Cambridge IELTS 11 · General Training · Test 4 · Section 2
How To Prepare For An Interview & Setting Up Your Own Business — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for How To Prepare For An Interview & Setting Up Your Own Business, Cambridge IELTS 11 General Training Reading Test 4 Section 2, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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How To Prepare For An Interview & Setting Up Your Own Business answer key at a glance
Questions 15–27. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Sentence Completion (Q15–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–21: 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.
“if you're well prepared, you will have more confidence and this will affect the way you come across”
The gap is what preparation gives you: 'if you're well prepared, you will have more confidence'.
“Visit the website and read any materials that you have been sent.”
The gap is where to look before the interview: 'Visit the website and read any materials that you have been sent'.
“Ask for a job description or specification. This will tell you the duties that go with the job”
The gap is what a job description lists: 'This will tell you the duties that go with the job'.
“You can also outline any voluntary work you have done for a charity, or any experience of paid work in an unrelated sector”
The gap is the organisation you may have done voluntary work for: 'any voluntary work you have done for a charity'.
“Interviewers are also looking for someone who is likely to stay with the organisation and progress within it. Prepare to answer questions about your ambitions for the future”
The gap is what interviewers ask about: 'Prepare to answer questions about your ambitions for the future'.
“You may also be asked to account for gaps in your career history, if you have any”
The gap is what you may have to explain in your career history: 'account for gaps in your career history'.
“Don't ask about salary unless you have been offered the job”
The gap is the topic not to raise early: 'Don't ask about salary unless you have been offered the job'.
Questions 22–27: 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.
“Now look at your competitors. What is different about what you will be doing and how will you persuade people to come to you instead of going to someone who is already established”
The gap is who you compare your business with: 'Now look at your competitors'.
“Will your delivery system be direct or through shops”
The gap is how goods reach customers: 'Will your delivery system be direct or through shops'.
“Do you need to look for premises or can you work from home”
The gap is the business property you may need: 'Do you need to look for premises or can you work from home'.
“The law regulates how companies are run and you need to set aside the time to see that this is done properly, in relation to issues like accounting, insurance and tax”
The gap is what governs company administration: 'The law regulates how companies are run'.
“you need to make sure you build in all your costs”
The gap is what must be included in your pricing: 'make sure you build in all your costs'.
“If you think you will need to find some funding to help get the business off the ground, how much will you need and who will you approach to get it”
The gap is the money needed to start: 'find some funding to help get the business off the ground'.
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It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 11 General Training Reading Test 4, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in How To Prepare For An Interview & Setting Up Your Own Business?
The section is tested with Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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