Geoff Brash IELTS Reading Answers
Geoff Brash IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘Geoff Brash’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. 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.
Geoff Brash
Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
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| 1 | TRUE | His father, Alfred, ran the Brash retail music business that had been founded in 1862 by his grandfather, the German immigrant Marcus Brasch, specialising in pianos | Paragraph A;
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| 2 | FALSE | He worked for a time at Myer department stores before joining the family business in 1949 | Paragraph B;
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| 3 | TRUE | After initially complaining of his extravagance, his father grew to accept the change and gave his son increasing responsibility in the business. | Paragraph B;
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| 4 | TRUE | After World War II (1939-1945), Brash’s had begun to focus on white goods, such as washing machines and refrigerators, as the consumer boom took hold | Paragraph C;
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| 5 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 6 | (a) share scheme | Alfred Brash had also been a pioneer in introducing a share scheme for his staff, | Paragraph D;
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| 7 | Roland/ Roland group/ the Roland group | He developed a relationship with Taro Kakehashi, the founder of Japan’s Roland group | Paragraph E;
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| 8 | (a) trade fair | In 1965, Brash and his wife attended a trade fair in Guangzhou, the first of its kind in China; they were one of the first Western business people allowed into the country following Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. | Paragraph F;
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| 9 | jazz | Brash also took leading jazz musicians Don Burrows and James Morrison to China, | Paragraph F;
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| 10 | 1998 | The company was sold to Singaporean interests and continued to trade until 1998, when it again went into administration. | Paragraph G;
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| 11 | education | This was a not-for-profit organisation overseeing and promoting multimedia music making and education for teachers and students | Paragraph H;
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| 12 | technology | The Soundhouse offers teachers and young people the opportunity to get exposure to the latest music technology | Paragraph H;
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| 13 | branches | The organisation has now also established branches in New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland, as well as numerous sites around Australia. | Paragraph H;
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