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Robots at Work — IELTS Reading Answers
All 14 answers for Robots at Work, Cambridge IELTS 2 General Training Reading Test 2 Section 3, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Robots at Work answer key at a glance
Questions 27–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Matching Headings (Q27–32), Flow Chart Completion (Q33–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 27–32: Matching Headings
Strategy: Read the paragraph first and summarise its main idea in five words. Choose the heading that matches the whole paragraph, not a repeated keyword.
Paragraph A
“The daily paper is compiled at the editorial headquarters, known as the pre-press centre, in the heart of the city but printed far away in the suburbs at the printing centre”
Heading v fits Paragraph A, which describes the paper compiled in the city centre but printed far away in the suburbs.
Paragraph B
“Once the finished newspaper has been created for the next morning's edition, all the pages are transmitted electronically from the pre-press centre to the printing centre”
Heading vii fits Paragraph B, where finished pages are 'transmitted electronically' from the pre-press centre to the printing centre.
Paragraph D
“The Sydney LGVs move busily around the press room fulfilling their two key functions—to collect reels of newsprint either from the reel stripping stations or from the racked supplies in the newsprint storage area”
Heading iv fits Paragraph D, which explains the LGVs' 'two key functions' in collecting and moving newsprint reels.
Paragraph E
“Then one of the four paster robots moves in. Specifically designed for the job, it trims the paper neatly and prepares the reel for the press. If required, the reel can be loaded directly onto the press. If not needed immediately, an LGV takes it to the storage area.”
Heading i fits Paragraph E, where the paster robots trim the paper and prepare each reel for the press.
Paragraph F
“The company has chosen a laser-guide function system for the vehicles because, as the project development manager says, 'The beauty of it is that if you want to change the routes, you can work out a new route on your computer and lay it down for them to follow.'”
Heading viii fits Paragraph F, which explains the laser-guide system because new routes can be laid down on computer.
Paragraph G
“The question newspaper workers must now ask, however, is how long will it be before the robots are writing the newspapers as well as running the printing centre, churning out the latest edition every morning”
Heading iii fits Paragraph G, which asks how long before robots write the newspapers as well as print them.
Questions 33–40: Flow Chart Completion
Strategy: Follow the arrows in order. Each stage usually maps to one sentence or one clause in the passage.
“Once the finished newspaper has been created for the next morning's edition, all the pages are transmitted electronically from the pre-press centre to the printing centre”
The phrase 'transmitted electronically' fills the stage between creating the pages and their arrival at the printing centre.
“The pages are then processed into photographic negatives and the film is used to produce aluminium printing plates ready for the presses”
Pages are processed into 'photographic negatives', so the film that later makes the plates is photographic film.
“The pages are then processed into photographic negatives and the film is used to produce aluminium printing plates ready for the presses”
The film is used 'to produce aluminium printing plates ready for the presses', naming what the film produces.
“Once the size of the day's paper and the publishing order are determined at head office, the information is punched into the computer and the LGVs are programmed to go about their work”
After the day's details are 'punched into the computer', the LGVs 'are programmed' to begin work, which is the missing verb.
“At the stripping station the tough wrapping that helps to protect a reel of paper from rough handling is removed. Any damaged paper is peeled off and the reel is then weighed”
At the stripping station 'the tough wrapping' protecting a reel from rough handling is removed first.
“Any damaged paper is peeled off and the reel is then weighed”
Any damaged paper is peeled off and 'the reel is then weighed', the next step shown in the chart.
“Then one of the four paster robots moves in. Specifically designed for the job, it trims the paper neatly and prepares the reel for the press”
One of the four 'paster robots' trims the paper neatly and prepares the reel for the press.
“If not needed immediately, an LGV takes it to the storage area”
A reel not needed at once is taken by an LGV to 'the storage area'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Robots at Work passage come from?
It is Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 2 General Training Reading Test 2, and it covers Questions 27–40.
What question types appear in Robots at Work?
The section is tested with Matching Headings, Flow Chart Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
Every answer is paired with the sentence that proves it, so you can check each one against the passage yourself. Use the page after a timed attempt, not instead of one.
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