Cambridge IELTS 16 · General Training · Test 2 · Section 2
Barrington Music Service: Business And Development Manager & Health And Safety In Small Businesses — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Barrington Music Service: Business And Development Manager & Health And Safety In Small Businesses, Cambridge IELTS 16 General Training Reading Test 2 Section 2, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 15–27. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Note Completion (Q15–20), Sentence Completion (Q21–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–20: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the passage, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“The Service also arranges a number of music-related events, including festivals bringing together choirs and soloists from schools in both Barrington and other areas”
A plural noun for events is needed; the Service arranges music-related events 'including festivals bringing together choirs and soloists'.
“you will be responsible for managing the administrative and financial systems of the Music Service, ensuring it does not exceed its budget, which is currently around £1m a year”
The gap needs a noun for the £1m limit; the manager must ensure the Service 'does not exceed its budget'.
“The Music Service is involved in several partnerships with schools and with music and community organisations in the district, and you will be expected to increase the number and scope of these”
A plural noun fits the note on links with outside bodies: the Service is 'involved in several partnerships' it wants to expand.
“The Service recently embarked on a programme to broaden what is taught in school music lessons, to include instruments and musical styles from around the world, and you will be required to further develop this emphasis on diversity”
The gap needs a noun for the worldwide-instruments programme; the postholder must 'further develop this emphasis on diversity'.
“you will need to improve systems for ensuring that the records of the Service's activities are accurate, and maintain a database of all music teachers, students, and instruments belonging to the Service”
A singular noun for records is needed; the role includes maintaining 'a database of all music teachers, students, and instruments'.
“You will have an understanding of accounting, at a non-specialist level, and of standard financial procedures”
The gap names a financial skill; applicants need 'an understanding of accounting, at a non-specialist level' plus standard financial procedures.
Questions 21–27: Sentence Completion
Strategy: Find the stem's keyword in the passage, then complete the sentence with the exact words the grammar requires, within the word limit.
“One possible reason is that many managers of small businesses have an inadequate knowledge of health and safety issues”
A noun for what managers lack is needed; many have 'an inadequate knowledge of health and safety issues'.
“Many managers of small businesses claim their situation is made worse by bureaucracy, arguing that the huge number of regulations – not just on health and safety but also on tax, the minimum wage, and much, much more – makes their work difficult”
The second text names the burden: 'the huge number of regulations' on health and safety, tax and the minimum wage.
“Many managers are simply not aware of their responsibilities”
A plural noun fits managers being unaware; the text says many 'are simply not aware of their responsibilities'.
“rather than swamping them with mountains of leaflets which may not be relevant”
The gap needs a plural noun for unwanted paper; advisers should avoid 'swamping them with mountains of leaflets' that may be irrelevant.
“All employers must have their own health and safety policy statement and, for businesses with more than five employees, this must be in writing”
A singular noun is needed before 'in writing'; every employer must have a health and safety policy 'statement'.
“Businesses must train their employees about health and safety, and provide information to others who need to know, such as the contractors working for them”
The gap asks who else receives information; employers must inform 'the contractors working for them'.
“Other advice from the Health and Safety Executive for small businesses tackles specific issues, such as helping small companies to deal with work-related stress”
A noun for a work-related problem fits; Health and Safety Executive advice helps small firms 'deal with work-related stress'.
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Where does the Barrington Music Service: Business And Development Manager & Health And Safety In Small Businesses passage come from?
It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 16 General Training Reading Test 2, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in Barrington Music Service: Business And Development Manager & Health And Safety In Small Businesses?
The section is tested with Note Completion, Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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