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IELTS SPEAKING (WEEK 1)

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING

SYSTEM

YOU

o What’s your name?

o What’s the meaning of your name?
o What do you do?
o What do you do in your leisure time?
o Describe your educational background.
o Why are you taking IELTS?.

FAMILY

o Do you have a large or small family?

o How much time do you spend with your family?
o Do you go outside together?
o Whom you like most in your family? Why?
o What do you like to do together as a family?
o What types of families are more common in your home town?
o What is your favourite memory with your family members?

WORK
o What do you do?
o What are your responsibilities?
o How many hours do you work each day?
o Do you enjoy your work?
o Is there some other kind of work you would rather do?
o If you could change your job or profession, what would you do?
o Describe the process of getting a job in your country.
o Describe the office where you work.
o What do you like about your job?
o What do you dislike about your job?

EDUCATION

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o Describe your education.

o What kind of school did you go to as a child?
o Did you go to a co-educational school?
o What was your favorite subject as a child?
o Who was your favorite teacher?
o What is the education system like in your country?
o Do you think your country has an effective education system?

PART 11

Cue Card

❖ Describe an unusual job that you would like to do?

You should say:

What would this job be?

How do you know
about this job?Why
would you like to do
it?

Discussion

➢ What are the parameters by which people are choosing jobs? Why?
➢ What is the difference between jobs for men and women?
➢ What suggestions would you give to children for choosing a future job?
➢ Do you agree that children should do part time jobs? Why?

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Cue Card
❖ Describe any subject which you learned in school.

You should say:

What was
the
subject?
Was it
interesting
?
How useful was it later on in your life?

Discussion
➢ Do you remember other subjects you learned at school?
➢ How important is math in a person’s life?
➢ Do you think that everyone is good at math?
➢ Does the government take any action to develop people’s math skills?
Why?
➢ Are writing and math skills equally important in a person’s life?

Cue Card

❖ Describe a toy that you played with as a child

You should say:

What toy it was?
Who gave it to you?
Why you liked it?

Why you remember that toy until now?

Discussion

➢ What is the difference between girls’ and boys’ toys?

➢ Do you think toys really help in children’s development?
➢ Does modern technology have an influence on children’s toys?
➢ How we lost our hand skills such as sewing?

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IELTS SPEAKING (WEEK 2)

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING

SYSTEM

PART 1 Questions 1 – 10

Questions 1 – 6 Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD for each answer.

SELF-DRIVE TOURS IN THE USA

Example
Name: Andrea ………Brown……….
Address: 24 1…………. Road
Postcode: BH5 2OP
Phone: (mobile) 077 8664 3091
Heard about company from: 2…………..
Possible self-drive tours
Trip One:
● Los Angeles: customer wants to visit some 3…………. parks with her
children
● Yosemite Park: customer wants to stay in a lodge, not a 4……………Trip
Two:
● Customer wants to see the 5………….. on the way to Cambria

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● At Santa Monica: not interested in shopping

● At San Diego, wants to spend time on the 6…………..

Questions 7 – 10 Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Number Total Price Includes
of days distance
(per person)
Trip One 12days 7……….. km £525 ● accommodation
● car
● one 8………….
Trip Two9days 980 km 9 £……….. ● accommodation
● car
● 10…………
PART 1 Questions 1 – 10

Questions 1 – 6 Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD for each answer.

SELF-DRIVE TOURS IN THE USA

Example
Name: Andrea ………Brown……….

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Address: 24 1…………. Road

Postcode: BH5 2OP
Phone: (mobile) 077 8664 3091
Heard about company from: 2…………..
Possible self-drive tours
Trip One:
● Los Angeles: customer wants to visit some 3…………. parks with her
children
● Yosemite Park: customer wants to stay in a lodge, not a 4……………Trip
Two:
● Customer wants to see the 5………….. on the way to Cambria
● At Santa Monica: not interested in shopping
● At San Diego, wants to spend time on the 6…………..

