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IELTS Listening
Lecture: Why Coastlines Retreat
10 questions, about 9 minutes, marked the moment you submit with the right answer beside every question you missed. The recording plays once, the way the real test plays it.
What you will hear
A talk of a few minutes with specific facts: names, numbers, prices and times. The transcript unlocks after marking, so you can find the exact words that cost you.
The questions
- What has changed about coastal erosion, according to the lecturer? (Waves are stronger / More people live near the coast / Rock is softer / Storms are more frequent)
- How many main erosion processes are described? (Two / Three / Four / Five)
- What happens in hydraulic action when a wave pulls back? (Trapped air expands and widens cracks / Pebbles scrape the cliff / Salt crystals form / The cliff collapses at once)
- Which rocks are affected by chemical action? (Granite and clay / Limestone and chalk / Sandstone and slate / Clay and sand)
- How fast can soft clay retreat? (Less than a millimetre a year / A few centimetres a year / More than a metre a year / More than ten metres a year)
- Why can a sea wall make the problem worse? (It collapses in storms / Reflected waves scour the beach in front of it / It blocks the view / It traps sand behind it)
- What is rock armour? (Large boulders that absorb wave energy / A steel barrier / A layer of concrete on cliffs / A row of planted trees)
- What is the disadvantage of beach nourishment? (It damages wildlife / It must be repeated every few years / It makes cliffs weaker / It only works on rock)
- What is managed retreat? (Building defences further inland / Letting some areas erode naturally / Moving a harbour / Closing a beach to visitors)
- What are students asked to do before next week? (Visit the coast / Read a case study / Write an essay / Watch a film)
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