Cambridge 16 Listening Test 2 - Answers With Explanation

1. "Photos must not be in a ___ or an album." The blank names an item photos shouldn't be enclosed in when sent for scanning; frame pairs naturally with "album" as another way photos are stored/displayed. Instruction is ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER.

2. "The cost for 360 photos is £___ (including one disk)." A number is needed for the price, 195; Section 1 calls often list several prices for different quantities before the one actually asked about, so match the figure to "360 photos" specifically.

3. "Before the completed order is sent, ___ is required." A business condition before dispatch: payment must be received first.

4. "Photos can be placed in a folder, e.g. with the name ___." This asks for an example folder name given by the speaker — a proper noun (Grandparents), so expect a capital letter and possibly a spelling check.

5. "The ___ and contrast can be improved if necessary." Paired with "contrast," a photo-editing term is needed: colour (or color).

6. "Photos which are very fragile will be scanned by ___." The method used for delicate photos is by hand, i.e. manually rather than by machine.

7. "It may be possible to remove an object from a photo, or change the ___." Paired with "remove an object," another edit offered is changing the background.

8. "A photo which is not correctly in ___ cannot be fixed." A technical term for image sharpness: focus.

9. "Orders are completed within ___." A number describing turnaround time: ten / 10 days.

10. "Send the photos in a box (not ___)." The instruction rules out a container material, plastic, in contrast to a box.

11. The stem asks what the school building used to be. C (a local council building) is correct — expect the other two options (tourist information centre, private home) to be mentioned as plausible but wrong history.

12. This asks what's planned for the lower school. B (site used for new homes) is correct, as opposed to further building work happening there.

13. The reason catering has changed is A, long queuing times — not a timetable change or menu complaints.

14. Parents are asked to A, help their children decide in advance which serving point to use — listen for advice/imperative language directed specifically at parents.

15. What's said about the existing canteen is C, pupils can take their food into it — as opposed to it being staff-only or no longer serving food.

16. "World Adventures" is matched to D (daily change in menu).

17. "Street Life" is matched to C (different food every week).

18. "Speedy Italian" is matched to B (only vegetarian food) — potentially counter-intuitive for a stall named "Italian," so this is a likely trap if you assume rather than listen closely.

19–20. The two NEW optional after-school lessons are B (piano) and C (acting), out of five choices; the others (swimming, cycling, sound and lighting) are either existing options or not offered, so listen for language like "new this term" attached only to the correct pair.

21. Luke's reading on forgetting dreams points to B — we might otherwise be confused about what is real — rather than memory overload (A) or dreams being unimportant (C).

22. On dreams predicting the future, both students agree on A — it may just be due to chance — rather than it happening only with certain events or more often than people think.

23. Susie's comment on the pre-school nap study is C — it failed to reach any clear conclusions — distinct from having controversial results or flawed methodology.

24. Both students had trouble with C, self-assessment, in their last assignment, rather than statistics or planning.

25. Flow-chart step: "Twelve students from the ___ department." The blank names an academic department the sample was drawn from: history. Instruction is ONE WORD ONLY.

26. "Answers on ___." The format for recording self-reported answers is paper, as opposed to, say, online.

27. "Check ethical guidelines for working with ___." Research ethics involving human participants: humans / people.

28. "Ensure that risk is assessed and ___ is kept to a minimum." Paired with risk, the negative experience to minimise for participants is stress.

29. "Calculate the correlation and make a ___." A visual way of presenting a correlation result: a graph.

30. The final flow-chart step is to evaluate the research — the concluding stage of a project after the results are analysed.

31. "An experiment on university students suggested that dance increases ___." The quality boosted by dancing in that study is creativity. Instruction is ONE WORD ONLY.

32. "For those with mental illness, dance could be used as a form of ___." Dance as a treatment approach: therapy.

33. "Accessible for people with low levels of ___." Dance suits older people even with limited fitness.

34. "Better ___ reduces the risk of accidents." An improved physical quality that prevents falls: balance.

35. "Improves ___ function by making it work faster." The organ whose function speeds up: brain.

36. "Gives people more ___ to take exercise." The psychological push to exercise: motivation.

37. "Can lessen the feeling of ___, very common in older people." A negative emotional state dance helps reduce: isolation.

38. "Doing Zumba for 40 minutes uses up as many ___ as other quite intense forms of exercise." The unit of energy burned: calories.

39. "Women suffering from ___ benefited from doing Zumba." A health condition related to weight: obesity.

40. "Zumba became a ___ for the participants." Zumba turned into a regular, repeated behaviour: habit.