Cambridge 11 Listening Test 1 - Answers With Explanation

1. The example already tells you the Main Hall seats 200; question 1 asks for a second, smaller room (it seats 100). The blank needs a proper noun — the room's name, Charlton — not a number or common noun.

2. The note is 'Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: £___'. Since the £ sign is already printed, only the figure itself is needed: 115.

3. The note reads 'Deposit (___ payment required)', so the missing word names a payment method. 'Cash' is the kind of single, common noun these notes usually test — other methods like card or cheque would not fit as a one-word answer here.

4. This completes 'Cost includes tables and chairs and also ___', so the missing word must name another item bundled into the hire cost, parallel to 'tables' and 'chairs' — here, 'parking'.

5. The note says a '___ licence' is needed. Licence is preceded by a word describing what it covers; since a band is playing, the licence required is a 'music' licence.

6. The caretaker (Mr Evans) needs to be contacted to arrange something practical before the event — 'entry' completes 'arrange ___', i.e. getting into the building.

7. The suffix '– door at the back' shows the missing word describes a type of door. 'Stage' door is the standard term for a performers' entrance at the back of a venue, fitting the instruction to the band.

8. This line has no label before it, only the suffix 'for the cleaning cupboard' — so the missing word is what's needed to open that cupboard: a security 'code'.

9. The suffix explains what must happen to it ('must be washed') — the surface that gets cleaned after the event is the 'floor', paired with the following note about rubbish bags.

10. The suffix says it 'must be taken down' afterwards — 'decoration(s)' put up for the event that need removing once it's over.

11. The advice reads 'take care not to harm any ___'. On a working farm the vulnerable subject visitors are warned about is 'animal(s)', a noun that pairs naturally with 'harm'.

12. 'Not touch any ___' asks for a different farm-related hazard from Q11 — 'tool(s)', items that could be dangerous if handled by visitors.

13. 'Wear ___' calls for practical footwear advice — 'shoes' (i.e. sturdy, appropriate footwear), the standard safety instruction for uneven farm terrain.

14. 'Not bring ___' — pets are commonly restricted from working farms because of the livestock, so the answer is 'dog(s)'.

15. This is a map-labelling task: each farm feature listed in Questions 15–20 must be matched to a letter A–I on the site plan. The Scarecrow is marked at point F.

16. The Maze is marked at point G on the farm map.

17. The Café is marked at point D on the farm map.

18. The Black Barn is marked at point H on the farm map.

19. The covered picnic area is marked at point C on the farm map.

20. Fiddy House, the reference point for orientation, is marked at point A on the farm map.

21. C ('science, technology, engineering or mathematics') is the broadest, correct category. A ('physics') and B ('psychology or physics') narrow the field down too far — a classic mcq trap is picking the more specific-sounding option instead of the general category actually described.

22. B frames the study as intervention-focused — a way of *improving* women's performance. A misdirects toward a descriptive 'who chooses what' framing, and C misdirects toward a participation-numbers framing; both are plausible but not the study's stated aim.

23. The stem's key phrase is 'wrong to believe', so the answer must be a belief that turned out to be false. B (that male students expected them to do badly) is exactly that kind of mistaken assumption; A and C describe things that could simply be checked as fact rather than a corrected misconception.

24. C matches the well-known 'self-affirmation' writing technique — reflecting on something personally important — rather than subject content (A) or other people's achievements (B).

25. A fits how self-affirmation writing exercises are generally used: to lower stress/anxiety before a demanding task. B and C wrongly attribute the exercise's purpose to skill-building rather than an emotional effect.

26. B is the 'surprising' result consistent with a stress-reducing writing task unexpectedly boosting outcomes specifically for women. C describes an expected pattern rather than a surprise, and A is an unrelated grade-distribution distractor.

27. C concerns the content/instructions given to participants — a common methodological critique (task framing) that students discussing a research design would raise, rather than sample size (B) or task length (A).

28. A keeps both conditions within the same task type (writing) while varying the content — the standard way to isolate one variable in a small student project, unlike mixing modalities (B) or using two oral tasks (C), which wouldn't parallel Miyake's original design.

29. B is a null-result finding, deliberately contrasted with Miyake's positive result. A and C both claim teamwork had *some* differential effect, which is the opposite of what 'no effect' (B) states.

30. This is a next-steps question, a common final item in section-3 discussions. A (consulting an expert) is the typical way students planning their own project seek guidance, more so than passive observation (B) or checking a timetable (C).

31. 'Locating targets for ___' — identifying biodiversity hotspots serves practical protection efforts, so the missing noun is 'conservation'.

32. 'Ocean hotspots were not always rich in ___' signals a contrast (being a hotspot for one factor doesn't guarantee abundance in another); 'food' fits as a resource that doesn't always match hotspot status.

33. 'Had higher temperatures at the ___' describes a physical layer of the ocean; 'surface' contrasts with colder, deeper water — a standard oceanography distinction.

34. 'Had sufficient ___ in the water' names a factor supporting marine life — 'oxygen', a dissolved gas essential for organisms, distinguishing suitable habitats from poorly oxygenated ones.

35. 'Looked for hotspots for marine ___' asks for a category of marine life — 'mammals' (e.g. whales, seals), a plural noun following 'marine'.

36. 'Found new species living under the ___' points to a polar/icy ocean region — 'ice' completes this location phrase.

37. 'Rate of ___' asks how quickly something is decreasing — 'decline', a noun that pairs with 'rate of' for population or biodiversity loss.

38. 'Make a distribution ___ for each one' — researchers create a visual/geographic record of where each species is found: a 'map'.

39. 'Establish ___ corridors' is a compound noun with 'corridors'; 'migration' corridors are protected routes letting animals move safely between habitats.

40. 'Catch fish only for the purpose of ___' contrasts sustainable/necessary fishing (for food, i.e. 'consumption') against other purposes such as sport or commercial excess.