Seminar Prep: Sources on the Industrial Revolution
IELTS Listening PracticePart 3hard
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Questions
Questions 1–4
What is the main limitation of each source?
Choose the main limitation from the list A–E for each source. There are more limitations than sources.
Options
- A. Owners tidied up before inspections.
- B. Only a minority of workers could write.
- C. They exaggerate for effect.
- D. They reveal nothing about people's feelings.
- E. They were written long after the events.
1
the factory inspection reports
2
the workers' diaries
3
the newspaper cartoons
4
the modern economic dataset
Question 5
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
What overall argument do the students want to make in the seminar?
5
Their central argument is
Question 6
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
How does Ben respond to the tutor's challenge about the diaries?
6
Ben concedes that
Questions 7–9
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
7
The students describe their method of comparing sources as ______.(max 1 word)
8
Ben will present the official and ______ sources.(max 1 word)
9
The reading list must be circulated to the group by ______.(max 1 word)
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