, and apparently this is her first time with a jazz band.
MELANIE: Well, I’d certainly like to hear her. Then the next thing I want to ask about is the duck races – I saw a poster beside a river. What are they, exactly?
ROB: Well, you buy a yellow plastic duck – or as many as you like – they’re a pound each. And you write your name on each one. There’ll be several races, depending on the number of ducks taking part. And John Stevens, a champion swimmer who lives locally, is going to start the races. All the ducks will be launched into the river at the back of the 📍Q3 cinema, then they’ll float along the river for 500 metres, as far as the railway bridge.
MELANIE: And are there any prizes?
ROB: Yes, the first duck in each race to arrive at the finishing line wins its owner free tickets for the 📍Q4 concert on the last night of the festival.
MELANIE: You said you can buy a duck? I’m sure my children will both want one.
ROB: They’re on sale at a stall in the 📍Q5 market. You can’t miss it – it’s got an enormous sign showing a couple of ducks.
MELANIE: OK. I’ll go there this afternoon. I remember walking past there yesterday. Now could you tell me something about the flower show, please?
ROB: Well, admission is free, and the show is being held in 📍Q6 Bythwaite Hall.
MELANIE: Sorry, how do you spell that?
ROB: B-Y-T-H-W-A-I-T-E. Bythwaite.
MELANIE: Is it easy to find? I’m no very familiar with the town yet.
ROB: Oh, you won’t have any problem. It’s right in the centre of Stretton. It’s the only old building in the town, so it’s easy to recognise.
MELANIE: I know it. I presume it’s open all day.
ROB: Yes, but if you’d like to see the prizes being awarded for the best flowers, you’ll need to be there at 5 o’clock. The prizes are being given by a famous 📍Q7 actor, Kevin Shapless. He lives nearby and gets involved in a lot of community events.
MELANIE: Gosh, I’ve seen him on TV. I’ll definitely go to the prize-giving.
ROB: Right.
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MELANIE: I’ve seen a list of plays that are being performed this week, and I’d like to know which are suitable for my children, and which ones my husband and I might go to.
ROB: How old are your children?
MELANIE: Five and seven. What about ‘The Mystery of Muldoon’?
ROB: That’s aimed at 📍Q8 five to ten-year-olds.
MELANIE: So if I take my children, I can expect them to enjoy it more than I do?
ROB: I think so. If you’d like something for 📍Q9 yourself and your husband and leave your children with a babysitter, you might like to see ‘Fire and Flood’ – it’s about events that really happened in Stretton two hundred years ago, and children might find it rather frightening.
MELANIE: Oh, thanks for the warning. And finally, what about ‘Silly Sailor’?
ROB: That’s a comedy, and it’s for 📍Q10 young and old. In fact, it won an award in the Stretton Drama Festival a couple of months ago.
MELANIE: OK. Well, goodbye, and thanks for all the information. I’m looking forward to the festival!
ROB: Goodbye.
PART 2 Questions 11-20 + Audio Script
📝 Question 11: 20th- and 21st-century paintings - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: E (includes the most popular exhibits in the museum)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "This is the gallery that attracts the largest number of visitors"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions the gallery attracts the "largest number of visitors," meaning it includes the most popular exhibits.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions "many by very well-known artists" which might sound tempting, but it's not the correct answer.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen for words or phrases indicating "most popular," "attracts the most" to identify the right answer.
📝 Question 12: 19th-century paintings - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: D (includes some items given by the artists)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "… several of the artists each donated one work"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions the artists "donated one work," which means they gave some items to the museum.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker mentions, "they’re of special interest to us," which can be a distractor but doesn't fit any answer options.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on understanding that "donated" and "given by" are synonyms.
📝 Question 13: Sculptures - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: G (has had some of its contents relocated)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "but a number of the sculptures have been moved to other parts of the museum"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions some of the sculptures "have been moved to other parts," meaning they have been relocated.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker also mentions the gallery is "currently closed for refurbishment," but this doesn't fit in the given answer choices.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Recognize synonyms like "moved" and "relocated."
