IELTS Academic Reading ‘Striking the right note’ Answers
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Striking the right note
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Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
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28. | ability | solitary note out of the blue, without any other notes for reference, is a prized musical talent | Paragraph A, First 3 lines |
29. | note | Name a solitary note out of the blue, without any other notes for reference | Paragraph A, First 2 lines |
30. | relative | This is relative pitch. Useful, but much less mysterious | Paragraph B, Lines 5 |
31. | Music lessons | early music lessons | Paragraph C, Last line |
32. | tone | Absolute pitch – and that speakers of tone languages use it every day | Paragraph D, Lines 4-5 |
33. | words | Read out lists of words on different days. | Paragraph E, First 3 lines |
34. | pitch | Researchers compared the pitches used by each person | Paragraph E, Last 2 lines |
35. | cultures | type of music lessons favoured, by many of the Asian families in his study, distinct cultural difference | Paragraph K, |
36. | D | Absolute pitch is not an all or nothing feature | Paragraph C, Lines 6-7 |
37. | B | We all have the potential to acquire absolute pitch | Paragraph D, Lines 4-5 |
38. | A | Why we don’t all have absolute pitch, | Paragraph G, Last 2 lines |
39. | E | Absolute pitch often runs in families. | Paragraph H, First 2 lines |
40. | C | timing of music lessons probably explain much of the difference. | Paragraph J, Last 2 lines |
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