Cambridge 7 Listening Test 2 - Answers With Explanation

1. Asked for his address, Patrick answers "27 Bank Road," which the agent confirms is in Greendale.

2. Asked his occupation, Patrick simply replies "Dentist."

3. Spelling out the model name for the agent, Patrick reads it letter by letter: "S-A-B-L-E."

4. Asked for his previous insurer, Patrick names "Northern Star."

5. Describing his 1999 claim, Patrick explains the car "was stolen."

6. Giving the other driver's surname, Patrick spells it out: "P-A-Y-N-T-E-R."

7. Asked how Simon Paynter is related to him, Patrick says he's "my brother-in-law."

8. Besides social use, Patrick confirms he'll also use the car "to travel to work."

9. The best quote the agent finds is with "a company called Red Flag."

10. That policy, she tells him, "comes out at $450 per year."

11. Naming the stops from west to east on the map, the guide lists the second one as "stop B City Bridge."

12. The final stop, furthest east on the map, is named as "stop D Newtown."

13. Boats run from 8 a.m., the recording says, until "the last one at 6.30 p.m."

14. At Stop A, the old palace is known for "its beautiful formal gardens."

15. At Stop B, visitors are invited to "visit Tower Restaurant with its wide range of refreshments."

16. The restaurant offers "wonderful views over the old commercial and banking centre of the city."

17. The museum's shop at Stop C "has a good range of local history books."

18. Stop D's Entertainment Complex features a "seven-screen cinema," plus a bowling alley and games arcade.

19. Top Bus Company tours, the recording says, leave "every 20 minutes" starting at 8.30 a.m.

20. The Number One Sightseeing Tour buses "depart from Central Station" every five to six minutes.

21. Dr Merrywhether explains New Zealand "is the second closest country to Antarctica," making Christchurch a well-placed base (B).

22. As a scientific base, the centre runs a "clothing warehouse where expeditions are supplied with suitable clothing" (A).

23. The visitors' centre, he says, "aims to recreate the atmosphere of Antarctica" for people who'll never go there (C).

24. Asked what it's like there, Dr Merrywhether says he's always "struck by the awesome beauty of the place" (B).

25. The extreme cold comes from Antarctica's dome shape, where "winds blow down the slopes at speeds of up to 150 km an hour" (A).

26. He points to "fossils and rocks have been discovered in Antarctica" that match those found in Africa and Australia, proving it broke from another landmass (B).

27. The First International Polar Year, he says, ran "over two years from 1882 to 1883."

28. The Antarctic Treaty, he confirms, "was actually signed" in 1959.

29–30. He cites two achievements: the continent being "reserved for peaceful use," and Article 5, which "prohibits any nuclear explosions or waste disposal."

31. Anita says she was struck by "the sheer volume of both observation and investigation" behind Matthews' research (C).

32. She thinks the findings will help players "identify the most suitable strategies to use in a given game" (B).

33. She feels coaches "are rather reluctant to make use of the insights scientists like Matthews can give" (C).

34. The German study found that musicians "who started younger were more mixed-handed" (A).

35. Apes "consistently using the same hand fished out 30% more ants than those varying between the two" (A).

36. In hockey, mixed-handedness suits a stick that "must be deployed in two directions."

37. Mixed-handed hockey players were found to be "significantly more confident" than single-handed ones.

38. Tennis rewards single-laterality because it gives "a bigger area of vision" on the side where play happens.

39. Cross-lateral tennis players "can only make corrections much later," often too late to help.

40. In gymnastics, cross-laterality aids "balance," which is central to performance.