📝 Question 14: ‘Around the world’ exhibition - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: B (was recently publicised in the media)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "you’ve probably seen something about it on TV or in the newspapers"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that the exhibition has been on "TV or in the newspapers," implying that it was recently publicized in the media.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker also mentions that it "created a great deal of interest," which is not one of the answer choices.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be aware that being "on TV or in the newspapers" means it has been "publicized in the media."
📝 Question 15: Coins - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: C (includes some items given by members of the public)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "And many of them were discovered by ordinary people digging their gardens and donated to the museum!"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker specifies that many coins were "donated" by the public, which means they were given by members of the public.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker calls the collection "focused, specialist," which is a distractor, and not in the provided options.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be able to identify a synonym such as "donated" is equivalent to "given by members of the public".
📝 Question 16: Porcelain and glass - Comments
🔹 Correct Answer: A (was given by one person)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "All our porcelain and glass we left to the museum by its founder"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker indicates that the porcelain and glass were "left to the museum by its founder," meaning it was given by one person.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker also says, "we’re not allowed to add anything to that collection," which might mislead someone into choosing another answer option.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Understand that "left to the museum by its founder" means it was "given by one person."
📝 Question 17: restaurant - Location in Basement
🔹 Correct Answer: F
📍 Location in Audio Script: "To reach it, when you get to the bottom of the stairs, go straight ahead to the far side of the sitting area, then turn right into the corridor. You’ll see the door on the restaurant facing you."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker describes the location of the restaurant in detail and the answer is F based on the image.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None
⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the given plan to identify the correct location of each answer.
📝 Question 18: café - Location in Basement
🔹 Correct Answer: H
📍 Location in Audio Script: "When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you’ll need to go straight ahead, turn right into the corridor, and the café is immediately on the right."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker describes how to find the café step by step, making H the correct location on the image provided.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None
⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the given plan to identify the correct location of each answer.
📝 Question 19: baby-changing facilities - Location in Basement
🔹 Correct Answer: C
📍 Location in Audio Script: "cross the sitting area, continue straight ahead along the corridor on the left and you and your body will find the facilities on the left-hand side."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker provides step-by-step instructions on where to find the baby-changing facilities and based on the plan, C is the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None
⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the given plan to identify the correct location of each answer.
📝 Question 20: cloakroom - Location in Basement
🔹 Correct Answer: B
📍 Location in Audio Script: "The cloakroom where you should leave coats, umbrella and any large bags, is on the left hand side of the sitting area. It’s through the last door before you come to the corridor."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker uses a description of how to find the cloakroom, and the correct location based on the plan is B.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None
⭐ Key Learning Point: Use the given plan to identify the correct location of each answer.
PART 2 Audio Script
GREG: Good morning, and welcome to the museum – one with a remarkable range of exhibits, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy. My name’s Greg, and I’ll tell you about the various collections as we go round. But before we go, let me just give you a taste of what we have here.
Well, for one thing, we have a fine collection of twentieth and twenty-first century paintings, many by very well-known artists. I’m sure you’ll recognise several of the paintings. This is the gallery that attracts the 📍Q11 largest number of visitors, so it’s best to go in early in the day, before the crowds arrive.
The there are the nineteenth-century paintings. The museum was opened in the middle of that century, and several of the artists each 📍Q12 donated one work – to get the museum started, as it were. So they’re of special interest to us – we feel closer to them than to other works.
The sculpture gallery has a number of fine exhibits, but I’m afraid it’s currently closed for refurbishment. You’ll need to come back next year to see it properly, but a number of the sculptures have been 📍Q13 moved to other parts of the museum.
‘Around the world’ is a temporary exhibition – you’ve probably seen something about it on 📍Q14 TV or in the newspapers. It’s created a great deal of interest, because it presents objects from every continent and many countries, and provides information about their social context – why they were made, who for, and so on.
Then there’s the collection of coins. This is what you might call a focused, specialist collection, because all the coins come from this country, and were produced between two thousand and a thousand years ago. And many of them were discovered by ordinary people digging their gardens and 📍Q15 donated to the museum!
All our porcelain and glass we 📍Q16 left to the museum by its founder, when he died in 1878. And in the terms of his will, we’re not allowed to add anything to that collection: he believed it was perfect in itself, and we don’t see any reason to disagree!
