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IELTS · Part 3 · Cambridge 12 — Test 2

The Benefits of Being Bilingual: Reading answers

Answers to questions 27–40 (14 in all), each with why it is right.

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A According to the latest figures, the majority of the world's population is now bilingual or multilingual, having grown up speaking two or more languages.In the past, such children were considered to be at a disadvantage compared with their monolingual peers.Over the past few decades, however, technological advances have allowed researchers to look more deeply at how bilingualism interacts with and changes the cognitive and neurological systems, thereby identifying several clear benefits of being bilingual. B Research shows that when a bilingual person uses one language, the other is active at the same time.When we hear a word, we don't hear the entire word all at once: the sounds arrive…

Answers 27–40

  1. 27

    eye movements Table completion

  2. 28

    language co-activation Table completion

  3. 29

    Stroop Task Table completion

  4. 30

    conflict management Table completion

  5. 31

    cognitive control Table completion

  6. 32

    Attitudes towards bilingualism have changed in recent years.

    YES Yes / No / Not Given

  7. 33

    Bilingual people are better than monolingual people at guessing correctly what words are before they are finished.

    NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

  8. 34

    Bilingual people consistently name images faster than monolingual people.

    NO Yes / No / Not Given

  9. 35

    Bilingual people's brains process single sounds more efficiently than monolingual people in all situations.

    NO Yes / No / Not Given

  10. 36

    Fewer bilingual people than monolingual people suffer from brain disease in old age.

    NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

  11. 37

    an example of how bilingual and monolingual people's brains respond differently to a certain type of non-verbal auditory input

    D Matching information

  12. 38

    a demonstration of how a bilingual upbringing has benefits even before we learn to speak

    G Matching information

  13. 39

    a description of the process by which people identify words that they hear

    B Matching information

  14. 40

    reference to some negative consequences of being bilingual

    C Matching information

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