Cambridge 20 Listening Test 4 - Answers With Explanation

1. Needs a proper noun completing '___ Hotel on George Street' — 'Kings'.

2. Needs a number after '£' for the approximate nightly cost of a family room — '125'.

3. Needs an adjective before 'tour' for the recommended city-centre trip starting in Carlton Square — 'walking'.

4. Needs a noun after 'by' for the mode of transport to the old fort — 'boat'.

5. Needs a day of the week for the best day to visit the Science Museum — 'Tuesday'.

6. Needs a noun after 'exhibition about' for the soon-to-open exhibition — 'space'.

7. Needs an adjective before 'food' describing what Clacton Market is good for — 'vegetarian'.

8. Needs a time before 'p.m.' for when lunch needs to be finished — '2.30'.

9. Needs a number/percentage for the savings available at bargaintickets.com — '75'.

10. Needs a noun for the view from Telegraph Hill in Blakewell Gardens — 'port'.

11–12. Asks two things the speaker says about visiting with children. B ('there is a competition for children today') and C ('parents must stay with their children at all times') are correct, combining a special activity with a supervision rule. A, D and E (photo ops, sun gear, café offers) act as distractors.

13–14. Asks which two stadium tour features are new this year. A ('VIP tour') and C ('audio guide') are correct, while B (360 cinema), D (dressing room tour) and E (language tours) are presented as existing rather than new, serving as distractors.

15. 1870 matches D, 'the introduction of goalkeepers' — an early rule addition in football's formative years.

16. 1874 matches F, 'two changes to the rules of the game' — a year with multiple simultaneous rule updates.

17. 1875 matches B, 'a change to the design of the goal' — e.g. the introduction of the crossbar.

18. 1877 matches H, 'an agreement on the length of a game' — standardising match duration.

19. 1878 matches C, 'the first use of lights for matches' — an early experiment with floodlit football.

20. 1880 matches G, 'the introduction of a fee for spectators' — football becoming a paid spectator sport.

21–22. Asks which two benefits of handwriting surprised both students. C ('improved concentration') and E ('improved spatial awareness') are correct — less obvious cognitive/physical benefits compared to the more expected memory (B) or imagination (D), which are distractors.

23–24. Asks which two dyspraxia-related handwriting problems the students think are easiest to correct. A ('not spacing letters correctly') and C ('applying too much pressure when writing') are correct, being more mechanical, habitual issues, compared to letter confusion (D) or slow writing (E), framed as harder to fix.

25. Asks the woman's view on laptops for teaching children with dyslexia. C, 'children react more positively if they make a mistake', is credited over lack of motivation (A) or quick fluency (B).

26. Asks the woman's view on cursive vs print writing. A, 'cursive writing disadvantages a certain group of children', is credited over claims about academic performance (B) or teacher preference (C).

27. Asks the impact of poor handwriting on exam performance. A, 'there is evidence to suggest grades are affected', is credited over claims that neatness matters less now (B) or that candidates simply write more slowly (C).

28. Asks the man's prediction about handwriting's future. B, 'children will continue to learn to write by hand', is credited over predictions of touch-typing replacing it (A) or dislike of digital handwriting (C).

29. Asks what the woman struggles with due to digital reliance. B, 'spell and punctuate', is credited over note-taking (A) or reading old documents (C).

30. Asks how the students feel about their own handwriting. C, 'regretful that they have lost the habit', is credited over concern about speed (A) or embarrassment (B).

31. Needs a plural noun paired with 'and other rodents' for what birds of prey destroy — 'rats'.

32. Needs a plural noun after 'being bitten by' — 'snakes', a farming hazard the birds help reduce.

33. Needs a noun/gerund after 'encouraging' for how birds of prey now support the local economy — 'tourism'.

34. Needs a noun for what accidentally kills birds while hunting or sleeping — 'traffic', i.e. vehicle collisions.

35. Needs a noun for the weather condition linked to electrocution risk on power lines — 'rain'.

36. Needs a verb after 'shoot them or' for an illegal method farmers may use against the birds — 'poison'.

37. Needs a noun after 'providing a' for an expensive way to protect chickens — 'building', i.e. a secure henhouse or enclosure.

38. Needs a noun after 'keeping a' for a way to frighten off birds of prey — 'dog'.

39. Needs a noun after 'making a' for a deterrent method using metal objects — 'noise'.

40. Needs a noun for what's usually most effective — 'combination', i.e. combining multiple protection methods.