Are we Managing to Destroy Science? Reading Answers

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Are we Managing to Destroy Science?
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The passage, “Are we Managing to Destroy Science?”, is a real IELTS Reading test passage from past papers. The IELTS Academic Reading passage consists of various types of questions which will help prepare the module better. You must take only 20 minutes to attempt the passage, “Are we Managing to Destroy Science?”, and find the answers.

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Are we Managing to Destroy Science?

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below.

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The answers to questions 27-40 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
27	productivity	goal of regular five-yearly check-up, to increase productivity	Para 1, lines 4-6
28	anxiety	Academic institutions are already preparing for the RAE with some anxiety	Para 2 , line 1
29	severe	financial consequences of failure are severe	Para 2, line 2
30	pressures	The pressures are forcing research management onto the defensive.	Para 2, line 5
31	publish	pressuring them to publish anything regardless of quality,	Para 2, line 7
32	funds	diverting funds from, laboratory science into, management	Para 2, lines 8-9
33	replace	remove scientists, less active in research, replace, with new, younger, staff	Para 2, last 2 lines
34	unsustainable	they are putting unsustainable pressure on academic staff	Para 3, first 2 lines
35	FALSE	they, produced few papers, first ten years after, PhDs	Para 4, lines 8-9
36	TRUE	private sector, more sensible, long-term view of research priorities	Para 6, lines 3-4
37	NOT GIVEN
38	TRUE	managers will make sure they survive even when those they manage are lost	Para 6, line 6
39	D	their early publication records, preclude them from academic posts, present criteria, applied	Para 4, lines 4-6
40	C	new member, academic staff, needs, commitment to resources, five- to ten-year period, establish, research	Para 5, lines 3-5

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