# Rosie and Colin's Discussion on Human Geography Assignment

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 7 minutes - Matching features, Multiple choice

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 20, Test 2, Listening Part 3. © 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 21-25: Matching features

What is Rosie and Colin's opinion about each of the following aspects of human geography? Choose the correct letter, A-G, for each one.

- **A** The information given about this was too vague.
- **B** This may not be relevant to their course.
- **C** This will involve only a small number of statistics.
- **D** It will be easy to find facts about this.
- **E** The facts about this may not be reliable.
- **F** No useful research has been done on this.
- **G** The information provided about this was interesting.

21. Population

22. Health

23. Economies

24. Culture

25. Poverty

### Questions 26-30: Multiple choice

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

26. Rosie says that in her own city the main problem is
   - A. crime.
   - B. housing.
   - C. unemployment.

27. What recent additions to the outskirts of their cities are both students happy about?
   - A. conference centres
   - B. sports centres
   - C. retail centres

28. The students agree that developing disused industrial sites may
   - A. have unexpected costs.
   - B. damage the urban environment.
   - C. destroy valuable historical buildings.

29. The students will mention Masdar City as an example of an attempt to achieve
   - A. daily collections for waste recycling.
   - B. sustainable energy use.
   - C. free transport for everyone.

30. When discussing the ecotown of Greenhill Abbots, Colin is uncertain about
   - A. what its objectives were.
   - B. why there was opposition to it.
   - C. how much of it has actually been built.

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