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OK, that was something about the collections, and now here’s some more practical information, in case you need it. Most of the museum facilities are downstairs, in the basement, so you go down the stairs here. When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you’ll find yourself in a sitting area, with comfortable chairs and sofas where you can have a rest before continuing your exploration of the museum.
We have a very good restaurant, which serves excellent food all day, in a relaxing atmosphere. To reach it, when you get to the bottom of the stairs, go straight ahead to the far side of the sitting area, then turn right into the corridor. You’ll see the door on the 📍Q17 restaurant facing you.
If you just want a snack, or if you’d like to eat somewhere with facilities for children, we also have a café. When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you’ll need to go straight ahead, turn right into the corridor, and the 📍Q18 café is immediately on the right.
And talking about children, there are baby-changing facilities downstairs: 📍Q19 cross the sitting area, continue straight ahead along the corridor on the left and you and your body will find the facilities on the left-hand side.
The cloakroom where you should leave coats, umbrella and any large bags, is 📍Q20 on the left hand side of the sitting area. It’s through the last door before you come to the corridor.
There are toilets on every floor, but in the basement they’re the first rooms on the left when you get down there.
OK, now if you’ve got anything to leave in the cloakroom, please do that now, and then we’ll start our tour.
PART 3 Questions 21-30 + Audio Script
📝 Question 21 & 22: Which TWO characteristics were shared by the subjects of Joanna’s psychology study?
🔹 Correct Answers: B (They had all made music recordings), D (They had all toured internationally)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "They were all very highly regarded in the music world and they’d done quite extensive tours in different continents ... I wasn’t specifically look for artists who’d produced recordings, but this is something that’s just taken for granted these days, and they all had."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Joanna mentions her subjects had "done quite extensive tours in different continents" (D) and "they all had" music recordings (B) making both B and D correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The supervisor mentions "they were quite young," which is a distractor. Although some had won prizes, this is "quite a few" and not "all" of them. The subjects played various instruments, not just string instruments.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to all details mentioned to avoid traps and choose the answers that apply to everyone in the group.
📝 Question 23 & 24: Which TWO points does Joanna make about her use of telephone interviews?
🔹 Correct Answers: A (It meant rich data could be collected), B (It allowed the involvement of top performers)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "I realised if I was going to interview leading musicians it’s only be possible over the phone because they’re so busy ... And I don’t think using the phone meant I got less rich data rather the opposite in fact."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Joanna states she chose telephone interviews because the musicians were busy (B), and that she did not get "less rich data rather the opposite" (A). Therefore, A and B are the correct answers.
⚠️ Potential Traps: She mentions she was worried about quality and it was all quite informal which can distract, but are not in the answers choices. She also mentioned that she got at least 30 mins and sometimes longer, which may also distract from the correct answers.
⭐ Key Learning Point: The use of phrases like "rather the opposite" indicates a shift in opinion to look for the correct answers.
📝 Question 25 & 26: Which TWO topics did Joanna originally intend to investigate in her research?
🔹 Correct Answers: B (audience reactions to the dress of performers) E (links between musical instrument and dress choice)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "When I started I was more interested in trying to investigate the impact of what was worn on those listening, and also whether someone like a violinist might adopt a different style of clothing from, say, someone playing the flute or the trumpet."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Joanna states she was "more interested in trying to investigate the impact of what was worn on those listening" (B) and whether a violinist might dress differently than a flute player (links between instruments and dress) (E), so B and E are correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The other options are related to the topic of the interview and may be misleading.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Look out for words or phrases like “when I started” to understand a shift in research focus.
📝 Question 27: Joanna concentrated on women performers because
🔹 Correct Answer: C (women’s code of dress is less strict than men’s.)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "…in social terms the choices they have are more limited … they’d really upset audiences if they strayed away from quite narrow boundaries."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions that men have limited choices and cannot stray from narrow boundaries, implying women’s code of dress is less strict which means C is correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There is no reference to women being influenced by fashion or their dress causing controversy. The speaker says the opposite.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Make sure that you pick the answer that is mentioned in the text, rather than what seems like it might be the most correct answer.
📝 Question 28: Mike Frost’s article suggests that in popular music, women’s dress is affected by
🔹 Correct Answer: A (their wish to be taken seriously)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "…a lot of female singers and musicians in popular music tend to dress down in performances, and wear less feminine clothes... and he suggests this is because otherwise they’d just be discounted as trivial."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker mentions women dress down "otherwise they’d just be discounted as trivial," which means they are dressing in a particular way to be "taken seriously."
