The Academic passage ‘A Workaholic Economy’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 27-38. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.
A Workaholic Economy
Answers
The answers to questions 27-38 are given below with their explanations.
| Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
| 27 | NO | In fact, working hours have increased noticeably since 1970 | Paragraph 2; lines 3-4 |
| 28 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 29 | YES | real wages, stagnated since that year | Paragraph 2; lines 4-5 |
| 30 | NO | economic recovery, certain, notoriety, “jobless” nature | Paragraph 3; line 4 |
| 31 | YES | Cites, quantitative, qualitative studies, increased productivity, part-time workers | Paragraph 7; lines 2-3 |
| 32 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 33 | C | extra people, cover the contingencies, going to happen | Paragraph 7; lines 5-6 |
| 34 | A | She says the U.S. market for goods, skewed, assumption, full-time, two-career households | Paragraph 9; lines 3-4 |
| 35 | B(Extra work is offered to existing employees.) | Yet a host of factors pushes employers to hire fewer workers for more hours and at the same time compels workers to spend more time on the job | Paragraph 4; lines 1-2 |
| 36 | D(Benefits and hours spent on the job are not linked) | hourly employees, benefits, pension contributions, medical insurance, not tied, number of hours | Paragraph 5; lines 5-6 |
| 37 | F(Longer hours indicate greater commitment to the firm) | People, work reduced hours, huge penalty in career terms, negative signal, commitment, firm | Paragraph 6; lines 2-3 |
| 38 | G(Managers estimate staff productivity in terms of hours worked) | they use, number of hours, proxy for output | Paragraph 6; lines 5-6 |
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