Cambridge 2 Listening Test 2 - Answers With Explanation

1. Correcting himself, Gavin says his apartment is "on the third, no... second floor."

2. Asked the rent, Gavin replies "it's $615 per month."

3. Diane asks "how much did you pay for the fridge?" and Gavin answers "$450", identifying the fridge as the first insured item.

4. Gavin explains he has "a fridge and a stereo system", and "the stereo system cost $1,150."

5. Gavin says "all together, the CDs and books cost me about $400", so books complete that item in the table.

6. Diane totals it up: "this kind of insurance... comes to $184.00 for a twelve-month period" — the annual premium, not a monthly figure.

7. Giving his details, Gavin spells out his surname: "Gavin Murray, that's M-U-R-R-A-Y."

8. Gavin gives the address as "16C Biggins Street, South Hills."

9. The same line, "16C Biggins Street, South Hills", confirms the suburb — Gavin adds "it's two words, 'South Hills'."

10. Asked if he is Australian, Gavin says "No... I was born in London", making his nationality English/British.

11. The building was "built in the 1840s to be used by the family of George Smith" — Smith House began as a family house, not a college or office block.

12. The president explains "the letters represent the three directions - in this case - north, south and west", so the room's first letter shows it is on the north wing.

13. "The next number you see... indicates which floor your room is on", giving the second part of the room number.

14. "The number after that is your individual room number", the final part of the code.

15. "This door is closed and locked at 8 pm every night and opened again at 7 am", so students need their key between those times.

16. The other doors at the end of each corridor "are fire doors and are kept locked from the outside", to be opened only in an emergency.

17. Students' fees include "a laundry fee which covers the cleaning of bed linen and towels."

18. "There is also no smoking in the rooms or anywhere inside the college but smoking is permitted on the balconies."

19. "Meal times cannot be changed and if you arrive late I'm sorry to say you'll just go hungry."

20. "Each floor has an elected 'floor senior' who is usually a student in their third or fourth year of study", the person to ask if you have any questions.

21. Under print media, Lynne says "here you'd have things like books and newspapers, that sort of thing."

22. Robin adds that the pictorial forms of print media are "like maps", which Lynne agrees "are really just formal pictures."

23. Lynne describes "the audio forms of media... CDs and radios are probably the best examples."

24. Robin's audio-visual category includes "film, television... and we mustn't forget videos."

25. Lynne adds "there's a final category as well... computers, that make up the so-called electronic media."

26. Robin feels tapes are "best suited to small group work" so children don't feel isolated — best with five or six children.

27. "Computers are the same... better with small numbers of children and... hardly ever useful with a whole class."

28. "Videos, however, are ideal for use with everyone present in the class", especially with activity sheets to guide them.

29. "Books are ideal for children to use by themselves", making them best for individual children.

30. For maps, Lynne says "I'd always plan group work around those... give the children a chance to interact", suiting a small group of five or six.

31. The proportion of the workforce in agriculture had fallen "to 3% by the middle of the twentieth century."

32. The lecturer credits efficiency partly to "the high level of training amongst the agricultural workforce."

33. The second factor is "the recognition by farmers of the value of investing in technology."

34. In the northern region, "the climate up here... is generally cool and wet."

35. The typical northern farm is "producing mainly wool and timber for the market."

36. In the east, the land is "flatter and more low-lying, with fertile soils and a mixed climate."

37. Increasingly "significant areas are now also given over to high quality vegetables for supply direct to the supermarkets."

38. In the west, "the climate is warmer than in the north and much wetter than in the east."

39. Western farms are "quite large, typically around 800 hectares."

40. A further source of solidarity is "the national structure of the Farmers' Union, of which virtually all farmers are members."