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker uses the word "trivial" as the opposite of serious, which may distract those not aware of the synonym.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the implication and meaning behind the language used.
📝 Question 29: What did Joanna’s subjects say about the audience at a performance?
🔹 Correct Answer: A (The musicians’ choice of clothing is linked to respect for the audience.)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "They believed the audience had certain expectations and it was up to them as performers to fulfil these expectations to show a kind of esteem…"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: Joanna’s subjects believe it is important to meet the audience’s expectations to show respect/esteem for them which is equivalent to choice A.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The other options are not mentioned in the text.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Look out for phrases that indicate expectations and respect.
📝 Question 30: According to the speakers, musicians could learn from sports scientists about
🔹 Correct Answer: C (the way clothing may protect against physical injury.)
📍 Location in Audio Script: "I’d imagine some features of sports clothing could safeguard the players from the potentially dangerous effects of this sort of thing."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that sports clothing could safeguard musicians from potentially dangerous effects, so C is correct.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There is no mention of the importance of clothing for physical freedom or the part played by clothing in improving performance.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be aware of the difference between safeguarding from “potentially dangerous effects” and “improving performance”.
PART 3 Audio Script
SUPERVISOR: Hi, Joanna, good to meet you. Now, before we discuss your new research project. I’d like to hear something about the psychology study you did last year for your Master’s degree. So how did you choose your subjects for that?
JOANNA: Well, I had six subjects, all professional musicians, and all female. There were violinists and there was also a cello player and a pianist and a flute player. They were all very highly regarded in the music world and they’d done quite extensive 📍Q21&22 tours in different continents, and quite a few had won prizes and competitions as well.
SUPERVISOR: And they were quite young, weren’t they?
JOANNA: Yes, between 25 and 29 – the mean was 27.8. I wasn’t specifically look for artists who’d produced recordings, but this is something that’s just taken for granted these days, and they all had.
SUPERVISOR: Right. Now you collected your data through telephone interviews, didn’t you?
JOANNA: Yes. I realised if I was going to interview leading musicians it’s only be possible over the phone because 📍Q23&24 they’re so busy. I recorded them using a telephone recording adaptor. I’d been worried about the quality, but it worked out all right. I managed at least a 30-minute interview with each subject, sometimes longer.
SUPERVISOR: Did doing it on the phone make it more stressful?
JOANNA: I’d thought it might … it was all quite informal though and in fact they seemed very keen to talk. And I don’t think using the phone meant I got less rich data rather the opposite in fact.
SUPERVISOR: Interesting. And you were looking at how performers dress for concert performances?
JOANNA: That’s right. My research investigated the way players see their role as a musician and how this is linked to the type of clothing they decide to wear. But that focus didn’t emerge immediately. When I started I was more interested in trying to investigate the 📍Q25&26 impact of what was worn on those listening, and also whether someone like a violinist might adopt a different style of clothing from, say, someone playing the flute or the trumpet.
SUPERVISOR: It’s interesting that the choice of dress is up to the individual, isn’t it?
JOANNA: Yes, you’d expect there to be rules about it in orchestras, but that’s quite rare.
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SUPERVISOR: You only had women performers in your study. Was that because male musicians are less worried about fashion?
JOANNA: I think a lot of the men are very much influenced by fashion, but in social terms the choices they have are more limited … 📍Q27 they’d really upset audiences if they strayed away from quite narrow boundaries.
SUPERVISOR: Hmm. Now, popular music has quite different expectations. Did you read Mike Frost’s article about the dress of women performers in popular music?
JOANNA: No.
SUPERVISOR: He points out that a lot of female singers and musicians in popular music tend to dress down in performances, and wear less feminine clothes, like jeans instead of skirts, and he suggests this is because otherwise 📍Q28 they’d just be discounted as trivial.
JOANNA: But you could argue they’re just wearing what’s practical … I mean, a pop-music concert is usually a pretty energetic affair.
SUPERVISOR: Yes, he doesn’t make that point, but I think you’re probably right. I was interested by the effect of the audience at a musical performance when it came to the choice of dress.
