In or Out?, Tyes and Greens, Deafhood Reading Answers

Courtney Miller

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Updated On Aug 14, 2024

Reading Passage 1
Reading Passage 2
Reading Passage 3
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The IELTS Reading passage, In or Out?, along with the other two Academic passages – Tyes and Greens and Deafhood, make this a complete Reading practice test.

You will have 60 minutes to complete the whole test, which consists of 40 questions in total. We at IELTSMaterial.com would urge you to time this test as in the real exam and find the answers without looking at the key.

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Reading Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14 which are based on Reading Passage 1.

Find the practice test with the In or Out PDF here.

Questions 1 – 3

Look at the following dates (Questions 1-3) and key events in the development of further education below.

Match each date with a key event.

Write the correct letters A-G in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.

1 1991

2 1993

3 1994

Key Events

A Severe penalties for drop-out are developed as part of college funding mechanisms.

B Serious attempts are made to improve student support

C An influential report showing that non-completion rates are significantly high is published.

E The lack of a strategical basis is officially recognized.

E The HTML is created.

F Data on student completion rates for further education are published.

G A minor report showing that non-completion rates are significantly high is published.

Questions 4-8

Complete the sentences below with words taken from Reading Passage 1.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Write your answers in blank spaces 4-8 on your answer sheet.

4 Further education colleges in Britain were originally not worried about student drop-out, because students did not leave college for fear of………………….

5 According to the writer, the philosophy at further education colleges was………………

6 As people became more aware of equal opportunities, colleges encouraged students from under-represented groups, as a move to……………….

7 The HMI‘s report focused on completion rates, based on……………of reasons for students’ departure from college.

8 In the early 19905, the political situation, both in Britain and the US, demanded a major……………….

Questions 9 – 14

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write your answers next to 9-14 on your answer sheet.

9 The report Unfinished Business

A pointed out the politics of the time.

B gave £500 million to the state,

C linked drop-out to wasting money.

D turned the spotlight.

10 The new series of principles developed in 1994 by the FEFC

A gave money to each student,

B was quasi-independent

C meant colleges had to turn their immediate attention to improving student retention rates.

D was aimed at improving teacher retention rates

11 Attempts to reduce the student drop-out rate were hindered, because

A there was a lack of research data upon which to base strategies.

B colleges did not know what to do.

C computers in colleges were slow.

D colleges had no patterns.

12 Further hindrances in reducing the student drop-out rate were

A colleges’ slowness in computerizing data and not knowing their retention rates, nor what patterns of retention existed.

B college inertia and administrative incompetence.

C computer glitches and strikes, which occurred at most colleges.

D Colleges’ strategies to deal with the problem of low retention.

13 Colleges’ strategies to deal with the problem of low retention …

A brought administrative and academic staff together

B varied enormously

C jumped

D was based on something other than data

14 The main strategies to improve retention included

A ‘best fit’ supporting activities.

B activities to support and transform the student.

C the raising of college expectations.

D a summary by Martinez.

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Reading Passage 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15-28 which are based on Reading Passage 2.

Find the practice test with the Tyes and Greens PDF here.

Questions 15 – 18

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write your answers next to 15-18 on your answer sheet.

15 A tye was

A a green.

B a large open area.

C common land with trees.

D found at the junction of two or more routes.

16 The Pebmarsh area

A probably had seven tyes.

B probably had six tyes.

C appears to have had five or six tyes.

D was not in East Anglia.

17 The tyes in the Pebmarsh area were

A near the river.

B used by medieval freemen.

C mostly at the margins of the parish.

D owned by Earls Colne Priory.

18 According to the writer, wealthy landowners

A did not find the sight of forest land attractive.

B found the sight of forest land attractive.

C were attracted by the sight of forest land.

D considered forest land unproductive.

Questions 19 – 28

Complete the table below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in blank spaces next to 19-28 on your answer sheet.

13805	John Hayle who is documented apparently gave his name to Hayles Tye
15005	The name of Hayles Tye was still 19……. and 20……… again in the following two centuries in relation to taxes.
18th Century	Hayles Tye was renamed 21……….; the original dwellings may either have disappeared or were 22……………
1817	Charles Townsend of Ferriers Farm 23………….. Files Green.
1821	At File’s Green, Charles Townsend built 24………. cottages, which housed families employed as 25………… The chimney structure and the 26………. appear to pre-date the cottages.
1933	The cottage now called File’s Green Cottage was bought by the local 27………… manager who convened the cottage into 28…………

Reading Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 29-40 which are based on Reading Passage 3.

Find the practice test with the Deafhood PDF here.

Questions 29-35

Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs A-H

From the list of headings below choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph.

Write the appropriate numbers i-xiii in boxes 29-35 on your answer sheet

List of Headings

i	Social Solutions
ii	The law backs noise
iii	Some practical solutions
iv	The beautiful countryside
v	Noise from mobiles
vi	Neighbour noise
vii	Noisy travellers
viii	Noise to entertain you
ix	Noisy restaurants
x	The law and noise
xi	Rural peace shattered
xii	A quiet evening at the restaurant
xiii	Noise on the increase

Example Answer

Paragraph A xiii

29 Paragraph B

30 Paragraph C

31 Paragraph D

32 Paragraph E

33 Paragraph F

34 Paragraph G

35 Paragraph H

Questions 36 – 39

Look at the following areas where noise is a problem (Questions 36-39) and the list of solutions for noise problems below.

Match each area with the correct solution.

Write the correct letter A-K in boxes 36-39 on your answer sheet.

36 Trains

37 Restaurants

38 Homes

39 Living in a rural setting

List of Solutions

People should be sent to prison.