Questions 7 – 10 Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Number Total Price Includes
of days distance
(per person)
Trip One 12days 7……….. km £525 ● accommodation
● car
● one 8………….
Trip Two9days 980 km 9 £……….. ● accommodation
● car
● 10…………
Questions13- 20

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

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Joining the leisure club

Personal Assessment
● New members should describe any 13…………….. .
● The 14……………… will be explained to you before you use the
equipment.
● You will be given a six-week 15…………….. .
Types of membership
● There is a compulsory £90 16……………… fee for members.
● Gold members are given 17……………… to all the LP clubs.
● Premier members are given priority during 18………………. hours.
● Premier members can bring some 19………………. every month.
● Members should always take their 20……………… with them.

PART 3 Questions 21 – 30

Questions 21 – 25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Global Design Competition

21 Students entering the design competition have to

A produce an energy-efficient design.

B adapt an existing energy-saving appliance.
C develop a new use for current technology.

22 John chose a dishwasher because he wanted to make dishwashers

A more appealing.
B more common.

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C more economical.

23 The stone in John’s ‘Rockpool’ design is used

A for decoration.
B to switch it on.
C to stop water escaping.

24 In the holding chamber, the carbon dioxide

A changes back to a gas.

B dries the dishes.
C is allowed to cool.

25 At the end of the cleaning process, the carbon dioxide

A is released into the air.

B is disposed of with the waste.
C is collected ready to be re-used.

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Questions 26 – 30

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

● John needs help preparing for his 26…………….. .

● The professor advises John to make a 27…………….. of his design.
● John’s main problem is getting good quality 28………………. .
● The professor suggests John apply for a 29………………. .
● The professor will check the 30……………… information in John’s
written report.

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PART 4 Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

THE SPIRIT BEAR

General facts

● It is a white bear belonging to the black bear family.

● Its colour comes from an uncommon 31…………….. .
● Local people believe that it has unusual 32…………….. .
● They protect the bear from 33…………….. .
Habitat

● The bear’s relationship with the forest is complex.

● Tree roots stop 34……………. along salmon streams.
● The bears’ feeding habits provide nutrients for forest vegetation.
● It is currently found on a small number of 35…………….. .
Threats

● Habitat is being lost due to deforestation and construction

of 36……………… by logging companies.
● Unrestricted 37……………… is affecting the salmon supply.
● The bears’ existence is also threatened by their low rate
of 38………………. .
Going forward

● Interested parties are working together.

● Logging companies must improve their 39…………….. of logging.
● Maintenance and 40…………….. of the spirit bears’ territory is
needed.

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IELTS READING (WEEK 1)

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on
Reading Passage 1 below.
Stepwells
A millennium ago, stepwells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of
India. Although many have been neglected, recent restoration has returned
them to their former glory. Richard Cox travelled to north-western India to
document these spectacular monuments from a bygone era.

During the sixth and seventh water source (normally an

centuries, the inhabitants of the underground aquifer) as it recedes
modern-day states of Gujarat and following the rains. When the water
Rajasthan in North-western India level was high, the user needed only
developed a method of gaining to descend a few steps to reach it;
access to clean, fresh groundwater when it was low, several levels would
during the dry season for drinking, have to be negotiated.
bathing, watering animals and
irrigation. However, the significance Some wells are vast, open craters
of this invention – the stepwell – goes with hundreds of steps paving each
beyond its utilitarian application. sloping side, often in tiers. Others are
more elaborate, with long stepped
Unique to the region, stepwells are passages leading to the water via
often architecturally complex and several storeys. Built from stone and
vary widely in size and shape. During supported by pillars, they also
their heyday, they were places of included pavilions that sheltered
gathering, of leisure, of relaxation visitors from the relentless heat. But
and of worship for villagers of all but perhaps the most impressive
the lowest castes. Most stepwells are features are the intricate decorative
found dotted around the desert areas sculptures that embellish many
of Gujarat (where they are stepwells, showing activities from
called vav) and Rajasthan (where fighting and dancing to everyday acts
they are known as baori), while a few such as women combing their hair
also survive in Delhi. Some were and churning butter.
located in or near villages as public
spaces for the community; others Down the centuries, thousands of
wells were constructed throughout
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were positioned beside roads as northwestern India, but the majority

