Questions –13 The correct answer is false

‘Hills’ and ‘monument’ are incorrect
as these can be seen from 
the ‘opposite direction’. 
9 The correct answer is ‘monument’: 
Shirley says, ‘The bedroom window … has a lovely view 
of the hills and the monument at the top.’
10 The correct answer is ‘March’: 
Shirley asks Tom for the rest of the money on ‘the last day 
of March, please’. 
‘May’ is incorrect
as that is when Tom and his wife are arriving.
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IELTS 16, Test 4 answer key with extra explanations, Listening
© Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment 2021
Part 2
Questions 11–20
11 The correct answer is C: 
The councillor says that ‘a significant number of people 
complained about the increasing number of heavy vehicles using our local roads’. 
A is incorrect
as she says that the reduction in the train service (a type of public transport) has not ‘affected 
people too much’. 
B is incorrect
as there were only ‘one or two complaints about potholes’. 
12 The correct answer is A: 
The councillor says that they are going to
 
‘add a bit on the side to 
make [the path] wider’.
 B is incorrect
as she says that extending the path ‘won’t be happening 
in the immediate future’. 
C is incorrect
as the surface ‘was improved last year’.
13 The correct answer is B: 
The councillor says that
 
they have been told it would be 
‘dangerous to have a pedestrian crossing where we’d originally planned it’. 
A is incorrect
as 
this was a rumour that did not happen. 
C is incorrect
as the council ‘budgeted for [the crossing] 
this financial year’ so funding was available.