Minster Park - IELTS Listening Answers & Explanations
From Cambridge IELTS 16 Academic Listening Test 2 · Part 2 · Questions 11–20
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Questions 11–15 Multiple Choice (One Answer)
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Minster Park
Questions 16–18 Matching
What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food Hall?
Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions.
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A pupils help to plan menus
B only vegetarian food
C different food every week
D daily change in menu
Food available at serving points in Food Hall
Questions 19–20 Multiple Choice (Two Answers)
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Answers & Explanations Summary
| # | Answer | Evidence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q11 | C | His heir chose to sell it to the local council, who turned it into offices. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The excerpt tells us that the owner's heir decided to sell Dartfield House to the local council, who then converted it into offices. Answer Explanation: The answer 'C' means that Dartfield House school used to be a local council building. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'C' because the excerpt clearly states that the local council purchased Dartfield House and transformed it into offices, indicating it became a local council building. |
| Q12 | B | Developers will construct houses on the existing lower school site. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript talks about builders making houses at the current lower school location. Answer Explanation: The answer indicates that the lower school site will be used for building new homes. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'B' because it matches the information provided in the transcript where it is mentioned that houses will be constructed on the existing lower school site. |
| Q13 | A | But there’s only one serving point, so most pupils have to wait a considerable time to be served. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript talks about the catering system in Minster Park. It says that there is a long wait to get food because there is only one place where students can get their food. Answer Explanation: The answer is A) long queuing times. This means that students have to wait for a long time in a line to get their food. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is A) long queuing times because the excerpt explains that pupils have to wait a considerable time to be served, meaning they have to stand in line for a long time. This is the reason why the catering has been changed. |
| Q14 | A | is to discuss with your children each morning which type of food they want to eat that day | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript is saying that parents should talk with their kids in the morning about what kind of food they want to eat for the day. Answer Explanation: The answer means parents should help their kids choose which serving point to get their food from beforehand. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'A' because the excerpt implies that parents should discuss with their children each morning about which type of food they want to eat. This aligns with the idea of helping children decide in advance which serving point to use. |
| Q15 | C | We’ll still have tables and chairs in there, and pupils can eat food from the Food Hall or lunch they’ve brought from home. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript mentions that there will still be tables and chairs in the existing canteen, and pupils can eat food from the Food Hall or lunch they've brought from home. Answer Explanation: The answer states that pupils can take their food into the existing canteen. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'C' because it directly aligns with the information in the transcript that pupils will be able to eat food from the Food Hall or food they brought from home in the existing canteen, indicating that pupils can take their food into it. |
| Q16 | D | One serving point we call World Adventures. This will serve a different country’s cuisine each day, maybe Chinese one day and Lebanese the next. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript talks about a serving point called World Adventures in the Food Hall. It mentions that the point serves a different country's cuisine each day, such as Chinese one day and Lebanese the next. Answer Explanation: The answer 'D' means there is a daily change in the menu at the serving point called World Adventures. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'D' because the excerpt specifically states that each day at the World Adventures serving point, a different country's cuisine is served. This implies that there is a daily change in the menu, supporting the idea that the serving point has a daily changing menu. |
| Q17 | A | Street Life is also international, with food from three particular cultures. We’ll ask pupils to make suggestions, so perhaps sometimes there’ll be food from Thailand, Ethiopia and Mexico, and then one of them will be replaced by Jamaican food for a week or two. | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript mentions that at the food hall, there are food options from different cultures such as Thailand, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Jamaica. It also says that pupils are asked to suggest menu items. Answer Explanation: The answer indicates that pupils help to plan menus at the serving point for Street Life. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is A because the excerpt mentions that pupils are asked to make suggestions for the menu, which aligns with the idea of pupils helping to plan menus as stated in option A. |
| Q18 | B | The Speedy Italian serving point will cater particularly for the many pupils who don’t eat meat or fish | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript says that the Speedy Italian place will have food for people who don't eat meat or fish. Answer Explanation: The answer 'B' says that the food is only vegetarian. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 'B' because the excerpt tells us that Speedy Italian has food for people who don't eat meat or fish, which means it only has vegetarian food. |
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| Q20 | B / C | And a former pupil has given a magnificent grand piano to the school, so a few pupils will be able to learn at the school instead of going to the local college, as many of them do at the moment. As you know, we have a well-equipped performance centre, and we’re going to start drama classes in there, too. |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript talks about a grand piano being donated to the school, which means students will have the opportunity to learn how to play the piano at the school instead of having to go to the local college. Additionally, drama classes will also be starting at the school's performance center. Answer Explanation: The answer B and C corresponds to piano and acting, which are the two new optional after-school lessons being introduced. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is B and C because the excerpt indicates that piano lessons will be offered due to a grand piano donation, and drama classes will be starting, which aligns with acting as a new after-school lesson. Therefore, 'piano' (letter B) and 'acting' (letter C) are the correct choices for the new optional after-school lessons. |
Transcript
Good morning and thank you for coming here today. I’d like to bring you up to date with changes in the school that will affect your children.