resting places for travellers. have now fallen into disuse; many
are derelict and dry, as groundwater
As their name suggests, stepwells has been diverted for industrial use
comprise a series of stone steps and the wells no longer reach the
descending from ground level to the water table. Their condition

hasn’t been helped by recent dry One of the larger examplesis Raniji
spells: southern Rajasthan suffered Ki Baori, which was built by the queen
an eight-year drought between 1996 of the region, Nathavatji, in 1699. At 46
and 2004. metres deep, 20 metres wide and 40
metres long, the intricately carved
However, some important sites in monument is one of
Gujarat have recently undergone 21 baoris commissioned in the Bundi
major restoration, and the state area by Nathavatji.
government announced in June last
year that it plans to restore the In the old ruined town of Abhaneri,
stepwells throughout the state. about 95 kilometres east of Jaipur,
is Chand Baori, one of India’s oldest
In Patan, the state’s ancient capital, and deepest wells; aesthetically, it’s
the stepwell of Rani Ki Vav (Queen’s perhaps one of the most dramatic. Built
Stepwell) is perhaps the finest current in around 850 AD next to the temple of
example. It was built by Queen Harshat Mata, the baori comprises
Udayamati during the late 11th hundreds of zigzagging steps that run
century, but became silted up along three of its sides, steeply
following a flood during the 13th descending 11 storeys, resulting in a
century. But the Archaeological striking geometric pattern when seen
Survey of India began restoring it in from afar. On the fourth side, covered
the 1960s, and today it’s in pristine verandas supported by ornate pillars
condition. At 65 metres long, 20 overlook the steps.
metres wide and 27 metres
deep, Rani Ki Vav features 500 Still in public use is Neemrana Ki Baori,
distinct sculptures carved into nicheslocated just off the Jaipur–Dehli
throughout the monument, depicting highway. Constructed in around 1700,
gods such as Vishnu and Parvati in it’s nine storeys deep, with the last two
various incarnations. Incredibly, in levels underwater. At ground level,
January 2001, this ancient structure there are 86 colonnaded openings from
survived a devastating earthquake where the visitor descends 170 steps
that measured 7.6 on the Richter to the deepest water source.
scale. Today, following years of neglect,
Another example is the Surya Kund in many of these monuments to medieval
Modhera, northern Gujarat, next to engineering have been saved by the
the Sun Temple, built by King Bhima I Archaeological Survey of India, which
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in 1026 to honour the sun god Surya. has recognised the importance of
It’s actually a tank (kund means preserving them as part of the
reservoir or pond) rather than a well, country’s rich history. Tourists flock to
but displays the hallmarks of stepwell wells in far-flung corners of
architecture, including four sides of northwestern India to gaze in wonder
steps that descend to the bottom in a at these architectural marvels from
stunning geometrical formation. The 1,000 years ago, which serve as a
terraces house 108 small, intricately reminder of both the ingenuity and
carved shrines between the sets of artistry of ancient civilisations and of
steps. the value of water to human existence.
Rajasthan also has a wealth of wells.
The ancient city of Bundi, 200
kilometres south of Jaipur, is
renowned for its architecture,
including its stepwells.
Questions 1-5

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading

Passage 1?
In boxes 1–5 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

1 Examples of ancient stepwells can be found all over the world.

2 Stepwells had a range of functions, in addition to those related to water
collection.
3 The few existing stepwells in Delhi are more attractive than those found
elsewhere.
4 It took workers many years to build the stone steps characteristic of
stepwells.
5 The number of steps above the water level in a stepwell altered during
the course of a year.

Questions 6-8

Answer the questions below.

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Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 6–8 on your answer sheet.

6 Which part of some stepwells provided shade for people?

7 What type of serious climatic event, which took place in southern
Rajasthan, is
mentioned in the article?
8 Who are frequent visitors to stepwells nowadays?

Questions 9-13

Complete the table below

Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each
answer.
Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.
Stepwells Date Features Other notes
Rani Ki Vav Late 11th As many as 500 Restored in the 1990s
century sculptures decorate the
Excellent condition,
monument despite the 9…………
of 2001.

