Earthpods - Test 1

C2 Proficiency · Listening Sentence Completion · Cambridge English Proficiency 2, Cambridge University Press

You will hear part of a lecture about an architect called Josh Keysall, who became famous for designing environmentally friendly houses known as Earthpods. For questions 1–9, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

in the construction of buildings.

Soon after graduating, Keysall thought up a successful way of providing

instead of bricks to make the walls.

In his first Earthpod, Keysall used

in the way they function.

The speaker says the Earthpods are passive solar buildings with walls which are like

to describe the independence of his Earthpods from conventional energy sources.

Keysall uses the term

in Switzerland was specially adapted for the climate.

An Earthpod originally used as a

to construct an Earthpod.

In Belgium, safety regulations prevented Keysall from using

living in the area.

In the UK, an Earthpod project involved the protection of some

Keysall lost his professional status.

Following complaints about defects such as

has been made about Keysall's life, work and legal battles.

A film called

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