More sophisticated sound systems are needed.

Sofa furnishings are needed.

People should stay at home.

Sound-proofing materials should be used.

Music should be turned down.

The noise laws should be relaxed.

Shops should have restricted opening hours.

Trains should be sound-proofed.

More noise-free carriages should be introduced on trains.

Visitors should take industrial ear-muffs with them.

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, D or E.

Write your answers next to 40 on your answer sheet.

40 Which of the following is the most suitable title for Reading Passage 3?

A The legal impact of increased noise

B Societal noise: problems and solutions

C A call for increased noise tolerance within neighbourhoods

D Deafness: a by-product of modern society

E Neighbourhood sounds on the increase

Answers

In or Out? Reading Answers (Passage 1)

1.	F The answer is in paragraph 3. The answer is not E, because there is no mention of when the HMI was created.
2.	C The answer is in the fourth paragraph. Note that G is not possible, because the passage says the report was seminal. i.e. important/ influential.
3.	A The answer is in paragraph 4.
4.	endangering their job The answer is in the first paragraph. The sentence is a paraphrase of the first sentence of the text.
5.	(mainly) liberal The answer is at the beginning of the last sentence of the first paragraph.
6.	widening participation OR widen participation The answer is in the second paragraph. Note that the gerund can be changed to the infinitive.
7.	academic staff’s explanations The answer is in the second sentence of the third paragraph.
8.	taxation reduction OR tax reduction The answer is in the first sentence of the fourth paragraph.
9.	C The answer is in the fourth paragraph. A is incorrect, as this was not what the report did. B is not right, as the report did not give them money, and D is incomplete.
10.	C The answer is in paragraph 4. A. is not right, because the money is not given to the student (it is given to the college for the student). B. is incorrect because it was a further education that became quasi-independent, not the principles, and D. is not possible, as the text does not say this.
11.	A The answer can be found in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph. The phrase to reduce the student drop-out rate is a paraphrase of to improve retention. It is important to look out for way’s in which sections of the text are paraphrased in the various types of questions. B, C and D are incorrect because all three contain phrases lifted from the text, but used here in the wrong context.
12.	A The answer can be found in the second sentence of the fifth paragraph. Note that the sentence gives three complexities, which hinder the reducing of drop-out rates. B is not mentioned in the text, nor is C. The first element of D is correct, but the second one is nonsensical.
13.	D The answer is in the second half of the fifth paragraph. The last sentence gives the answer, i.e. something other than data. A and B are not stated, and C is incomplete.

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Tyes and Greens Reading Answers (Passage 2)

14.	B The answer is in the final paragraph and is a summary of the examples given. A is a phrase lifted from the text and is past of two ideas – note the comma in the text. C is incorrect because the passage refers to raising the students’ expectations, not those of the college. D is not correct, because Martinez outlined the strategies, so Martinez’s summary included the strategies, and not the other way round.
15.	A The answer is in paragraph 1. A tye is not large, so B is not correct. We do not know if there were trees, so C is correct. And D was not always the case.
16.	C The answer is in the first sentence of the second paragraph. The answer is not A or B, because the text does indicate any degree of possibility/probability, nor does it state a specific number. D is obviously wrong.
17.	C The answer is in paragraph 2, in the first sentence: … all except one at the margins of the parish. A is not one – see the second sentence of the paragraph. B. is ‘likely՛, but the answer is not categorically given. D is incorrect, because most not all, of the land was owned by the Priory.
18.	D The answer is in paragraph 2. Note the tense: … would, in any case, have been unattractive…, indicating what a writer interprets as having happened. Note that the word unattractive here does not mean visually. It means that they would have liked it because it was not producing anything. So A and B are wrong because they talk about sight, C is obviously wrong.
19.	in use This is in the second sentence of paragraph 3.
20.	crops up The answer is in the second sentence of paragraph 3. Note the different tenses and the verb forms here. You can change the present simple crops up into the gerund and you can use the simple tense. They all fit the grammar of the text in the exercise.
21.	File’s Green The answer is in the third sentence of paragraph 3.
22.	abandoned OR burnt down The answers are at the end of paragraph 3. Both answers are correct.
23.	owned The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph 4.
24.	two OR two brick The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph 4.
25.	agricultural labourers The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph 4.
26.	fireplaces The answer is in the 4^th paragraph. The fireplaces themselves and the chimney structure appear to be older (pre-date) the 1821 cottages.
27.	gravel works The answer is in the last paragraph. Note this phrase is an adjective here. Note that you cannot add the word newly-opened. In the reading passage, the word describes the word works, but in the exercise, it would describe the word manager
28.	one dwelling The answer is in the last paragraph. Note that there were two cottages. Each cottage had two families, i.e. two dwellings. One cottage was destroyed leaving one cottage with two dwellings, which the manager converted into a cottage with one dwelling. Note you cannot have the word one on its own.

Passage 3

29.	vii
30.	vi
31.	xi Heading iv is not suitable as it does not really talk about the countryside, but the noise there. Nor is there any mention of beauty.
32.	viii Heading ix is not suitable as the paragraph does not just talk about restaurants.
33.	x
34.	iii
35.	i
36.	j The answer is at the end of paragraph B.
37.	C The answer is in paragraph c. Restaurants are talked about in paragraph E, but the solution is given in the paragraph.
38.	E The answer is in paragraph c in the second sentence.
39.	K The answer is in paragraph D.
40.	B Although A, C, D and E are all mentioned in the text, they are only dealt with to a lesser degree than E. B is the best answer as the whole passage details several problems that occur in society and concludes with some suggestions for solving the problem of noise in society.