Physical Touch Affects Emotional Mood – IELTS Reading Answers
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Physical Touch Affects Emotional Mood
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The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.
Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
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14 | more serious | CVs, given, volunteers, heavy clipboards, rated, more serious | Para E, lines 3-4 |
15 | texture | test how objects’ weight, texture and hardness | Para C, first 2 lines |
16 | Jigsaw puzzle | similar scenario, volunteers, completed, five piece jigsaw | Para D, lines 6-7 |
17 | smooth | volunteers were given a smooth puzzle | Para D, lines 7-8 |
18 | workplace | scenario set in a workplace | Para D, line 2 |
19 | wood block | Volunteers, hard block of wood, judged the employee, rigid, stricter | Para D, lines 4-5 |
20 | negotiations | After, told, sticker price, write down, first offer price, second price | Para C, lines 5-6 |
21 | soft seats | in hard chairs, less flexible, haggling skills, less willing, drop their prices, negotiations | Para C, last 2 lines |
22 | H | Past studies, people judge strangers, generous, caring after, held, warm cup of coffee, than a cold drink | Para F, first 2 lines |
23 | D | hard block of wood, judged, employee, rigid, stricter than those, given a blanket | Para D, lines 5-6 |
24 | A | hard chairs, less flexible, less willing, drop their prices during, negotiations, | Para C, last 2 lines |
25 | F | use everyday phrases, ‘take the rough with the smooth’, ‘a prickly situation’ | Para E, last 4 lines |
26 | D | influence, behaviour towards others, because, sitting, hard instead of, soft chair | Para F, last 2 lines |
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