Stars Without The Stripes – IELTS Reading Answers

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Stars Without The Stripes – IELTS Reading Answers

The Academic passage ‘Stars Without The Stripes’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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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 YES joint ventures, British, European companies do not achieve, end in tears Para 2, lines 4-5
2 YES The result, management culture, focused, entirely, short term Para 6, first 2 lines
3 NO there are very limited career prospects Para 7, line 4
4 NO European corporations, structured hierarchically, defined job descriptions, channels of reporting, Decision making, essentially top-down. Para 8, last 33 lines
5 increasing downside, Anglo- American model, long-hours Para 9, first 2 lines
6 reach project—driven targets leads to over-optimistic goals Para 9, lines 4-5
7 agreement success criteria, arbitrary, source of ongoing dispute Para 10, first 2 lines
8 manufacturing criteria, measure output, performance, knowledge-based, R&D labs Para 10,  lines 4-5
9 pressure demands and stresses, Anglo-American model, increasing rates, burn-out Para 11, first 2 lines
10 unwilling managers queue for early retirement Para 11, lines 2-3
11 family-friendly European management model, family-friendly, policies Para 12, line 1
12 (annual) leave success of projects often demands excessively long working hours Para 9, line 6
13 B – Entire passage

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