Football stadium tour: listening answers and explanations
A guide welcomes visitors at the start of a football stadium tour. The talk covers advice for parents, the features of the tour and what's new, then runs through key moments in the club's and the UK game's history between 1870 and 1880.
All answers come from the guide, in order. Q11-12 come from the advice for parents, Q13-14 from 'I'd like to mention some features of the tour', and Q15-20 from the history section, which moves through the years in the same order as the question paper.
Answer key and self-check
Type what you wrote and hit mark. Hide the key first if you haven't done the part yet. Every question number jumps to its explanation.
How to attack this block: The guide gives a string of practical tips for parents. Most options borrow a word from the talk (photo, sun, cafe), so check that what the guide says really matches the whole option, not just the key word.
Question 11-12
Answer: B and C (in either order)The opening, when the guide speaks to the parents
Which two things does the guide say about bringing children?
Please don't let your children wander off on their own, even for a minute. … children are invited to do a football themed drawing. We'll pick the best one at the end of the afternoon.
Question says → You hear
Parents must stay with their childrendon't let your children wander off on their own, even for a minute
a competition for children todaydo a football themed drawing. We'll pick the best one
Why: C: parents must not let children wander off 'even for a minute', so they must stay with them at all times. B: there's a drawing competition today, with the best one picked at the end of the afternoon and a prize.
The trap: A is close: you can take pictures of your child shooting a penalty, but no player is in the photo. D: it's 'very hot and sunny', but there's no mention of sunhats. E: the guide recommends the healthy lunch boxes, but there's no offer.
Multiple choice (choose TWO)
Questions 13-14
How to attack this block: The question asks what's new. Listen for 'only just introduced' and 'only just started', and ignore features that are old ('popular over the years') or only planned ('thinking of offering').
Question 13-14
Answer: A and C (in either order)After 'I'd like to mention some features of the tour'
Which two parts of the tour are new this year?
please collect headphones from the reception, and then you can listen to the pre-recorded information at your own speed. We've only just introduced this feature … We've only just started offering these
Question says → You hear
audio guidecollect headphones … listen to the pre-recorded information
new this yearWe've only just introduced this feature / We've only just started offering these
Why: C: headphones with pre-recorded information are an audio guide, and 'we've only just introduced this feature'. A: the VIP tours are new too, 'We've only just started offering these'.
The trap: B, the 360 cinema, has been 'very popular over the years', so it isn't new. E, tours in other languages, is only planned: 'We're thinking of offering' them in future.
Matching (A-H)
Questions 15-20
How to attack this block: Eight events for six years, so two are spare. Each year is said clearly, so write it down and listen for the event that follows. One year (1874) has two changes, which is the clue for 'two changes to the rules'.
Question 15
Answer: DWhen the guide says the club has been on this site since 1870
What happened in 1870?
1870 was also the year that football teams started to include a player whose role was to guard the goal
Question says → You hear
the introduction of goalkeepersstarted to include a player whose role was to guard the goal
Why: A player whose role is to guard the goal is a goalkeeper, and teams started to include one in 1870: D.
The trap: 1870 is also when the club arrived on the site, but that isn't in the box. The goal itself changes later, in 1875.
Question 16
Answer: FAfter the guide mentions new clubs in 1872 and 73
What happened in 1874?
in 1874, referees were allowed to send players off if they committed certain offences. And also in that year, teams started having to swap ends at halftime.
Question says → You hear
two changes to the rules of the gamereferees were allowed to send players off … teams started having to swap ends at halftime
Why: Two new rules in the same year, sending players off and swapping ends at halftime: F. 'And also in that year' tells you there are two.
The trap: 'Clubs were established both here and abroad' just before might suggest E, the first international match, but that's 1872-73 and no match is mentioned.
Question 17
Answer: BWhen the guide says early goals were two flag posts
What happened in 1875?
In 1875, that tape was replaced with the solid crossbar that would be familiar with today.
Question says → You hear
a change to the design of the goalthat tape was replaced with the solid crossbar
Why: Replacing the tape with a solid crossbar changed the design of the goal: B.
The trap: Goalkeepers (D) also involve the goal, but they came in 1870. Here the goal itself changes.
Question 18
Answer: HWhen the guide mentions further new clubs in 1877
What happened in 1877?
all the clubs decided to set a limit of 90 minutes for each match
Question says → You hear
an agreement on the length of a gameall the clubs decided to set a limit of 90 minutes
Why: All the clubs deciding together is an agreement, and 90 minutes is the length of a match: H.
The trap: The arguments and fights over when a game should end might sound like a rule change about behaviour, but they're the reason for the time limit.
Question 19
Answer: CWhen the guide says the number of teams increased again
What happened in 1878?
referees started using whistles and electric lamps were installed on certain pitches. This was a significant change as games could then be played in the evenings
Question says → You hear
the first use of lights for matcheselectric lamps were installed on certain pitches
Why: Electric lamps on pitches meant games could be played in the evenings. That's the first use of lights: C.
The trap: Whistles are a change too, so F (two changes to the rules) is tempting. But whistles are equipment, and F belongs to 1874.
Question 20
Answer: GThe last date in the history section
What happened in 1880?
In 1880, clubs began to charge fans for admission to games, even though players were still amateurs and had other proper jobs.
Question says → You hear
the introduction of a fee for spectatorsclubs began to charge fans for admission to games
Why: Charging fans for admission means spectators started paying a fee: G.
The trap: A, pay for the players, is the opposite of what's said: players 'were still amateurs'. Big salaries are only mentioned for the modern game.
A, D and E each borrow a word from the talk. The photo is of your child taking a penalty, not with a player; the sun is mentioned but no hats; the cafe has healthy lunch boxes but no special offer.
The 360 cinema experience is the first feature named, but it has been 'very popular over the years'. Tours in other languages are only an idea for the future.
Players and pay are both mentioned for 1880, which pulls you to A. But the players 'were still amateurs'. The people who paid were the fans: a fee for spectators.
Words from this recording worth keeping
wander off(Advice for parents)
walk away from where you should be
permitted(Advice for parents)
allowed
self-guided(Tour features)
done on your own without a guide
at your own speed(Tour features)
as fast or slowly as you like
redevelopment(Stadium history)
rebuilding an area or building
offences(Football history)
acts that break the rules
admission(Football history)
permission to enter, or the price of it
amateurs(Football history)
people who do an activity without being paid
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