Sides 1: Questions 31-40
Complete the Summary below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

The Engineer Sarah Guppy, 1770-1852

• Background
  
  women were active in many areas of 19th-century British society, e.g. Jane Harrison was the first female ………31…………………
• by the end of the century there were 140 female dentists and 212  ……………32……………, as well as many musicians and actors
  

Sarah Guppy

• was born in Birmingham and moved to Bristol with her husband
• designed bridges that could survive  ……………33……………
•  built …………34……………… of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
• was a significant  …………35……………… in the Clifton Suspension
• Bridge together with her husband
• designed a ‘barnacle buster’ that allowed  ……………36……………to go faster
• helped stop  …………37……………… near railway lines
• built an amusing machine for making different parts of …………38……………… at the same time
• designed an early type of  …………39………… equipment

Conclusion

• other women worked as engineers, e.g. Ada Lovelace and Hertha Marks Ayrton
• it was not until 1906 that a woman  ………40………………… in engineering

Questions 31–40
31 academic ‘female’ in the question = ‘woman’ in the recording
32 doctors the information in the question is in
a different order in the recording to provide
distraction
33 floods ‘survive’ in the question = ‘withstand’ in the recording
34 models ‘built’ in the question = ‘constructed’ in the recording

35 investor ‘significant’ in the question = ‘important’
in the recording
36 ships ‘faster’ in the question = ‘increased the speedat which’ in the recording
37 erosion ‘erosion’ is described as a ‘problem’ in therecording to highlight the issue. ‘cuttings’providesdistraction here, but cannot be the answer as an engineer would not wish to ‘stop’ them.
38 breakfast It’s necessary to follow the development
of the idea before the speaker gives the answer.
39 gym The locator word ‘equipment’ comes after the answer in the question, but before it in the recording. Then in the recording ‘equipment’ is paraphrased as ‘machine’.
40 graduated The date provides a clear locator word here.
‘graduated in engineering’ in the question =
‘graduated as an engineer’ in the recording
‘studied’ provides distraction, but doesn’t work with the preposition ‘in’