Learning by Examples – IELTS Reading Answers

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The Academic passage ‘Learning by Examples’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

Since questions get repeated in the IELTS exam, these passages are ideal for practice. If you want more practice, try taking an IELTS reading practice test.

Learning by Examples

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The answers to questions 1-13 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number Answer Keywords Locations of Keywords
1 D Urban black rats, lack the skill, unable to learn it, infants, urban mothers, acquired the skill Para D, first 3 lines
2 A Ivan Pavlov, discovered, principles, animals, learn, 1900s Para A, first 2 lines
3 C investigation, directed at, what was eating, pine seeds, how, get them out, cones Para C, lines 2-4
4 E The cost, less than 10%, energetic value, cone, acceptable profit margin Para E, last 2 lines
5 FALSE directed, finding out, eating, pine seeds, how, get them out of the cones Para C, lines 3-4
6 TRUE bite, cone scale, base to tip Para C, last 2 lines
7 TRUE rather, photocopier, can work out how to use, someone, shown, how to switch it on Para D, lines 6-7
8 FALSE Urban black rats were found to lack the skill  Para D, line 1
9 less Jay, cache food, less dependent upon this  Para F, line 5
10 social Jay forages in social groups Para F, last line
11 watched while watched, observer bird  Para G, line 4
12 observer Jay obser­vers, successful, Jay cachers, nutcracker observers, no better  Para G, lines 7-8
13 nutcracker Jay obser­vers, successful, Jay cachers, nutcracker observers, no better  Para G, lines 7-8

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