Surya Kund 1026 Steps on Looks more like

the 10………… a 11………… than a
produce a geometric well.
pattern

Carved shrines.
Raniji Ki 1699 Intricately carved One of 21 baoris in the
Baori monument area commissioned by
Queen Nathavatji

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Chand Baori 850 AD Steps take you down Old, deep and very
dramatic
11 storeys to the
bottom Has 12………… which
provide a view to the
steps.

Neemrana 1700 Has two 13………… Used by public today

Ki Baori levels.

READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on
Reading Passage 2 below.

Questions 14-21

Reading Passage 2 has nine paragraphs, A-I.

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-E and G-I from the list of
headings below.
Write the correct number, i-xi, in boxes 14-21 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i A fresh and important long-term goal
ii Charging for roads and improving other transport methods
iii Changes affecting the distances goods may be transported
iv Taking all the steps necessary to change transport patterns
v The environmental costs of road transport
vi The escalating cost of rail transport
vii The need to achieve transport rebalance
viii The rapid growth of private transport
ix Plans to develop major road networks
x Restricting road use through charging policies alone

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xi Transport trends in countries awaiting EU admission

14 Paragraph A 19 Paragraph G
15 Paragraph B 20 Paragraph H
16 Paragraph C 21 Paragraph I
17 Paragraph D
18 Paragraph E
Example Answer
Paragraph F vii

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

1990-2010
What have been the trends and what are the prospects
for European transport system.

A It is difficult to conceive of vigorous economic growth without an efficient

transport system. Although modern information technologies can reduce
the demand for physical transport by facilitating teleworking and
teleservices, the requirement for transport continues to increase. There
are two key factors behind this trend. For passenger transport, the
determining factor is the spectacular growth in car use. The number of
cars on European Union (EU) roads saw an increase of three million
cars each year from 1990 to 2010, and in the next decade the EU will
see a further substantial increase in its fleet.

B As far as goods transport is concerned, growth is due to a large extent to

changes in the European economy and its system of production. In the
last 20 years, as internal frontiers have been abolished, the EU has
moved from a ‘stock’ economy to a ‘flow’ economy. This phenomenon
has been emphasised by the relocation of some industries, particularly
those which are labour intensive, to reduce production costs, even
though the production site is hundreds or even thousands of kilometres
away from the final assembly plant or away from users.

C The strong economic growth expected in countries which are candidates

for entry to the EU will also increase transport flows, in particular road
haulage traffic. In 1998, some of these countries already exported more
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than twice their 1990 volumes and imported more than five times their
1990 volumes. And although many candidate countries inherited a
transport system which encourages rail, the distribution between modes
has tipped sharply in favour of road transport since the 1990s. Between
1990 and 1998, road haulage increased by 19.4%, while during the
same period rail haulage decreased by 43.5%, although – and this could
benefit the enlarged EU – it is still on average at a much higher level
than in existing member states.

D However, a new imperative-sustainable development – offers an

opportunity for adapting the EU’s common transport policy. This
objective, agreed by the Gothenburg European Council, has to be
achieved by integrating environmental considerations into Community
policies, and shifting the balance between modes of transport lies at the
heart of its strategy. The ambitious objective can only be fully achieved
by 2020, but proposed measures are nonetheless a first essential step
towards a sustainable transport system which will ideally be in place in
30 years‟ time, that is by 2040.
E In 1998, energy consumption in the transport sector was to blame for
28% of emissions of CO2, the leading greenhouse gas. According to the
latest estimates, if nothing is done to reverse the traffic growth trend,
CO2 emissions from transport can be expected to increase by around
50% to 1,113 billion tonnes by 2020，compared with the 739 billion
tonnes recorded in 1990. Once again, road transport is the main culprit
since it alone accounts for 84% of the CO2 emissions attributable to
transport. Using alternative fuels and improving energy efficiency is thus
both an ecological necessity and a technological challenge.

F At the same time greater efforts must be made to achieve a modal shift.
Such a change cannot be achieved overnight, all the less so after over
half a century of constant deterioration in favour of road. This has
reached such a pitch that today rail freight services are facing
marginalisation, with just 8% of market share, and with international
goods trains struggling along at an average speed of 18km/h. Three
possible options have emerged.

