Questions –13 The correct answer is false

28 The correct answer is ‘stress’: 
Luke says that it is important to make sure the subjects
 
‘aren’t put under any unnecessary stress’. 
‘Dreams’ is incorrect
as the gap has the word is 
after it so the answer must be singular or uncountable. 
29 The correct answer is ‘graph’: 
Susie says that they must do the analysis and calculations 
and then present their ‘results visually in a graph’. 
‘Number’
is incorrect
as you cannot make
a number.
30 The correct answer is ‘evaluate’: 
Luke says, ‘and the final thing is to think about our 
research and evaluate it’. 
‘Final’
is incorrect
as a verb is needed in the gap.
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IELTS 16, Test 2 answer key with extra explanations, Listening
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Part 4
Questions 31–40
31 The correct answer is ‘creativity’: 
The speaker says
 
that those dancing in the experiment
 
‘showed much more creativity when doing problem-solving tasks’. 
‘Problem-solving’
is 
incorrect
as the dancers did not do more of this activity than others.
32 The correct answer is ‘therapy’: 
The speaker refers to a university doctor who believes 
‘dance should be prescribed as therapy to help people overcome issues such as depression’. 
‘Depression’ is incorrect
as it is an example of mental illness.
33 The correct answer is ‘fitness’: 
The speaker says that an advantage of dance is that 
‘Anyone can have a go, even those whose standard of fitness is quite low’. 
‘Standard’
is 
incorrect 
as it has the same meaning as level(s), which comes before the gap.