Propaganda – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Pursuit Of Knowledge – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Mar 14, 2024

Reading Passage 1
Propaganda – The good, the bad and the ugly
Reading Passage 2
The pursuit of knowledge
Reading Passage 3
Answers

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In the Academic Reading practice test, “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Pursuit Of Knowledge” there are 40 questions of various question types. We at IELTSMaterial.com would urge every IELTS aspirant to time this test as in the real exam and find the answers without looking at the key. If you have scored 40/40, then we wish you all the best. If you haven’t, then we would earnestly advise you to take one of our IELTS reading practice tests.

Here are question types in this reading test

Reading Passage 1 ( The Good)

Summary completion
Multiple Choice Questions

Reading Passage 2 ( The Bad And The Ugly)

Sentence completion
Short answer questions
Yes/No or Not Given

Reading Passage 3 (The Pursuit Of Knowledge)

Diagram completion
Yes/No or Not Given
Multiple Choice Questions

Reading Passage 1

You should ideally spend 20 minutes on Questions 1-14 based on Reading Passage 1 below.

Propaganda – The good, the bad and the ugly

Propaganda Propaganda_1

Questions 1-10

Complete the text below, which is a summary of paragraphs. Choose a suitable word from the text for each blank.

Write your answers in Blank spaces 1-10 on your answer sheet.

You may use any word more than once.

Example: propaganda – the good, the bad and the____________.

Answer: ugly.

_____1______ that you are a poor_________2______ living in ancient Egypt, when a band of soldiers accompanied by a________3_____ of slaves carrying building materials appears on the scene. While you are inside your house, the slaves erect an __________4_____ and the whole company disappears. The_________5______ features figures like those soldiers who have just left engaged in victorious battles and, in a prominent position, the figure of the sphinx-like_____6________. After briefly considering an_________7_____ , you and the other inhabitants change your___________8______ In what is one of the earliest Instances of the power of______ 9______ , albeit a not very _______ 10____ one.

Questions 11-14

Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them next to 11-14 on your answer sheet.

11 According to Philip Taylor, propaganda …

A is needed to propagate people’s beliefs

B was a tool of coercion before 1914

C has always been a neutral force

D was merely a process of persuading people to do things prior to 1914

12 According to Philip Taylor, propaganda …

A is not a neutral concept

B is value loaded up until 1914

C is ti neutral concept

D was a neutral concept up until 1914

13 Politicians in the West …

A will do anything to avoid using the word propaganda

B like using the word propaganda in the media

C do not dread the “p” word

D are consummate acrobats

14 The public …

A are happy to be deceived by advertisers

B are deceived by advertisers

C are not deceived by advertisers

D respect the advertisers

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Reading Passage 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15-28, which are based on reading passage 2 below.

The pursuit of knowledge

The pursuit of knowledge The pursuit of knowledge_1

Questions 15-21

Complete the sentences below. Use NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS from the passage to complete each blank space.

Write your answers in Blank spaces next to 15-21 on your answer sheet.

15 Samuel Johnson was an___________________ .
16 Renaissance man supposedly possessed all__________________.
17 The spread of knowledge changed with the all important___________________ .
18 According to the writer, today’s information man knows more than_______________ .
19 The standing of the modern educated man has been diminished by _________________.
20 The polymath of the Renaissance is described as_______________________ .
21 In today’s world, people are weighed down by the endless__________________.

Questions 22-25

Answer the questions below. Use NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers next to 22-25 on your answer sheet.

22 How does the writer describe people’s inability in the modern world to use the knowledge that they obtain?
23 What is the desire to collect things described as?
24 According to the author, what has the world turned into?
25 What are the consequences in the workplace of moving large amounts of raw data around?

Questions 26-28

Do the statements below agree with the information in Reading Passage 1?

In Boxes 26-28, write:

YES, if the statement agrees with the information in the passage

NO, if the statement contradicts the information in the passage

NOT GIVEN, if there is no information about the statement in the passage

Example: The European Renaissance spanned the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

Answer: Yes.

26 As the world has a wealth of knowledge within easy reach, it is now richer,
27 Knowledge processing courses will soon be obligatory for all library workers.
28 The author believes that the pursuit of knowledge is worthwhile.

Reading Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 29-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

Questions 29-33

Choose one phrase (A-E) from the list of places to label the map below, Write the appropriate letters (A-i) in Boxes 29-33 on your answer sheet,

List of places

A The Sperrin Mountains

B Dunluce Castle

C Inishowen

D The Glens of Antrim

E Limavady

Questions 34-37

Do the statements below agree with the Information in Reading Passage 3?In Boxes 34-37, write
YES, if the statement agrees with the information in the passage
NO, if the statement contradicts the information in the passage
NOT GIVEN, if there is no information about the statement in the passage

Example: Inishowen is in the north-west of Ireland. Answer: Yes.

34 After 1639 the castle of Dunluce was not completely uninhabited.
35 For the author, Dunluce castle evokes another period of history.
36 There were more than 1500 men on the Girona when it went down.
37 The writer disagrees with the viewpoint that the Giant’s Causeway is not worth going to

Questions 38-40

Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them next to 38-40 on your answer sheet.

38 The writer feels that the Giant’s Causeway is …

A un unsettling place

B relaxing place

C a boring place

D a place that helps one unwind

39 Where was this passage taken from?

A the news section of a newspaper

B A travel section in a newspaper

C a biography

D an academic journal on geography

40 Which of the following would be a good title for the passage?

A The Roe Valley Park

B The Giant’s Causeway

C Going Hast to West

D A leap into history

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Propaganda – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Reading Answers (passage 1)

1.	Imagine
2.	Citizen
3.	Crocodile
4.	Obelisk
5.	Obelisk
6.	Pharaoh
7.	Uprising
8.	Mind/minds
9.	Propaganda
10.	Subtle
11.
12.	D
13.	D
14.	A
15.	B

The Pursuit Of Knowledge Reading Answers (passage 2)

16.	English lexicographer
17.	(of) human knowledge
18.	Advert of printing
19.	Renaissance man
20.	Easy access to information/easily accessible information/easy information access
21.	All-knowing
22.	Stream of information
23.	The most singular failure
24.	A natural human instinct
25.	A vortex/ a veritable vortex/ a large information machine
26.	Disillusionment and stress
27.	No
28.	Not given
29.	No