Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

Key words: Google, inspired, adopt, flexibility, success, General Electric
· The last paragraph of section G contains information about General Electric and Google. It is 
mentioned that both of them have embraced disorganisation, or flexibility, in their companies. 
However, the author does not mention anything about General Electric‟s success or the relation 
between Google and General Electric. So we cannot say that Google adopted flexibility because of 
General Electric. The answer is NOT GIVEN. 
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 14 READING TEST 3 
ANSWERS 
THE CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENCE
1. Answer: B
Explain 
· Key words: non-scientists, assumptions, intelligence, influence, behavior 
· People‟s behavior towards others‟ intelligence is mentioned in the first sentence of paragraph B: 
“implicit theories of intelligence drive the way in which people perceive and evaluate their own 
intelligence and that of others”. Non-scientists refer to normal people, and implicit theories refer to 
assumptions (about intelligence). The way people evaluate the intelligence of other people influences 
their behavior towards others. 
2. Answer: A
Explain 
· Key words: reference, lack clarity, definition, intelligence 
· In the first sentence of the passage, the author claims that “no one knows for certain what it 
(intelligence) actually is”. Thus, it can be said that there is a lack of clarity over the definition of 
intelligence. The answer is paragraph A. 

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3. Answer: D
Explain 
· Key words: researcher‟s, implicit, explicit, theories, different 
· The relation between implicit and explicit theories is mentioned in paragraph D: “if an 
investigation…reveals little correspondence between the extant implicit and explicit theories, the 
implicit theories may be wrong”. This suggests that it is possible that these two types of theories may 
be different. 
· Different = little correspondence