As you know, the school buildings date from various times: some from the 1970s, some from the last five years, and of course Dartfield House is over a century old. It was commissioned by a businessman. Neville Richards, and intended as his family home, but he died before it was completed. His heir chose to sell it to the local council, who turned it into offices. A later plan to convert it into a tourist information centre didn’t come about, through lack of money, and instead it formed the nucleus of this school when it opened 40 years ago.
The school has grown as the local population has increased, and I can now give you some news about the lower school site, which is separated from the main site by a road. Planning permission has been granted for development of both sites. The lower school will move to new buildings that will be constructed on the main site. Developers will construct houses on the existing lower school site. Work on the new school buildings should start within the next few months.
A more imminent change concerns the catering facilities and the canteen. The canteen is always very busy throughout the lunch period – in fact it’s often full to capacity, because a lot of our pupils like the food that’s on offer there. But there’s only one serving point, so most pupils have to wait a considerable time to be served. This is obviously unsatisfactory, as they may have hardly finished their lunch before afternoon lessons start.
So we’ve had a new Food Hall built, and this will come into use next week. It’ll have several serving areas, and I’ll give you more details about those in a minute, but one thing we ask you to do, to help in the smooth running of the Food Hall, is to discuss with your children each morning which type of food they want to eat that day, so they can go straight to the relevant serving point. There won’t be any junk food – everything on offer will be healthy – and there’s no change to the current system of paying for lunches by topping up your child’s electronic payment card online.
You may be wondering what will happen to the old canteen. We’ll still have tables and chairs in there, and pupils can eat food from the Food Hall or lunch they’ve brought from home. Eventually we may use part of the canteen for storage, but first we’ll see how many pupils go in there at lunchtime.
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OK, back to the serving points in the Food Hall, which will all have side dishes, desserts and drinks on sale, as well as main courses.
One serving point we call World Adventures. This will serve a different country’s cuisine each day, maybe Chinese one day and Lebanese the next. The menus will be planned for a week at a time, so pupils will know what’s going to be available the whole of the week.
Street Life is also international, with food from three particular cultures. We’ll ask pupils to make suggestions, so perhaps sometimes there’ll be food from Thailand, Ethiopia and Mexico, and then one of them will be replaced by Jamaican food for a week or two.
The Speedy Italian serving point will cater particularly for the many pupils who don’t eat meat or fish: they can be sure that all the food served there is suitable for them. There’ll be plenty of variety, so they shouldn’t get bored with the food.
OK, that’s all on the new Food Hall. Now after-school lessons. There are very popular with pupils, particularly swimming – in fact there’s a waiting list for lessons. Cycling is another favourite, and I’m delighted that dozens of pupils make use of the chance to learn to ride in off-road conditions. It means that more and more cycle to and from school every day. As you know, we have a well-equipped performance centre, and we’re going to start drama classes in there, too. Pupils will be able to join in just for fun or work up to taking part in a play – we hope to put on at least one a year. We already teach a number of pupils to use the sound and lighting systems in the centre. And a former pupil has given a magnificent grand piano to the school, so a few pupils will be able to learn at the school instead of going to the local college, as many of them do at the moment.