Dinosaur Museum - IELTS Listening Answers & Explanations
From Cambridge IELTS 08 Academic Listening Test 1 · Part 2 · Questions 11–20
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Questions 11–15 Sentence Completion
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
- The museum closes at 11 p.m. on Mondays.
- The museum is not open on 12.
- School groups are met by tour guides in the 13.
- The whole visit takes 90 minutes, including 14 minutes for the guided tour.
- There are 15 behind the museum where students can have lunch.
Questions 16–18 Three Choices
Choose THREE letters, A-G.
Questions 19–20 Two Choices
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Answers & Explanations Summary
| # | Answer | Evidence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q11 | 1.30 / 1:30 | In regard to opening hours, we're open every day of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except on Mondays when we close at 1.30 pm | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that the museum is open every day from morning until night, but on Mondays, it closes specifically at 1:30 in the afternoon. Answer Explanation: The answer is 1.30. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 1.30 because the museum staff explains that they have different opening hours throughout the week. While they are usually open until 8.00 pm, they close much earlier on Mondays. The keyword "Mondays" and the verb "close" clearly point to this time. |
| Q12 | 25 December / 25th December / 25th of December / December 25 / December 25th | And, in fact the only day in the year when we're closed is on the 25th of December | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that there is exactly one day every year when the museum is closed, and that day is the 25th of December. Answer Explanation: The answer means the museum is closed on December 25th. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer depends on identifying the only day in the entire year when the museum does not open to the public. The speaker mentions that the museum is normally open every day, but then names one specific date as the exception. This date is 25 December. |
| Q13 | car park | If you bring a school group to the museum, when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group in the car park. One or more of the tour guides will welcome you there and brief you about what the tour will be about | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript says that when a school group comes to the museum, they should stay in the car park. It explains that the tour guides will meet (welcome) them in that specific area. Answer Explanation: The answer is the location where school students wait for their guides after they arrive at the museum. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is based on the instructions for school trips mentioned in the text. The speaker tells groups to wait in the car park when they arrive. This is where the tour guides will meet them and explain the tour. In this context, the phrase 'welcome you there' has the same meaning as 'met by' in the question. |
| Q14 | 45 | This allows 15 minutes to get on and off the coach, 45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript says that out of the total time, exactly 45 minutes is spent on the tour where a guide shows the students around. Answer Explanation: The answer "45" is the number of minutes the special tour with a guide lasts during a school visit. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is based on the speaker's breakdown of a typical 90-minute school visit. The speaker explains that the visit is divided into three parts: 15 minutes for getting on and off the bus, 45 minutes for the actual tour led by a guide, and 30 minutes for other activities afterward. |
| Q15 | tables | Then outside the museum at the back there are tables, and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the open air | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript explains that behind the museum, there are tables where students can sit and eat their lunch in the fresh air. Answer Explanation: The answer says that there are furniture items with flat tops used for eating when sitting outside. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'tables' because the speaker mentions that students can eat their own food outside 'at the back' of the building. In the context of the sentence from the task, 'at the back' means the same thing as 'behind'. The speaker specifically says there are tables in that area for students to use. |
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| Q18 | C / F / G | But we do provide school students with handouts with questions and quizzes on them. There's so much that students can learn in the museum and it's fun for them to have something to do. Of course they'll need to bring something to write with for these. We do allow students to take photographs | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that the museum gives students papers with activities (worksheets). It notes that because of these papers, students must have a pen or pencil to write. It also confirms that students are allowed to take pictures, which requires them to have cameras. Answer Explanation: The answer means that students are permitted to have cameras, pens (or something to write with), and worksheets (referred to as handouts in the text) while they are inside the museum. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is derived from the museum's rules about what students can carry. While the museum requires students to leave their bags, books, food, and drinks at the front desk to keep the area clean and safe, they specifically allow cameras for taking pictures for school projects. Additionally, the museum gives students handouts (worksheets) to keep them engaged, and the speaker mentions that students will need to bring something to write with (pens) to complete these handouts. |
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| Q20 | B / E | In the theatrette on the ground floor there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs which they can see at any time But we do have an IT centre where students have access to CD ROMs with a range of dinosaur games |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript explains that there is a small theater (theatrette) that shows short films about dinosaurs all the time. It also says there is a computer area (IT centre) where students can play games about dinosaurs. Answer Explanation: The answer means that right now, students can watch short movies (films) about dinosaurs and play games on computers at the museum. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is chosen because the speaker mentions two specific locations that are currently available for use after the tour: a theatrette and an IT centre. In the theatrette, they show 'documentaries,' which are a type of film. In the IT centre, they have 'games' on CD ROMs, which are computer games. Other activities like making models, drawing, or hunting for eggs are not possible right now because the room where those happened is 'closed' due to storm damage. |
Transcript
Hello, and thank you for asking me to your teachers' meeting to talk about the Dinosaur Museum and to tell you a bit about what you can do with your students there.
Well, let me give you some of the basic information first. In regard to opening hours, we're open every day of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except on Mondays when we close at 1.30 pm. And, in fact the only day in the year when we're closed is on the 25th of December. You can book a guided tour for your school group any time that we're open.
If you bring a school group to the museum, when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group in the car park. One or more of the tour guides will welcome you there and brief you about what the tour will be about. We do this there because our entrance is quite small and we really haven't got much room for briefing groups in the exhibition area.
As far as the amount of time you'll need goes, if you bring a school group you should plan on allowing a minimum of 90 minutes for the visit. This allows 15 minutes to get on and off the coach, 45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities.
If you're going to have lunch at the museum you will, of course, have to allow more time. There are two cafés in the museum, with seating for 80 people. If you want to eat there you'll need to reserve some seating, as they can get quite crowded at lunch time. Then outside the museum at the back there are tables, and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the open air.
When the students come into the museum foyer we ask them to check in their backpacks with their books, lunch boxes, etc, at the cloakroom before they enter the museum proper. I'm afraid in the past we have had a few things gone missing after school visits so this is a strict rule. Also, some of the exhibits are fragile and we don't want them to be accidentally knocked. But we do provide school students with handouts with questions and quizzes on them. There's so much that students can learn in the museum and it's fun for them to have something to do. Of course they'll need to bring something to write with for these. We do allow students to take photographs. For students who are doing projects it's useful to make some kind of visual record of what they see that they can add to their reports. And finally, they should not bring anything to eat into the museum, or drinks of any kind.
There are also a few things the students can do after the tour. In the theatrette on the ground floor there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs which they can see at any time. We used to have an activity room with more interactive things like making models of dinosaurs and drawing and painting pictures, even hunting for dinosaur eggs, but unfortunately the room was damaged in a bad storm recently when water came in the roof, so that's closed at the moment. But we do have an IT centre where students have access to CD ROMs with a range of dinosaur games. These games are a lot of fun, but they also teach the students about the lives of dinosaurs, how they found food, protected their habitat, survived threats, that kind of thing.
And . . . I think that's all I have to tell you. Please feel free to ask any questions if you would like to know anything else . . .