Cambridge - IELTS 3 Academic Answer Key

Book 3 - Listening Test 1 Solution

Section - 1 Name of Agent

Answer key for name of agent listening test

  1. (the) city centre (itself) ACCEPT center
  2. (£) 250 (pounds) (to) (£) (about) 500 (pounds)
  3. (a) garden
  4. (£) 325 (pounds)
  5. (the) water (bill(s))
  1. (the) telephone/phone (rental)
  2. Wednesday/Wed (afternoon)
  3. (your) employer
  4. two/2 weeks’/wks’ // (a) fortnightly/fourteen/ 14
    days’
  5. (1/one) month(‘s) rent NOT one month
Section – 2 Mrs Sutton

Answer key for Mrs Sutton listening test

11. (her) daughter (Anna) // Anna // Ana // (her) child
12. (a) practice // practices
13. (about) 6 // six (doctors)
14. (about) 4 // four (doctors)
15. better // more efficient // faster

16. elderly // old // older
17. back problems/trouble // bad backs
18. 9 // nine (am) // 9.00 // nine/9 o’clock
19. EITHER ORDER
B // unemployed people
E // pregnant women
20. (£) 5 // five (pounds)

Section – 3 Notes on application

Answer key for notes on application listening test

  1. Politics
  2. (West) Africa
  3. 1990 to 1992 NOT 1993
  4. Teach South
  5. rural co(-)operative
  1. Geography
  2. (Form) 5/five/V
  3. (very) homesick // missed (my/his) family //
    homesickness
  4. favourite subject ACCEPT favorite
  5. (many) (useful) applications
Section – 4 Back pain in women

Answer key for back pain in women listening test

  1. A
  2. B // osteoporosis
  3. B // relaxation therapy
  4. C // its response to injury often results in more
    damage
  5. A // for a maximum of two days
  1. B // worsens existing back pain
  2. B // Recommended in certain circumstances
  3. A // Strongly recommended
  4. B // Recommended in certain circumstances
  5. C // Not recommended

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