IELTS listening · Listening Test 28
A guide. Talk about cooking, ginger on the radio broadcast,
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Section 2
Section 2
A guide. Talk about cooking, ginger on the radio broadcast,
Questions 11–14
Complete the notes as you listen. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Weekly Cooking Corner – Gingers Ginger is a spicy-tasting root related to the bamboo family and has a variety of uses in the kitchen. (Example)
11.The Chinese used ginger principally for
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- 11
medicine
The transcript directly links the Chinese cultivation of ginger to its use in medicine.
- 12
China; India (in either order)
The text identifies China and India as the places of origin where it was used for thousands of years.
- 13
a good price /lot of money
The transcript explicitly states that traders valued it because they could sell it for a very good price.
- 14
(early) 20th
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- 15
Perfect / Ideal (conditions)
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- 16
production cost(s) / cost of production
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- 17
Second World War/ World War II
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- 18
twenty five/25
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- 19
14 tons/fourteen tons
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- 20
Australia
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Understand why, not only what.
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