Cambridge 6 Listening Test 3 - Answers With Explanation

1. The type of current account the applicant is opening is called the "Select" account.

2. The applicant's date of birth is given on the form.

3. His current address, in Exeter, starts at 15 Riverside.

4. He has only lived at his current address for a short time — 2 weeks — which is why a previous address (Utrecht, Holland) is also given.

5. His work telephone number is given as 616295 (his home number, 796431, is already filled in as an example on the form).

6. His occupation is given as engineer.

7. For identity/security purposes, the form asks for the name of a family member — his wife, Siti. // NOTE: the source answer key gives "month" for both this question and Q9, which looks like a duplication error in the retyped key (an answer meant for one question repeated onto the other); "wife" is used here as the best-judgement reading of "Name of his ___: Siti", flagged for a spot-check against the original audio if available.

8. The opening sum to be transferred into the new account is €2,000.

9. Bank statements will be sent out every month.

10. The applicant asks the bank to send him information about its internet banking service.

11. When the writer Sebastian George first saw Rosewood House, he was unsure whether to buy it (C).

12. Before buying the house, George had experienced severe family problems (A).

13. According to the speaker, George viewed Rosewood House as a typical building of the region (C).

14. On the garden map, Pear Alley is labelled H.

15. Mulberry Garden is labelled F on the map.

16. The shop is labelled B on the map, near the house.

17. The tea room is labelled D on the map.

18. Visitors can walk through the field that runs along the river bank.

19. The river walk continues over a footbridge and into a wooded area.

20. On the way back, visitors can also climb up to the viewpoint.

21. For their assignment, the students must investigate one part of the entertainment industry.

22. The method the students must use to collect data is telephone interviews.

23. In total, the students must interview 30 people.

24. Jack thinks the music preferences of male and female listeners are similar.

25. In the music preferences notes, alongside pop, folk and easy listening, jazz is listed.

26. Classical is the other music preference added to the list.

27. Alongside radio, CD and TV, concerts are listed as a way people listen to music. // NOTE: this sits a little oddly under "medium for listening to music" — kept as given in the source key, in strict question-number order, and flagged here for a spot-check.

28. Alongside music shops and the internet, department stores are listed as a source of music.

29. Among the places for listening to music, alongside disco, pub and concert hall, a club is listed.

30. The opera house is the final place added to the list.

31. According to the speaker, it is not clear where the early Irish farmers came from (C).

32. The speaker's point about breeding animals in Neolithic Ireland is that their numbers must have been above a certain level (A).

33. On transporting animals, the speaker says livestock would have limited the distance the farmers could sail (A).

34. The main evidence for cereal crops in Neolithic Ireland is the marks left on pots by grains (B).

35. Ploughs could either have been pulled by people or by cattle.

36. In the final stages of axe-making, water and sand were necessary for grinding and polishing.

37. Irish axes were exported from Ireland to Scotland and England.

38. The outside of the pots was often polished to make them watertight.

39. Clay from local areas was generally used for pottery.

40. Decoration was only put around the tops of the earliest pots.