JOANNA: The subjects I interviewed felt this was really important. It’s all to do with what we understand by performance as a public event. They believed the audience had certain expectations and it was up to them as performers to fulfil these expectations to show a 📍Q29 kind of esteem …
SUPERVISOR: … they weren’t afraid of looking as if they’d made an effort to look good.
JOANNA: Mmm. I think in the past the audience would have had those expectation of one another too, but that’s not really the case now, not in the UK anyway.
SUPERVISOR: No.
JOANNA: And I also got interested in what sports scientists are doing too, with regard to clothing.
SUPERVISOR: Musicians are quite vulnerable physically, aren’t they, because the movements they carry out are very intensive and repetitive, so I’d imagine some features of sports clothing could 📍Q30 safeguard the players from the potentially dangerous effects of this sort of thing.
JOANNA: Yes, but musicians don’t really consider it. They avoid clothing that obviously restricts their movements, but that’s as far as they go.
SUPERVISOR: Anyway, coming back to your own research, do you have any idea where you’re going from here?
JOANNA: I was thinking of doing a study using an audience, including ..
PART 4 Questions 31-40 + Audio Script
📝 Question 31: Erosion is more likely in soil that is
🔹 Correct Answer: dry
📍 Location in Audio Script: "But erosion can occur if soil is dry"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The audio explicitly states that "erosion can occur if soil is dry," making "dry" the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: The speaker also mentions soil that is "crumbly and fertile" to describe healthy soil, but that can confuse or mislead if you don’t focus on soil affected by erosion.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on specific vocabulary related to the topic at hand.
📝 Question 32: Lal found soil in Africa that was very
🔹 Correct Answer: hard
📍 Location in Audio Script: "…the ground had become extremely hard, like cement."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that in Africa, the soil had become "extremely hard," making "hard" the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The answer is straightforward.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay close attention to adjectives used in the descriptions.
📝 Question 33: plants turn CO2 from the air into carbon-based substances such as
🔹 Correct Answer: sugar / sugars
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Plants absorb CO2 from the air and transform it into sugars and other carbon-based substance"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The audio mentions that plants transform CO2 into "sugars," making it the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There is no significant trap in the question. The answer is straightforward.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen closely for nouns linked to specific processes.
📝 Question 34: some CO2 moves from the… of plants to microbes in the soil
🔹 Correct Answer: roots
📍 Location in Audio Script: "some transfer from the roots to fungi and soil microbes"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker specifies that carbon transfers from the “roots” of the plants, making "roots" the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None. The speaker states the information very clearly.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay close attention to the relationships of things within a sequence of information.
📝 Question 35: uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and
🔹 Correct Answer: moist / damp / wet
📍 Location in Audio Script: "This aims to boost the fertility of soil and keep it moist through established practices."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker says regenerative agriculture aims to keep soil "moist" so this is the correct answer
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The answer is straightforward.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Recognize that “moist” has synonyms such as "damp" or "wet".
📝 Question 36: e.g. through year-round planting and increasing the…of plants that are grown
🔹 Correct Answer: variety
📍 Location in Audio Script: "These include keeping fields planted all year round, and increasing the variety of plants being grown"
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker uses the word "variety" in the explanation, making it the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: None
⭐ Key Learning Point: Listen out for words connected to examples or explanations.
📝 Question 37: taking place on a big…farm
🔹 Correct Answer: cattle
📍 Location in Audio Script: "…a first-of-its-kind study on a large cattle farm in the state."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states the study is on a "cattle farm," which is the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There is no trap. The answer is clearly stated.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay attention to the specific words used to identify a type of farm.
📝 Question 38: uses compost made from waste from agriculture and
🔹 Correct Answer: gardens / gardening
📍 Location in Audio Script: "… both agricultural, including manure and cornstalks, and waste produced in gardens, such as leaves, branches, and lawn trimmings."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states that compost is made from waste from agriculture and waste from gardens, which makes "gardens" the right answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The answer is clear.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Be attentive to nouns in the context of a list or a series.
📝 Question 39: aims to increase soil carbon by using…that are always green
🔹 Correct Answer: grasses
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Jones and 12 farmers are working to build up soil carbon by cultivating grasses that stay green all year round."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker states the researchers are cultivating "grasses that stay green," making "grasses" the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There is no significant trap. The answer is straight forward
⭐ Key Learning Point: Pay close attention to the specific plant type used in the research.
