A Monologue By an Artist-Illustrator Giving Advice on How to Get Your First Job or Commission as an Artist IELTS Listening Answers

A Monologue By an Artist-Illustrator Giving Advice on How to Get Your First Job or Commission as an Artist IELTS Listening Answers is a monologue. Here Rebecca Bramwell, an artist, and illustrator give advice on how to get your first job or commission as an artist. The candidate needs to answer the following question types: Fill in the blanks, Multiple-choice questions. For identifying the correct answer, candidates are required to answer based on a given cue. In choosing the correct answer type of question, candidates are required to write the correct answer choice from the given four options.
The IELTS Listening section tests a candidate’s listening ability. The candidates are required to listen to an audio and then answer the given IELTS listening questions.

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Topic: A Monologue By an Artist-Illustrator Giving Advice on How to Get Your First Job or Commission as an Artist

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Section 4

Questions 31-40
Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 31 on your answer sheet.

Question 31. At the start of her talk, Rebecca points out that new graduates can find it hard to

1. get the right work
2. take sufficient breaks
3. motivate themselves

Answer: C
Explanation: As states by the speaker, “Suddenly, it isn't finding the inspiration or getting the right paper, that's a problem, it's you.” Although option C is not exactly declared in the audio by this statement of the speaker, it is understandable that C s the correct option.

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Questions 32 and 33:
Circle TWO letters A-D.
Which TWO of the following does Rebecca say worry new artists?

1. earning enough money
2. moving to a new environment
3. competing with other artists
4. having their work criticized

Question 32.

Answer: A
Explanation: The speaker mentions that “It's a real challenge making a decent living as a new artist” which means it is difficult to make enough money for the new artists.

Question 33.

Answer: D
Explanation: In the recording, it is said that “they want praise ... if people don't like what they create then it can be a very emotional and upsetting experience hearing them say this.” The new artists face a lot of criticism at the beginning of their journey. Therefore option D is the right answer.

Questions 34 and 35:
Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 34-35 on your answer sheet.

Question 34. Rebecca decided to become an illustrator because it

1. afforded her greater objectivity as an artist
2. offered her greater freedom of expression
3. allowed her to get her work published

Answer: A
Explanation: Rebecca indicates “I was no longer producing images from the heart but developing images for a specified subject taking a more practical approach.” This is why option A is the correct answer.

Question 35. When she had developed a portfolio of illustrations, Rebecca found publishers

1. more receptive to her work
2. equally cautious about her work
3. uninterested in her work

Answer: B
Explanation: Rebecca explains, ”...a portfolio and started to carry around with me to show prospective clients and employers. But it was still tricky because publishers, for example, want to know that your drawings will reproduce well in a book, but without having had any work published, it's hard to prove this.” A portfolio of illustrations is a way to prove their talent so that publishers can be sure of how work will turn out in a book.

Questions 36-40.

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Get some artwork printed in magazines by entering 36________Also, you can 37________ and mockup book pages.

Make an effort to use a variety of artistic 38________

Aim for recognition by dividing work into distinct 39________

Possibly use 40________

Question 36.

Answer: competition
Explanation: As stated by the speaker, “The first way was by submitting my work for a competition.” Thus competition is the answer.

Question 37.

Answer: design and print
Explanation: We can hear in the audio, “The other approach I took was to design and print some mock-up pages of a book”. Therefore the answer is design and print.

Question 38.

Answer: style and technique
Explanation: From the audio the statement “so that I could vary my style and wasn't limited to a certain technique.” confirms that the answer is style ad technique.

Question 39.

Answer: categories
Explanation: In the recording, you can hear, “One remedy for this is to separate your work into distinct categories”. Here dividing is restated as separating but the meaning is exact so the answer here is categories.

Question 40.

Answer: two/2 names
Explanation: The speaker clearly mentions that the last useful approach is to use “two names”