The Triune Brain – IELTS Reading Answers
The Triune Brain – IELTS Reading Answers
You should spend 20 minutes on questions 14-26 based on the given passage.
The Triune Brain
Answers
The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.
| Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | C | power, neocortex, ability to think beyond the present, concrete moment | Para 3, lines 4-5 |
| 15 | A | reptilian cortex, sustains, elementary activities, animal survival | Para 1, first 2 lines |
| 16 | B | limbic cortex, unique to mammals, impels creatures, nurture their offspring, delivering feelings of tenderness, warmth, children are nearby | Para 2, lines 4-6 |
| 17 | B | same sensations, mammals to develop various types, social relations, kinship networks | Para 2, lines 6-7 |
| 18 | C | The neocortex, responsible, process, we decide on, commit, particular courses of action | Para 4, first 2 lines |
| 19 | A | reptilian brain, most basic impulses: aggression, mating, territorial defence | Para 1, lines 8-9 |
| 20 | C | the neocortex, engages with logic, reason, ideas | Para 3, lines 3-4 |
| 21 | B | Unique to mammals, limbic cortex, creatures, nurture their offspring | Para 2, lines 4-5 |
| 22 | A | “startle centre”, a mechanism, swift reactions, unexpected occurrences | Para 1, lines 4-5 |
| 23 | Brain dead | The most devastating form of brain damage, brain dead, merely unconscious, reptilian brain is functioning on autopilot, permanent loss, other cortexes. | Para 5, lines 2-5 |
| 24 | Sociopathic behaviour | our own species, limbic damage, closely related, sociopathic behaviour | Para 6, lines 4-5 |
| 25 | neocortex | Phineas Gage survived an incident, metal rod skewered his skull, taking, considerable amount, neocortex | Para 7, first 3 lines |
| 26 | Animal propensities | Gage’s animal propensities, sharply pronounced, intellectual abilities suffered | Para 7, lines 4-5 |
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