Cambridge IELTS 15 · General Training · Test 4 · Section 2
How To Make Your Working Day More Enjoyable & How To Get Promoted — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for How To Make Your Working Day More Enjoyable & How To Get Promoted, Cambridge IELTS 15 General Training Reading Test 4 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 Sentence Completion (Q15–20), Note Completion (Q21–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–20: 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.
“Get some green plants or a family photo for your desk”
A 'family photo for your desk' supplies the singular noun photo needed in the sentence about personalising your workspace.
“Make sure any screens you have are at a suitable height so you're not straining your neck and shoulders”
'Any screens you have' should be 'at a suitable height', so the plural noun screens fits the gap.
“Humans need a change of environment every now and then to improve productivity”
A change of environment is needed 'to improve productivity', the noun naming work output.
“there's no point in getting away from staring at one thing though, only to replace it with another; so leave your mobile alone”
People should 'leave your mobile alone' during a break, so mobile is the device named.
“Another tip is to try and stay out of office gossip. In the long run it could get you in more trouble than you realise”
Staff should 'stay out of office gossip', the uncountable noun describing talk about colleagues.
“When you're trying to focus on something, hunger is the worst thing. If you can, keep some healthy snacks in your desk because if you have something you can nibble on, it will make you work more effectively and you'll enjoy it more”
'Keep some healthy snacks in your desk' supplies the plural noun snacks.
Questions 21–27: 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.
“Take an honest look at yourself – your achievements and also your skills, particularly those you could exploit to take on a different role”
You should examine 'your skills, particularly those you could exploit', so the plural noun skills fits.
“ask for a meeting to discuss your serious commitment to the organisation and how this could translate into a more defined career plan”
Asking for a meeting shows 'your serious commitment to the organisation', the noun commitment.
“If you are less sure about your boss's view of your prospects and how they may react, start softly with a more deliberate focus on increasing your boss's understanding of the work you do and the added value you deliver”
The aim is to show 'the added value you deliver', so the noun value completes the phrase.
“who would be on the interview panel and whose opinion and input would they seek”
It helps to know 'who would be on the interview panel', supplying the noun panel.
“do they know enough about you? And I mean really know – what you do day to day at your desk, your contribution to the team, and perhaps most importantly, your potential”
Bosses should know your contribution and 'perhaps most importantly, your potential', the noun naming future capability.
“If they arrange regular client events, get involved in the organisation of them”
If the company holds client events, 'get involved in the organisation of them', so organisation fits.
“If you are confident in your professional expertise but lack the latest management theory, enrol on some relevant courses that fit around your day job.”
If management theory is lacking, 'enrol on some relevant courses', the plural noun courses.
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It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 15 General Training Reading Test 4, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in How To Make Your Working Day More Enjoyable & How To Get Promoted?
The section is tested with Sentence Completion, Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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