# Riverside Industrial Village: History and Site Overview: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 4, Test 1, Listening Part 2

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 4, Test 1, Listening Part 2. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | coal and firewood | the abundance of local fuels like coal and firewood |
| 12 | local craftsmen | local craftsmen first built an iron forge just behind the village here on the bend in the river. |
| 13 | 160 | the region's rivers supported more than 160 water mills |
| 14 | Woodside | running along the bottom is Woodside Road. |
| 15 | Ticket Office | and immediately to our right is the ticket office. |
| 16 | Gift Shop | And to the left, by the entry gate is the gift shop. |
| 17 | Workshop | The big stone building at the top is the main workshop. |
| 18 | Showroom | that building with bigger windows is the showroom. |
| 19 | Café | and on the other is the cafe |
| 20 | cottages | The row of buildings you can see on the left are the cottages. ... These were built for the workers towards the end of the 18th century |

## Why these answers are right

**11. coal and firewood.** The sentence asks which fuels made the site good for industry. The guide lists the water, raw materials such as minerals and iron ore, and then the abundance of local fuels like coal and firewood, so both fuels are needed, joined by and.

**12. local craftsmen.** You need the people living locally who started the metal industry. The guide says that local craftsmen first built an iron forge just behind the village, on the bend in the river, and an iron forge is where metal working began.

**13. 160.** The sentence gives the eighteenth century and asks how many water-powered mills there were. The guide says that by the 17th and 18th centuries the region's rivers supported more than 160 water mills, and over in the sentence matches more than.

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## Transcript

**Announcer:** Section 2.

**Announcer:** You'll hear a tour guide giving a talk about a museum center called Riverside Industrial Village.

**Announcer:** First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 13.

**Announcer:** Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 13.

**Speaker:** Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to Riverside Industrial Village.

**Speaker:** To start your visit, I'm just going to give you a brief account of the history of the museum.

**Speaker:** Before letting you roam about on your own, I won't keep you long, OK?

**Speaker:** Now, from where we're standing, you've got a good view of the river over there.

**Speaker:** And it was because of this fast flowing water that this site was a natural place for manufacturing works.

**Speaker:** The water and the availability of raw materials in the area like minerals and iron ore.

**Speaker:** And also the abundance of local fuels like coal and firewood, all made this site suitable for industry from a very early time.

**Speaker:** Water was the main source of power for the early industries.

**Speaker:** And some of the water wheels were first established in the 12th century, would you believe?

**Speaker:** At that time, local craftsmen first built an iron forge just behind the village here on the bend in the river.

**Speaker:** By the 17th and 18th centuries, the region's rivers supported more than 160 water mills, and many of these continued to operate well into the 19th century.

**Speaker:** But then the steam engine was invented, and then the railways came, and the centers of industry were able to move away from the rivers and the countryside and into the towns.

**Speaker:** So industrial villages like this one became very rare.

**Speaker:** So, that's the history for you.

**Speaker:** If you'd like any more information, you can ask me some questions, or you can read further in our excellent guidebook.

**Announcer:** Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 14 to 20.

**Announcer:** Now listen and answer questions 14 to 20.

**Speaker:** Now, I'm going to give you a plan of the site, and I'd just like to point out where everything is, and then you can take a look at everything for yourself.

**Speaker:** I've already pointed out the river.

**Speaker:** Which is on the left, and of course, running along the bottom is Woodside Road.

**Speaker:** Got it?

**Speaker:** OK, now we're standing at the entrance, see it at the bottom, and immediately to our right is the ticket office.

**Speaker:** You won't need that.

**Speaker:** Because you've got your group booking, but just past it are the toilets, always good to know where they are.

**Speaker:** In front of us is the car park, as you can see.

**Speaker:** And to the left, by the entry gate is the gift shop.

**Speaker:** That's where you can get copies of the guide like this one here.

**Speaker:** Now, beyond the car park, all the buildings are arranged in a half circle with a yard in the middle.

**Speaker:** The big stone building at the top is the main workshop.

**Speaker:** That's where the furnace is, and where all the metal was smelted, and the tools were cast, as you'll be able to see.

**Speaker:** Now in the top right-hand corner, that building with bigger windows is the showroom.

**Speaker:** Where samples of all the tools that were made through the ages are on display.

**Speaker:** In the top left corner is the grinding shop, where the tools were sharpened and finished, and on one side of that you can see the engine room, and on the other is the cafe, which isn't an antique.

**Speaker:** You'll be pleased to know, though they do serve very nice old-fashioned teas.

**Speaker:** The row of buildings you can see on the left are the cottages.

**Speaker:** These were built for the workers towards the end of the 18th century, and they're still furnished from that period, so you can get a good idea of ordinary people's living conditions.

**Speaker:** Across the yard from them, you can see the stables, where the horses were kept for transporting the products, and the separate building in front of them.

**Speaker:** Is the works office, and that still has some of the old accounts on display.

**Speaker:** Right, if anyone wants a guided tour, then I'm starting at the engine room.

**Speaker:** If you'd like to come along this way, please, ladies and gentlemen.

**Announcer:** That is the end of section 2.

**Announcer:** You now have half a minute to check your answers.

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