G The first approach would consist of focusing on road transport solely

through pricing. This option would not be accompanied by
complementary measures in the other modes of transport. In the short
term it might curb the growth in road transport through the better loading
ratio of goods vehicles and occupancy rates of passenger vehicles
expected as a result of the increase in the price of transport. However,
the lack of measures available to revitalise other modes of transport
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would make it impossible for more sustainable modes of transport to

take up the baton.

H The second approach also concentrates on road transport pricing but is

accompanied by measures to increase the efficiency of the other modes
(better quality of services, logistics, technology). However, this approach
does not include investment in new infrastructure, nor does it guarantee
better regional cohesion. It could help to achieve greater uncoupling than
the first approach, but road transport would keep the lion’s share of the
market and continue to concentrate on saturated arteries, despite being
the most polluting of the modes. It is therefore not enough to guarantee
the necessary shift of the balance.

I The third approach, which is not new, comprises a series of measures

ranging from pricing to revitalising alternative modes of transport and
targeting investment in the trans-European network. This integrated approach
would allow the market shares of the other modes to return to their 1998
levels and thus make a shift of balance. It is far more ambitious than it looks,
bearing in mind the historical imbalance in favour of roads for the last fifty
years, but would achieve a marked break in the link between road transport
growth and economic growth, without placing restrictions on the mobility of
people and goods.

Questions 22-26

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading

Passage 2?
In boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

22 The need for transport is growing, despite technological developments.

23 To reduce production costs, some industries have been moved closer to
their relevant consumers.
24 Cars are prohibitively expensive in some EU candidate countries.
25 The Gothenburg European Council was set up 30 years ago.
26 By the end of this decade, CO2 emissions from transport are predicted to
reach 739 billion tonnes.
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READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on
Reading Passage 1 below.

The psychology of innovation

Why are so few companies truly innovative?

Innovation is key to business survival, who owned Sun, wanted to revolutionise

and companies put substantial popular music with songs that fused
resources into inspiring employees to black and white music, and country and
develop new ideas. There are, blues. Presley, Cash, Perkins and Lewis
nevertheless, people working in instinctively understood Phillips’s
luxurious, state-of-the-art centres ambition and believed in it. Orbison
designed to stimulate innovation who wasn’t inspired by the goal, and only
find that their environment doesn’t make ever achieved one hit with the Sun
them feel at all creative. And there are label.
those who don’t have a budget, or much
space, but who innovate successfully. The value fit matters, says Cialdini,
because innovation is, in part, a process
For Robert B. Cialdini, Professor of of change, and under that pressure we,
Psychology at Arizona State University, as a species, behave differently, ‘When
one reason that companies don’t things change, we are hard-wired to
succeed as often as they should is that play it safe.’ Managers should therefore
innovation starts with recruitment. adopt an approach that appears
Research shows that the fit between an counterintuitive -they should explain
employee’s values and a company’s what stands to be lost if the company
values makes a difference to what fails to seize a particular opportunity.
contribution they make and whether, Studies show that we invariably take
two years after they join, they’re still at more gambles when threatened with a
the company. Studies at Harvard loss than when offered a reward.
Business School show that, although
some individuals may be more creative Managing innovation is a delicate art.
than others, almost every individual can It’s easy for a company to be pulled in
be creative in the right circumstances. conflicting directions as the marketing,
product development, and finance
One of the most famous photographs in departments each get different feedback
the story of rock’n’roll emphasises from different sets of people. And
Ciaidini’s views. The 1956 picture of without a system which ensures
singers Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, collaborative exchanges within the
Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis company, it’s also easy for small
jamming at a piano in Sun Studios in ‘pockets of innovation’ to disappear.
Memphis tells a hidden story. Sun’s Innovation is a contact sport. You can’t
‘million-dollar quartet’ could have been a brief people just by saying, ‘We’re going

