Cambridge IELTS 20 · General Training · Test 4 · Section 2
Opportunities For Graduates – Freelance Writing & How To Make Sure Your Cv Catches The Hiring Manager’s Eye — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Opportunities For Graduates – Freelance Writing & How To Make Sure Your Cv Catches The Hiring Manager’s Eye, Cambridge IELTS 20 General Training Reading Test 4 Section 2, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Opportunities For Graduates – Freelance Writing & How To Make Sure Your Cv Catches The Hiring Manager’s Eye answer key at a glance
Questions 15–27. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Note Completion (Q15–21), Sentence Completion (Q22–27). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 15–21: 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.
“These sites can be useful but just make sure any organisation is genuine first. Otherwise you might find you've spent hours on work which you never get paid for”
The note warns to check that 'any organisation is genuine first', the adjective needed.
“When looking to get work for magazines and newspapers, keep the pitches - in which you present what you could write for them - brief and interesting”
Writers should keep 'the pitches - in which you present what you could write for them - brief', the plural noun.
“It's incredibly satisfying to be working for yourself and having the responsibility of determining your own workload”
Freelancers enjoy 'determining your own workload', so the note needs that noun for the amount of work.
“Making a living doing what you love is hugely rewarding, and of course the flexibility of the work hours may suit you. New graduates are generally used to working unusual hours, so if you're most comfortable working late at night or at the weekend, then freelancing may be the way to go”
The 'flexibility of the work hours may suit you', the noun for adaptable hours.
“Depending on how much work you manage to get, which can vary wildly, especially when you're just starting out, it also leaves it open for you to get a part-time job, however basic, which would bring in a regular amount”
Freelancing leaves room 'to get a part-time job ... which would bring in a regular amount', the singular noun.
“Graduate writers are notorious for working for no actual payment, and it's because there are so many people willing to do it that companies simply assume that it's acceptable, and of course this suits the companies”
Graduate writers are 'notorious for working for no actual payment', the noun for money received.
“Freelancing is probably not for people who lack motivation. If you don't go looking for work, spending your days shooting off emails, then it is very unlikely the work will come to you”
Freelancing 'is probably not for people who lack motivation', the noun the note needs.
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.
“To pass this preliminary test, make sure your CV is extremely easy to read and is divided into appropriate sections”
A CV should be 'extremely easy to read and is divided into appropriate sections', the plural noun.
“Never make readers wade through large amounts of writing or you will risk losing their interest quickly”
Long blocks of writing risk 'losing their interest quickly', the noun the sentence needs.
“You should also research your target role thoroughly to identify what skills are most needed and ensure these are clearly included near the beginning of your CV”
Research the role 'to identify what skills are most needed', the plural noun.
“Demonstrate the scale of your responsibilities by including numbers such as the size of budget you control, or the number of locations you work in”
Show scale by giving 'the size of budget you control', the singular noun.
“You can also prove your impact by including quantifiable achievements you have had. Perhaps you have generated sales of £300k within six months, or maybe you have delivered a project that affected 3 million customers”
Prove your impact with 'quantifiable achievements you have had', the plural noun the sentence needs.
“Obvious spelling and grammar mistakes will be warning signs, but they will also be on the lookout for gaps in the list of posts you have held, or facts that just don't add up”
Obvious spelling and grammar 'mistakes will be warning signs', the plural noun.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Opportunities For Graduates – Freelance Writing & How To Make Sure Your Cv Catches The Hiring Manager’s Eye passage come from?
It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 20 General Training Reading Test 4, and it covers Questions 15–27.
What question types appear in Opportunities For Graduates – Freelance Writing & How To Make Sure Your Cv Catches The Hiring Manager’s Eye?
The section is tested with Note Completion, Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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