33 The correct answer is ‘equipment’: The lecturer says,
‘we’re … seeing an increase in the
sales figures for knitting equipment’.
‘Instruction’ and ‘classes’ are incorrect as there is no
mention of paying for these.
34 The correct answer is ‘economic’: The lecturer says that
‘knitting can be helpful if you’re
experiencing economic hardship (difficulty)’.
‘Money’ is incorrect as an adjective is needed in
the gap.
35 The correct answer is ‘basic’: The lecturer says that
‘the skills you need to get going are
really quite basic’.
‘Minimal’ is incorrect as it is used with amounts or quantities and does not
collocate with ‘skills’.
36 The correct answer is ‘round’: The lecturer says that
‘the earliest pieces of clothing that
have been found suggest that most of the items produced were round rather than (not) flat’.
‘Flat’ is, therefore, incorrect. 37 The correct answer is ‘bone’: The lecturer says that
‘the very first needles people used
were hand carved out of wood and other natural materials, like bone’.
‘Steel’ and ‘plastic’ are incorrect as these materials are used for ‘today’s needles’ and are not natural materials.
38 The correct answer is ‘rough’: The lecturer names some yarns used by ancient (early)
people and says that ‘these
were often very rough on the skin’.
‘Warmth’ is incorrect as this is
a quality of wool, not of all the early yarns. It is also a noun and the gap requires an adjective.
39 The correct answer is ‘style’: The lecturer says,
‘regional differences in style developed’.
‘Purposes’ is incorrect as the lecturer does not relate purposes to regions of the world. Also,
the gap is followed by the preposition of, not for.
