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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 16 — Test 4

Changes in reading habits: Reading answers

Answers to questions 14–26 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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What are the implications of the way we read today? Look around on your next plane trip.The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers.Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older kids don't read at all, but hunch over video games.Parents and other passengers read on tablets or skim a flotilla of email and news feeds.Unbeknown to most of us, an invisible, game-changing transformation links everyone in this picture: the neuronal circuit that underlies the brain's ability to read is subtly, rapidly changing and this has implications for everyone from the pre-reading toddler to the expert adult. As work in neurosciences indicates, the acquisition of literacy…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    What is the writer's main point in the first paragraph?

    A: Our use of technology is having a hidden effect on us. Multiple choice

  2. 15

    What main point does Sherry Turkle make about innovation?

    B: We should pay attention to what might be lost when innovation occurs. Multiple choice

  3. 16

    What point is the writer making in the fourth paragraph?

    D: Some brain circuits adjust to whatever is required of them. Multiple choice

  4. 17

    According to Mark Edmundson, the attitude of college students

    B: has influenced what they select to read. Multiple choice

  5. 18

    D: worrying Summary completion (word list)

  6. 19

    H: thorough Summary completion (word list)

  7. 20

    F: hard Summary completion (word list)

  8. 21

    B: isolated Summary completion (word list)

  9. 22

    C: emotional Summary completion (word list)

  10. 23

    The medium we use to read can affect our choice of reading content.

    YES Yes / No / Not Given

  11. 24

    Some age groups are more likely to lose their complex reading skills than others.

    NO Yes / No / Not Given

  12. 25

    False information has become more widespread in today's digital era.

    NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

  13. 26

    We still have opportunities to rectify the problems that technology is presenting.

    YES Yes / No / Not Given

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