IELTS Academic Reading ‘A song on the brain’ Answers
IELTS Academic Reading ‘A song on the brain’ Answers
The IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge Reading Sample; ‘A song on the brain’ with answers. The post will discuss the answers to questions 1-13.
A song on the brain
Answers
The answers with explanations are given below
| Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B | The brain is better at holding onto information, at knowing what information is important. | Paragraph B, Lines 2-3 |
| 2. | A | Superficial, repetitive pop tunes, more likely to stick than something more inventive. | Paragraph C, Last 2 lines |
| 3. | D | Asked volunteers to replay, theme from the TV show Dallas in their heads. | Paragraph D, Lines 4-6 |
| 4. | E | Students who heard a history text set as the lyrics to a catchy song, remembered the words better | Paragraph H, Lines 3-5 |
| 5. | D | ‘Chunking’, people remember musical phrases as a single unit of memory | Paragraph G, First 3 lines |
| 6. | F | May even explain the origin of music, people memorised it in songs | Paragraph I, First 3 lines |
| 7. | B | But it can become fatigued or depressing, most commonly suffer from song-in-head syndrome | Paragraph E, First 5 lines |
| 8. | I | To unite society and to standardise the thought processes of people in society.’ | Paragraph I, Last 2 lines |
| 9. | G | A phenomenon called ‘chunking’, the tunes of pop music than by those of a classical composer | Paragraph G |
| 10. | E | ‘The more you try to suppress a thought, the more you get it,’ the pink elephant phenomenon. | Paragraph E, Last 4 lines |
| 11. | D | Playback probably originates in the auditory cortex, front of the brain | Paragraph D, First 2 lines |
| 12. | A | A pop song on the radio, read the song’s title and it haunts you for hours | Paragraph A, First 3 lines |
| 13. | F | Those not severely afflicted, avoiding certain kinds of music can help | Paragraph F, First 4 lines |
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