The End Of The Email? IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘The End Of The Email?’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. 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.
The End Of The Email?
Answers
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1 | E | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other – their location, activities, plans and daily schedules without the need for constant emailing. | Paragraph E;
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2 | D | Employees will be expected to use collaboration and social media tools instead of email to communicate with co-workers. | Paragraph D;
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3 | B | Europe’s largest IT company, Atos Origin, intends to scrap internal emails altogether. | Paragraph B;
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4 | F | Research has found that people work better in bursts of concentration interrupted by breaks even for pointless emails – then long sustained spells. | Paragraph F;
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5 | A | A leading US internet research firm, ComScore, recently reported a 59% decline in the use of internet-based email services by 12 to 17 year-olds, an 18% decline among 25 to 35 year-olds, and an 8% fall among 35 to 44 year-olds. | Paragraph A;
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6 | G | And even its annoyances contain advantages: email archives have proved to be hugely valuable, and because it is an asynchronous medium (the recipients choose when to open their messages) this means we can try and preserve some control over our time. | Paragraph G;
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7 | Location | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other – their location, activities, plans and daily schedules without the need for constant emailing. | Paragraph E;
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8 | activities | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other – their location, activities, plans and daily schedules without the need for constant emailing. | Paragraph E;
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9 | Plans | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other – their location, activities, plans and daily schedules without the need for constant emailing. | Paragraph E;
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10 | Daily schedules | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other – their location, activities, plans and daily schedules without the need for constant emailing. | Paragraph E;
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11 | immediacy | The immediacy of these synchronous messaging systems enable people to stay in touch and broadcast information to each other | Paragraph E, Line 1 |
12 | information | Status updates’ in which users post a simple message that can be read by all their contacts, enable people to see and share information that might not be worth an email but can be useful nonetheless. | Paragraph E, Line 5 |
13 | asynchronous medium | because it is an asynchronous medium (the recipients choose when to open their messages) | Paragraph G;
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