Cambridge IELTS 9 · General Training · Test 2 · Section 2
Professional Credentials: Advice For Immigrants & How to Prepare for a Presentation — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Professional Credentials: Advice For Immigrants & How to Prepare for a Presentation, Cambridge IELTS 9 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 Sentence Completion (Q15–27). 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.
“These may be trade certificates, but also educational qualifications such as degrees or diplomas, that you have completed or partially-completed”
A plural noun before 'but also degrees or diplomas': credentials 'may be trade certificates' as well as academic qualifications.
“Education is a hiring requirement for 60% of employment opportunities, but 40% of human resources staff say that if they do not know a lot about the value of documents attained elsewhere, they will not recognise them”
A noun phrase: 'Education is a hiring requirement for 60% of employment opportunities', so formal education is what most jobs demand.
“Research has shown that sometimes immigrants start with a lower salary level than people who have completed their training in North America”
A noun phrase after 'lower': immigrants may 'start with a lower salary level' than locally trained workers.
“There is a good potential for long-term job security after completion of apprenticeship training”
A noun phrase after 'completion of': 'long-term job security' follows 'completion of apprenticeship training'.
“Getting job interviews is more than 50% of the whole process of securing employment; and with an evaluation report, you want to make sure that employers are screening you 'in' rather than 'out'”
A plural noun phrase: 'Getting job interviews is more than 50% of the whole process of securing employment'.
“Employers are making significant progress in improving diversity at work”
A noun after 'improving': employers are 'improving diversity at work', that is, workforce diversity.
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.
“But remember that being asked to present is a compliment”
A noun after 'a': 'being asked to present is a compliment', so treat the invitation positively.
“Condense your topic into one sentence”
A singular noun after 'one': 'Condense your topic into one sentence' before building the talk.
“Think of three main points you want to make to support your overall topic. Develop a story to demonstrate each of those concepts”
A singular noun: for each of three main points, 'Develop a story to demonstrate' it.
“Props are a wonderful way to make your talk come alive”
A plural noun as subject: 'Props are a wonderful way to make your talk come alive'.
“After your energetic introduction, identify yourself briefly and thank the audience for taking the time to listen to you”
A noun in the phrase 'taking the time to listen': the introduction thanks the audience for their time.
“so conclude with a game in which they can participate, or tell a humorous story and your audience will leave laughing”
A singular noun after 'with a': 'conclude with a game in which they can participate', so the audience leaves engaged.
“Instead, practise your dynamic introduction and conclusion until you can deliver them effortlessly. If you do this you'll feel a burst of confidence that will help you sail through the whole of the speech”
A noun after 'a burst of': rehearsal produces 'a burst of confidence' that carries you through the speech.
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It is Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 9 General Training Reading Test 2, and it covers Questions 15–27.
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The section is tested with Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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