📝 Question 40: giving farmers…for carbon storage, as well as their produce
🔹 Correct Answer: payment / payments / money
📍 Location in Audio Script: "Rattan Lal argues that farmers should receive payment not just for the corn or beef they produce but also for the carbon they can store in their soil."
🔹 Analysis of the Answer: The speaker says farmers should receive "payment" for storing carbon, which is the correct answer.
⚠️ Potential Traps: There are no significant traps. The answer is clearly stated.
⭐ Key Learning Point: Focus on words or phrases that are explicitly tied to the overall objective or purpose.
PART 4 Audio Script
As we saw in the last lecture, a major cause of climate change is the rapid rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the last century. If we could reduce the amount of CO2, perhaps the rate of climate change could also be slowed down. One potential method involves enhancing the role of the soil that plants grow in, with regard to absorbing CO2. Rattan Lal, a soil scientist from Ohio Stage University, in the USA, claims that the world’s agricultural soils could potentially absorb 13 per cent of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – the equivalent of the amount released in the last 3o years. And research is going on into how this might be achieved.
Lal first came to the idea that soil might be valuable in this way not through an interest in climate change, but rather out of concern for the land itself and the people dependent on it. Carbon-rich soil is dark, crumbly and fertile, and retains some water. But erosion can occur if soil is 📍Q31 dry, which is a likely effect if it contains inadequate amounts of carbon. Erosion is of course bad for people trying to grow crops or breed animals on that terrain. In the 1970s and ‘80s, Lal was studying soils in Africa so devoid of organic matter that the ground had become extremely 📍Q32 hard, like cement. There he met a pioneer in the study of global warming, who suggested that carbon from the soil had moved into the atmosphere. This is now looking increasingly likely.
Let me explain. For millions of years, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been regulated, in part, by a natural partnership between plants and microbes – tiny organisms in the soil. Plants absorb CO2 from the air and transform it into 📍Q33 sugars and other carbon-based substance. While a proportion of these carbon products remain in the plant, some transfer from the 📍Q34 roots to fungi and soil microbes, which store the carbon in the soil.
The invention of agriculture some 10,000 years ago disrupted these ancient soil-building processes and led to the loss of carbon from the soil. When humans started draining the natural topsoil, and ploughing it up for planting, they exposed the buried carbon to oxygen. This created carbon dioxide and released it into the air. And in some places, grazing by domesticated animals has removed all vegetation, releasing carbon into the air. Tons of carbon have been stripped from the world’s soils – where it’s needed – and pumped into the atmosphere.
So what can be done? Researchers are now coming up with evidence that even modest changes to farming can significantly help to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Some growers have already started using an approach known as regenerative agriculture. This aims to boost the fertility of soil and keep it 📍Q35 moist through established practices. These include keeping fields planted all year round, and increasing the 📍Q36 variety of plants being grown. Strategies like these can significantly increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil, so agricultural researchers are now building a case for their use in combating climate change.
One American investigation into the potential for storing CO2 on agricultural lands is taking place in California. Soil scientist Whendee Silver of the University of California, Berkeley, is conducting a first-of-its-kind study on a large 📍Q37 cattle farm in the state. She and her students are testing the effects on carbon storage of the compost that is created from waste – both agricultural, including manure and cornstalks, and waste produced in 📍Q38 gardens, such as leaves, branches, and lawn trimmings.
In Australia, soil ecologist Christine Jones is testing another promising soil-enrichment strategy. Jones and 12 farmers are working to build up soil carbon by cultivating 📍Q39 grasses that stay green all year round. Like composting, the approach has already been proved experimentally; Jones now hopes to show that it can be applied on working farms and that the resulting carbon capture can be accurately measured.
It’s hoped in the future that projects such as these will demonstrate the role that farmers and other land managers can play in reducing the harmful effects of greenhouse gases. For example, in countries like the United States, where most farming operations use large applications of fertiliser, changing such long-standing habits will require a change of system. Rattan Lal argues that farmers should receive 📍Q40 payment not just for the corn or beef they produce but also for the carbon they can store in their soil.
Another study being carried out …
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