Cambridge 4 Listening Test 2 - Answers With Explanation

1. Peter wants a cold drink rather than tea or coffee.

2. His problems at the bank were caused by the computers not working.

3. At the bank he ended up talking to an American man.

4. Henry gave Peter a map of the bus routes.

5. Peter and Sally decide to order both food and drinks.

6. The Cathedral and the Gardens are the two attractions open all day.

7. The Markets and the Castle are the two attractions not open on Mondays.

8. The Gardens and the Markets both have free entry.

9. The first place they plan to visit is the Art Gallery.

10. At the Cathedral, Peter particularly wants to climb the tower to see the view.

11. The Counselling Service may contact tutors if the tutors don't inform students about their progress.

12. Stress may be caused by time pressure.

13. International students may find stress difficult to handle because they lack support from family and friends.

14. A personal crisis may be caused by disruptions to personal relationships.

15. Students may lose self-esteem if they don't complete a course.

16. Students should consult Glenda Roberts if they can't eat the local food.

17. Students in financial difficulties can receive assistance to buy books.

18. Loans are also available to students who need to buy furniture.

19. The number of students counselled by the service last year was 240.

20. The speaker thinks the service has suffered badly because of staff cuts.

21. The essay title is to assess the two main methods of collecting data/gathering data in social science research.

22. The essay itself should be 1,500 words.

23. For the small-scale study, data must be gathered from at least 5 subjects.

24. The report on the study should be 3,000-4,000 words.

25-26. The two disadvantages of questionnaires discussed are that too few people may respond (B) and that they're less likely to reveal the unexpected (C).

27. The author of 'Sample Surveys in Social Science Research' is Mehta.

28. Bell's book is titled Survey Research.

29. Bell's book was published by London University/London University Press.

30. Wilson's book 'Interviews that work' was published in 1988.

31. Corporate crime is generally committed for companies, rather than against individuals or by informal groups.

32. Corporate crime does NOT include employees stealing from their own company — that's treated as a separate category of crime.

33. Corporate crime has been ignored by the mass media, for example in films.

34. It has also been ignored within academic circles/by academics and researchers.

35. One reason is that it's often more complex, and needs specialist/specialised knowledge to understand.

36. Victims of corporate crime are often unaware that they've been affected.

37. Its economic costs may appear unimportant to individual customers/consumers even when the aggregate losses are large.

38. It can also generate large illegal profit(s) for the company responsible.

39-40. The book's answer key prints "D" and "I" for this pair, but the question paper's own options only run from A to F (A was no-one's fault, B was not a corporate crime, C was intentional, D was caused by indifference, E had tragic results, F made a large profit for the company) — there is no option G, H or I to match against. D (caused by indifference) is clearly one correct choice. The second letter is printed as "I" in the scan, most likely a scanning artefact for "E" (had tragic results, the natural pairing for an oil tanker explosion) — NOTE: flagged as not fully certain without the audio to confirm.