Cambridge 4 Listening Test 1 - Answers With Explanation

1. The notes say day trips visit places with "historical interest" and good [1] — shopping is the other drawcard mentioned.

2. Alongside good shopping, places are chosen for offering guided tours.

3. Special trips are arranged for larger groups — "more than 12" people, above the normal group size.

4. Seats have to be reserved by signing your name on the notice board, three days before the trip.

5. In the Weekend Trips table, St Ives is the first date given: 13th February, three weeks before the 16th February London trip.

6. London's optional extra is a visit to the Tower of London, a well-known London landmark.

7. The trip whose optional extra is a visit to the S.S. Great Britain — the historic ship permanently docked in Bristol — is the Bristol trip.

8. Bath's optional extra is the American Museum, a real museum located in Bath.

9. Further details on the weekend trips can be found by reading the student newspaper.

10. Alternatively, further information is available from Social Assistant Jane Yentob.

11. Riverside Village had water, raw materials and fuels such as coal and firewood — both are needed for this single-mark answer.

12. The metal industry there was established by local craftsmen who already lived in the area.

13. By the eighteenth century there were over 160 water-powered mills in the area.

14. The road running along the bottom of the site plan is Woodside Road.

15. The building to one side of the entrance, opposite the Gift Shop, is the Ticket Office.

16. The building on the other side of the entrance from the Ticket Office is the Gift Shop.

17. The building near the Engine Room and Grinding Shop, at the heart of the industrial yard, is the (main) Workshop.

18. The building near the Stables and Works Office, on the opposite side of the yard from the river, is the Showroom.

19. The diamond-shaped building close to the river is the Café.

20. The building by the river marked "for the workers" on the plan is the row of cottages.

21. Melanie explains she hasn't started the assignment because she was busy with work for another course.

22. The lecturer says a reasonable excuse for an extension would be personal illness or an accident.

23. For Jackson's article, Dr Johnson's recommendation is to read the research methods section (E).

24. For Roberts, the article is rated useful (B) overall.

25. For Morris, the recommendation is don't read it (G).

26. For Cooper, the advice is to read the conclusion (F).

27. For Forster, the article is rated as of limited value (C).

28. On the chart of reasons for changing accommodation, the bar reaching 80% is labelled D, noisy neighbours.

29. The bar reaching around 70% is labelled A, uncooperative landlord.

30. The final bar, reaching 90% alongside the space bar, is labelled B, environment.

31. One focus of the lecture is ways of planning our cities/environment better, alongside the effect of vegetation on urban climate.

32. On a large scale, trees can make cities more or less windy.

33. Trees can make inland cities more humid, on top of cooling them in summer.

34. Locally, trees make areas more shady/shaded, cooler, more humid and less windy.

35. They also make areas less dangerous — presumably referring to reduced wind hazard around buildings.

36. For temperature regulation, trees evaporate water through their leaves, unlike hot building surfaces.

37. Tall buildings cause more wind at ground level than trees do.

38. Trees considerably reduce/decrease/filter that wind force.

39. On noise, low frequency noise is what passes through trees.

40. Among the important growing conditions listed, trees need plenty of sunlight, water and space/room to grow.