The Economic Importance Of Coral Reefs, Nature Or Nurture?, Telepathy – IELTS Reading Answers

In the Academic Reading practice test, “The Economic Importance Of Coral Reefs, Nature Or Nurture?, and Telepathy” there are 40 questions of various question types. We at IELTSMaterial.com would urge every IELTS aspirant to time this test as in the real exam and find the answers without looking at the key. If you have scored 40/40, then we wish you all the best. If you haven’t, then we would earnestly advise you to take one of our IELTS reading practice tests. 

Here are question types in this reading test

Reading Passage 1 (The Economic Importance Of Coral Reefs)

• True or False / Not Given
• Note completion

Reading Passage 2 (Nature Or Nurture?)

• Matching information
• Multiple Choice Questions.
• True or False / Not Given

Reading Passage 3 (Telepathy)

• Matching sentence endings
• Table completion

Reading Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

The Economic Importance Of Coral Reefs

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Questions 1-7

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet, write –
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1. In most places, coral-reef gleaning is normally carried out by men.
2. Involvement in coral-reef-based occupations raises the status of women.
3. Coral reefs provide valuable learning opportunities for young children.
4. The women of Ulithi Atoll have some control over how fish catches are shared out.
5. Boats for use by the inhabitants of Ulithi are constructed on Yap Island.
6. In coral reef fisheries, only male traders can apply for finance.
7. Coral reefs provide a less constant source of income than near-shore seas.

Questions 8-13

Complete the notes below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
How coral-reef-based resources protect people during difficult times

Coral reefs can provide

• a resource bank, e.g. for keeping clams and 8 ………………….
• a seasonal back-up, when 9 …………………. products are insufficient,e.g. in northern Mozambique.
• a tourist attraction, e.g. 10 ………………… tours in the Caribbean.

Benefits for local people include:

• The creation of jobs.
• Improvements to roads and 11 ………………….

Important considerations:

• Development must be based on appropriate principles.
• Need for 12 ………………….
• Poorly-planned development can create 13 …………………. with local fishers.

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Reading Passage 2

Nature Or Nurture?

Questions 14-19

Reading Passage 2 has nine paragraphs, A-I.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter A-I in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet.
14. a biological explanation of the teacher-subjects’ behaviour
15. the explanation Milgram gave the teacher-subjects for the experiment
16. the identity of the pupils
17. the expected statistical outcome
18. the general aim of sociobiological study
19. the way Milgram persuaded the teacher-subjects to continue

Questions 20-22

Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
Write your answers in boxes 20-22 on your answer sheet.

20. The teacher-subjects were told that they were testing whether
A. a 450-volt shock was dangerous.
B. punishment helps learning.
C. the pupils were honest.
D. they were suited to teaching.

21. The teacher-subjects were instructed to
A. stop when a pupil asked them to.
B. denounce pupils who made mistakes.
C. reduce the shock level after a correct answer.
D. give punishment according to a rule.

22. Before the experiment took place the psychiatrists
A. believed that a shock of 150 volts was too dangerous.
B. failed to agree on how the teacher-subjects would respond to instructions.
C. underestimated the teacher-subjects’ willingness to comply with experimental procedure.
D. thought that many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts.

Questions 23-26

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet, write:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

23. Several of the subjects were psychology students at Yale University.
24. Some people may believe that the teacher-subjects’ behaviour could be explained as a positive survival mechanism.
25. In a sociological explanation, personal values are more powerful than authority.
26. Milgram’s experiment solves an important question in sociobiology.

Reading Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below:

Telepathy

Can human beings communicate by thought alone? For more than a century the issue of telepathy has divided the scientific community, and even today it still sparks bitter controversy among top academics.

Questions 27-30

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A —G, below.
Write the correct letter, A—G, in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet.
27. Researchers with differing attitudes towards telepathy agree on
28. Reports of experiences during meditation indicated
29. Attitudes to parapsychology would alter drastically with
30. Recent autoganzfeld trials suggest that success rates will improve with

Questions 31-40

Complete the table below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 31-40 on your answer sheet.

Answers

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