IELTS-style Test 1 · Answer key and evidence

#AnswerEvidence in the recording (with the distractor)
1FarrowIs that F-A-R-R-O-W? — That's right, with two Rs.
2446138It's oh seven seven two nine, four four six, one three eight.
314 / 14thThe next one starts on the fourteenth of June … Put us down for the fourteenth. (distractor: the seventh is full)
4guesthouseThen let's go with the guesthouse option. (distractor: hotel more expensive; campsite dropped)
5vegetarianJo's vegetarian. She's fine with eggs and cheese, just no meat or fish.
6385…brings it down to three hundred and eighty-five. (distractor: full price 420)
760For the five-day trip it's sixty pounds per person. (distractor: a hundred for the ten-day tours)
8waterproofthe one thing people forget is a waterproof jacket.
9railwayNot at the bus station … but outside the railway station.
10BrynYour guide's called Bryn. That's B-R-Y-N.
11Bgiving city kids contact with animals is still the heart of what we do (distractor: restaurants came much later)
12Bplease make sure you're here by nine at the latest (distractor: gates 8.30, café 9.30)
13Cfootwear is your own responsibility … closed, sturdy shoes … we don't have any to lend
14Bvolunteers get twenty percent off anything in the café (distractor: lunch isn't provided)
15Athis year it's an orchard (distractor: beekeeping next year; the pond has been here since the start)
16Athe visitor centre. That's where you sign in every morning
17Bthe old dairy … the first-aid kit is in there
18Cthe barn … from February to April it's where the sheep come in for lambing
19Dthe walled garden … it's also where the compost bins are
20Ethe polytunnel … All the seedlings are started off in there
21BIt came from my job … I've been working in the main canteen … scraping plates into the bins (distractor: lectures 没讲过; article 只是读过一篇)
22CAnd what was the hard part? — Writing the questions.
23AYou need to talk to the catering manager … Interviews with staff are evidence.
24BThat's tight, but I'd say it's about right.
25Cnext Thursday it's the presentation, not the report
26FTwo other universities cut plate waste … already been shown to work elsewhere
27Bstudents hated it … There was real objection to it.
28Ccan't legally be given away after a certain time, and the insurance is complicated
29DThere's no evidence they work.
30Ethe kitchen simply doesn't have anyone with time to do that (distractor: Building it wouldn't cost much)
31hilltopsfires lit on hilltops
32woodit was made mainly of wood
33stormthe largest storm ever recorded in Britain swept it away
34oaklike the trunk of an oak tree
35granitehe used blocks of granite
36whalelamps that burned whale oil
37lensdesigned a lens made of rings of glass
38clockworkthe rotation was driven by clockwork
39boredomisolation … and boredom
401998automated in 1998