Tips: Listen for how much of the strip the speaker gives to the pilot, and what else stays.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Start a corridor pilot, keep the whole strip natural, and review it after two years.: The pilot covers most, but not all, of the strip. The speaker keeps a play area and some parking at one end.
• Start a corridor pilot, split the strip evenly three ways, and review it after two years.: Splitting the site three ways is the shop owners' idea. The speaker warns that too many splits could leave every use too small.
• Start a corridor pilot, add a full sports field beside it, and review it after two years.: A full sports field is what the second group wants. The speaker keeps only a small play area.

Correct Answer: Whether such a narrow strip would help wildlife very much.

Why this is correct: The sports-field group also questions whether a narrow riverfront strip would make a meaningful ecological difference.

Tips: Each group has its own doubts. Match each doubt to the group that raises it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Whether native grasses would really save staff mowing time.: Less mowing is a claim made by the corridor supporters. The sports-field group does not question it in the report.
• Whether a six-week trial could show what happens over years.: The limit of the short trial is pointed out in the report itself, right after the plant count. It is not the sports-field group's question.
• Whether more parking would keep weekend visitors in town.: Weekend visitors and parking are the shop owners' concern. The sports-field group does not discuss parking.

Correct Answer: It suggests more kinds of flowering plants grew where the strip was not mowed.

Why this is correct: Volunteers counted twelve kinds of flowering plants in the mowed section and twenty-one in the unmowed section. That gives local evidence worth testing.

Tips: Check what the trial actually counted, and which part of the strip did better.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It suggests more kinds of flowering plants grew where the strip was mowed.: The mowed section had fewer kinds, twelve against twenty-one. The count points the other way.
• It suggests mowing less would free staff time for work in other parks.: Saving staff time is a separate supporters' argument. The trial counted plants, not working hours.
• It suggests more kinds of pollinators visited where the strip was not mowed.: The trial counted flowering plants. Pollinator observations are a goal the speaker sets for the future pilot.

Correct Answer: Open, but worried each use would end up too small to work.

Why this is correct: The speaker says the compromise sounds practical. But the speaker also warns that splitting the site too many ways could leave every use too small.

Tips: Listen to both halves of the speaker's comment, and what exactly the worry is.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Approving, as it gives every group a fair share of the site.: The speaker does call it practical, but adds a clear warning. The speaker is not simply approving.
• Dismissive, as parking does not belong beside a river habitat.: The speaker is not dismissive. The speaker even keeps some accessible parking in the pilot.
• Open, but worried it leaves too little room for wildlife.: The speaker's worry is that every use, not only wildlife, could end up too small to work well.

Correct Answer: More kinds of native plants than in the starting record.

Why this is correct: The speaker says biodiversity should guide the decision. It should mean greater variety in native plants, not just letting weeds grow.

Tips: Begin by deciding what the speaker's main goal is. Then ask which result would show it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Taller and thicker grass than in the starting record.: The speaker says biodiversity should not mean simply letting weeds grow. Taller grass alone does not show more variety.
• Fewer staff maintenance hours than in the starting record.: Maintenance hours will be compared, but they are not the main goal. The speaker says biodiversity should guide the decision.
• Fewer parking complaints than in the starting record.: Parking complaints are also compared, but parking is a side feature. The main goal is biodiversity.

Correct Answer: That green projects go on even when benefits never appear.

Why this is correct: The speaker says the gradual approach answers residents who worry that environmental projects continue even when promised benefits never appear.

Tips: Several groups have worries. Listen for the one the speaker connects to the step-by-step approach.

Why the other options are wrong:

• That a corridor would take play space away from children.: Play space for children is the sports-field group's fairness concern. The speaker answers it with a small play area, not the gradual approach.
• That a fully paved strip could not easily be turned back.: Paving that is hard to undo is the speaker's own reason against paving everything now. It is not the residents' worry.
• That weekend visitors leave when they cannot find parking.: Visitors leaving is the shop owners' parking concern. The speaker does not link it to the gradual approach.