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quintet. Missing from the picture is Roy in this direction and I’m going to take
Orbison’ a greater natural singer than you with me.’
Lewis, Perkins or Cash. Sam Phillips,
Cialdini believes that this ‘follow-the- packets encouraged us to write in
leader syndrome, is dangerous, not saying, in no more than 10 words: ‘I
least because it encourages bosses to like Kellogg’s Com Flakes because…
go it alone. ‘It’s been scientifically .’ The very act of writing makes us
proven that three people will be better more likely to believe it.
than one at solving problems, even if
that one person is the smartest Authority doesn’t have to inhibit
person in the field.’ To prove his point, innovation but it often does. The wrong
Cialdini cites an interview with kind of leadership will lead to what
molecular biologist James Watson. Cialdini calls ‘captainitis, the
Watson, together with Francis Crick, regrettable tendency of team members
discovered the structure of DNA, the to opt out of team responsibilities that
genetic information carrier of all living are properly theirs’. He calls it
organisms. ‘When asked how they captainitis because, he says, ‘crew
had cracked the code ahead of an members of multipilot aircraft exhibit a
array of highly accomplished rival sometimes deadly passivity when the
investigators, he said something that flight captain makes a clearly wrong-
stunned me. He said he and Crick had headed decision’. This behaviour is
succeeded because they were aware not, he says, unique to air travel, but
that they weren’t the most intelligent can happen in any workplace where
of the scientists pursuing the answer. the leader is overbearing.
The smartest scientist was called
Rosalind Franklin who, Watson said, At the other end of the scale is the
“was so intelligent she rarely sought 1980s Memphis design collective, a
advice”.’ group of young designers for whom
‘the only rule was that there were no
Teamwork taps into one of the basic rule’. This environment encouraged a
drivers of human behaviour. ‘The free interchange of ideas, which led to
principle of social proof is so more creativity with form, function,
pervasive that we don’t even colour and materials that
recognise it,’ says Cialdini. ‘If your revolutionised attitudes to furniture
project is being resisted, for example, design.
by a group of veteran employees, ask
another old-timer to speak up for it.’ Many theorists believe the ideal boss
Cialdini is not alone in advocating this should lead from behind, taking pride
strategy. Research shows that peer in collective accomplishment and
power, used horizontally not vertically, giving credit where it is due. Cialdini
is much more powerful than any says: ‘Leaders should encourage
boss’s speech. everyone to contribute and
simultaneously assure all concerned
Writing, visualising and prototyping that every recommendation is
can stimulate the flow of new ideas. important to making the right decision
Cialdini cites scores of research and will be given full attention.’ The
papers and historical events that frustrating thing about innovation is
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prove that even something as simple that there are many approaches, but
as writing deepens every individual’s no magic formula. However, a
engagement in the project. It is, he manager who wants to create a truly
says, the reason why all those innovative culture can make their job a
competitions on breakfast cereal lot easier by recognising these
psychological realitie

Questions 27-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet.

27 The example of the ‘million-dollar quartet’ underlines the writer’s point

about

A recognising talent.
B working as a team.
C having a shared objective.
D being an effective leader.

28 James Watson suggests that he and Francis Crick won the race to
discover the DNA code because they

A were conscious of their own limitations.

B brought complementary skills to their partnership.
C were determined to outperform their brighter rivals.
D encouraged each other to realise their joint ambition.

29 The writer mentions competitions on breakfast cereal packets as an

example of how to

A inspire creative thinking.

B generate concise writing.
C promote loyalty to a group.
D strengthen commitment to an idea.

30 In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that it is important for employees
to

A be aware of their company’s goals.

B feel that their contributions are valued.
C have respect for their co-workers‟ achievements.
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D understand why certain management decisions are made

Questions 31-35

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 31-35 on your answer sheet

31 Employees whose values match those of their employers are more likely
to
32 At times of change, people tend to
33 If people are aware of what they might lose, they will often
34 People working under a dominant boss are liable to
35 Employees working in organisations with few rules are more likely to

A take chances.
B share their ideas.
C become competitive.
D get promotion.
E avoid risk.
F ignore their duties.
G remain in their jobs.

Questions 36-40

Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading
Passage 3?

In boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.

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36 The physical surroundings in which a person works play a key role in

determining their creativity.
37 Most people have the potential to be creative.
38 Teams work best when their members are of equally matched
intelligence.
39 It is easier for smaller companies to be innovative.

40 A manager’s approval of an idea is more persuasive than that of a

colleague

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