Literacy in Freedonia’s Prisons – IELTS Reading Answers

Nikita Batra

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Updated On Aug 14, 2024

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Literacy in Freedonia’s Prisons is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.

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The types of questions included in this passage are:

Short Answer Type Questions
Note Completion
Summary Completion
Multiple Choice Questions

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 11-25 which are based on the Reading Passage.
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Answers

Question number	Answer	Explanation
11	media	The initial lines of paragraph 2 clearly mention that “the notion that prisoners are poor readers and writers seems to be questioned very little by the public despite the lack of hard evidence to support such a view. The media, in particular, continue to portray prisoners as illiterate and generally poorly educated.” Therefore, media is one of three influences on how prisoner literacy is viewed. Hence, the correct answer is ‘media.’
12	Prison Officials	There’s a sentence in paragraph 2 that says, “The media aren’t the only ones that are critical.” According to research, jail administrators believe that convicts are poor readers (McDonnell, 1989).” As a result, the attitude of prison officials is another manner in which prisoner literacy is assessed. Hence, the right response is “prison officials.”
13	Overseas studies	Paragraph 2 also conveys that “overseas studies have been influential in strengthening this view.” Thus, overseas studies is the third type of influence that affects how prisoner literacy is viewed. Hence, the correct answer is ‘overseas studies.’

14	Job application	As per paragraph 4, “it is found that the prison population did, in fact, have a lower rate of X-literacy than the general population, but that the overall difference was slight. In an activity which had the prisoners complete mock job applications.” We can infer that job application is one of the materials used to assert the X-literacy activities from these lines. Hence, the correct answer is ‘job application.’
15	Insurance applications	Paragraph 4 talks about the “similar differences were found between general and prison populations in completing insurance applications.” Therefore, we can deduce that insurance application is another way materials assert the X-literacy activities from these lines. Hence, the correct answer is ‘insurance applications.’
16	Newspaper articles	Paragraph 5 states that “the proportion of male prisoners who could correctly identify the main and secondary points of newspaper articles was 54%, compared with 64% of the general public.” Since prisoners performed better than the general public thus, we can postulate that newspaper articles contribute to material assertion of Y-literacy activities. Hence, the correct answer is ‘newspaper articles.’
17	Train timetables	Paragraph 6 discusses that “in one, far fewer general adults than prisoners could correctly interpret train timetables, while in identifying directions on medical prescriptions” since, according to the reports, prisoners performed better than general adults by comprehending the train timetable in Z-literacy activities. Hence, the correct answer is ‘train timetables.’
18	Bank account	Paragraph 5 provides that information that “prisoners, again more noticeably males, also did significantly worse in keeping a running total of a bank account.” From this information, we deduce that a bank account is used as material to assess the Z-literacy activities. Hence, the correct answer is ‘bank account.’
19	E	Paragraph 6 diagram shows the highest difference between calculating bank balances. Hence, the correct answer is ‘E’.
20	F	In Paragraph 6, the diagram illustrates male prison scores higher than their female counterparts using train timetables. Hence, the correct answer is ‘F’.
21	C	Paragraph 6 diagram shows that ranked between female prisoners and the general public in following medical prescription directions. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C’.
22	2	The diagram in paragraph 6 depicts that male and female prisoners showed a significant difference in “calculating bank balances” and “using newspaper articles”. Hence, the correct answer is ‘2’.
23	1	As per Paragraph 6. the literary activities showed a difference between female prisoners in the NPD study and the general adult public in the national adult study was not significant in “understanding newspaper articles.”. Since there is only 1 literacy activity hence, the correct answer is ‘1’.
24	A	The last lines of Paragraph 2 put forward the idea that “ NPD commissioned its study to compare prisoner literacy with that of the general public to see how Freedonian prisoners actually confirm these perceptions.” From these lines, we can postulate that NPD wants to study if prisoner illiteracy matches public perceptions. Hence, the correct answer is ‘A.’
25	C	Line 6 of Paragraph 7 states that “the study should not be taken to suggest that there are no literacy problems among prisoners, however, because while prisoners may be no worse off than the general adult public, the general adult public cannot be said to perform very well in any of the literacy.” The lines mentioned earlier confirm that NPD’s study according to which neither prisoner nor general adult literacy is very satisfactory. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’

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