# Handedness in Different Sports

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 9 minutes - Multiple choice, Table completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 7, Test 2, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

7 minutes of audio. Practice it with the player on the page; the transcript is on the answers page.

## Questions

### Questions 31-35: Multiple choice

Left and Right Handedness in Sport. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

31. Anita first felt the Matthews article was of value when she realised
   - A. how it would help her difficulties with left-handedness.
   - B. the relevance of connections he made with music.
   - C. the impressive size of his research project.

32. Anita feels that the findings on handedness will be of value in
   - A. helping sportspeople identify their weaknesses.
   - B. aiding sportspeople as they plan tactics for each game.
   - C. developing suitable training programmes for sportspeople.

33. Anita feels that most sports coaches
   - A. know nothing about the influence of handedness.
   - B. focus on the wrong aspects of performance.
   - C. underestimate what science has to offer sport.

34. A German study showed there was greater 'mixed handedness' in musicians who
   - A. started playing instruments in early youth.
   - B. play a string instrument such as the violin.
   - C. practise a great deal on their instrument.

35. Studies on ape behaviour show that
   - A. apes which always use the same hand to get food are most successful.
   - B. apes have the same proportion of left- and right-handers as humans.
   - C. more apes are left-handed than right-handed.

### Questions 36-40: Table completion

Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Sport | Best laterality | Comments
Hockey | mixed laterality | hockey stick has to be used in **(36)** _____; mixed-handed players found to be much more **(37)** _____ than others
Tennis | single laterality | gives a larger relevant field of **(38)** _____; cross-lateral players make **(39)** _____ too late
Gymnastics | cross laterality | gymnasts' **(40)** _____ is important for performances

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