Networking Reading Answers
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Networking is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.
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.The question types found in this passage are:
Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Similar to the True/False/Not given questions, Yes/No/Not given questions also have various statements. But here you are asked to agree or disagree with the statement based on the opinion of the author.
Sentence Completion
In sentence completion, you’ll be asked to fill in the blank spaces using the words given in the text. It is important to pay close attention to the instructions that are given in the question because in some instructions there will be a word limit mentioned and you may lose marks if you don’t follow it.
Short Answer Questions
In Short Answer Questions, you’ll have to take words from the given text to write the short answers. It is important to pay close attention to the instructions that are given in the question because in some instructions there will be a word limit mentioned and you may lose marks if you don’t follow it.
Read the passage below and answer questions 1-15. 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.
Networking
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-15, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Networking PDF here.
Answers
1 Answer: YES
Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 1, line 1
Answer explanation: In the given paragraph, the writer claims ‘Network as a concept has acquired what is in all truth an unjustified air of modernity.’ Here, ‘air of modernity’ means a modern idea which is paraphrased in the statement as ‘Networking is not a modern idea.’
2 Answer: NO
Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 1, last line
Answer explanation: If you read through, the writer says that ‘the concept is worn like a badge of distinction, not just in the business world.’ Here, the writer says that networking is a badge that is worn by everyone and not just the business people. In the statement given, it is said ‘Networking is worn like a badge exclusively to the business world.’ The phrase ‘exclusively in the business world’ means excluding everyone and limiting it only to the business world. This statement contradicts the claim given by the writer.
Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 2, line 1
Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. In the passage, it is given that ‘People can be divided basically into those who keep knowledge and their personal contact to themselves, and those who are prepared to share what they know and indeed their friends with others.’ The writer says that people are divided and has explained the two types of people. The statement says that ‘People fall into two basic categories.’ Here, the words ‘fall’ means come in between and categories mean the types of people. So, we can conclude that the statement given agrees with the writer’s claim.
Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 2, line 2
Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph infers that ‘a person who is insecure, such as someone who has difficulty sharing information with others and who cannot bring people, including friends, together, is not a good network worker.’ which means that those who are not willing to share their knowledge and friends with others are not good networkers and those are willing to share the knowledge are better networkers. This claim has been paraphrased in the statement as a person who shares knowledge and friends makes a better networker than one who does not.
5 Answer: NOT GIVEN
Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions
Answer location: N/A
Answer explanation: Not given in the passage.
6 Answer: Bring success
Question Type: Sentence Completion
Answer location: Paragraph 5, line 1
Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the passage specifies that that ‘making new contacts, business or otherwise brings success, does cause problems,’ which is paraphrased in the question as ‘Making new acquaintances brings success but also has its disadvantages.’ Here the words, acquaintances refer to contacts and disadvantages refer to the problems.
7 Answer: (very) insecure/ jealous/ envious
Question Type: Sentence Completion
Answer location: Paragraph 5, last line
Answer explanation: If you clearly observe, it is given that ‘jealousy and envy can prove to be very detrimental if one is faced with a very insecure manager.’ Here detrimental means to cause harm or problems. This can be paraphrased as, ‘At work, problems can be caused if the manager is very insecure,’ which is the given statement in the question. Hence, the answer will be (very) insecure or jealous or envious.
8 Answer: block
Question Type: Sentence Completion
Answer location: Paragraph 5, last line
Answer explanation: It is given that ‘a very insecure manager, as this person may seek to stifle someone’s career or even block it completely.’ Here, the word ‘stifle’ means suppress. The statement is paraphrased as ‘A manager can suppress, or even totally block the career of an employee.’
9 Answer: Companies and enterprises
Question Type: Sentence Completion
Answer location: Paragraph 6, line 3
Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph infers that, ‘in the present business climate, companies and enterprises need to cooperate with each other in order to expand.’ Here the phrase ‘present business climate’ means the business environment today. This sentence is paraphrased as ‘in business today, working together is necessary in order for companies and enterprises to grow.’
10 Answer: Co-operation and contacts
Question Type: Sentence Completion
Answer location: Paragraph 6, last line
Answer explanation: In the paragraph, the writer says that ‘without cooperation and contacts specialist companies would not survive for long.’ In this sentence, ‘specialist companies’ means ‘businesses that specialize’, When the sentence is paraphrased, ‘Businesses that specialize will not last for long without the cooperation and contacts.’
11 Answer: Academic World
Question Type: Short Answer Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 7, line 1
Answer explanation: The statement asks ‘which sphere of life have ideas been protected by jealousy.’ Here, protected by jealousy means guarded by jealousy and in the seventh paragraph, it is given that ‘the same applies in the academic world, where ideas have been jealously guarded.’
12 Answer: Stereotypical academic
Question Type: Short Answer Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 7, line 3
Answer explanation: Paragraph 7 puts forward the information that ‘the stereotypical academic is one who moves in a rarefied atmosphere living a life of sometimes splendid isolation, a prisoner of their own genius.’ and the next line says that ‘This sort of person does not fit easily into this mould of the modern networker.’ Here the writer talks about a stereotypical academic who is highly dense and basks in his own ingeniousness and also says that this person does not easily become a modern networker. According to the question, it was asked to find the type of individual that does not easily become a modern networker.
13 Answer: Cambridge/ around Cambridge/ Cambridge in England
Question Type: Short Answer Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 7, last line
Answer explanation: In the question, it was asked to name the places with the greatest concentrations of high tech companies in Europe. In the last line of the seventh paragraph, it is said that ‘Cambridge and England are now one of the most concentrated clusters of high-tech companies in Europe.’ Hence the greatest/ most concentrated clusters currently are in Cambridge and England.
14 Answer: Homo Sapiens
Question Type: Short Answer Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 8, line 2
Answer explanation: If you observe clearly, it is mentioned that ‘the world of Neanderthals was shaken between 35,000 and 40,000 BC; they were superseded by homo sapiens with the very networking skills that separate us from other animals.’ Here ‘superseded’ means replaced. According to the question, it was asked to find who had replaced the Neanderthals. So, the answer to the question is Neanderthals were replaced by homo sapiens.
15 Answer: Culture
Question Type: Short Answer Questions
Answer location: Paragraph 8, last line
Answer explanation: The given question asks about the factor that sets apart humans from the animals other than understanding thought abstraction. The answer to this question is given in the last line of the eighth paragraph which states that ‘understanding thought abstraction and current culture are inextricably linked to planning survival and productivity in humans,’ and this sets us apart from other humans.
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