Email Voice Reading Answers

Mar 20, 2025

Email Voice Reading Answers is an academic reading answers topic. Email Voice Reading Answers has a total of 13 IELTS questions in total. In the question set you have to choose which paragraph contains the given statement. In the next question set you have to match each statement with the correct scientist,(A-E).In the last question set given you have to fill in the blanks with the correct option in no more than two words.

The IELTS Reading section is an essential part of the test that evaluates a candidate's comprehension and analysis of various passage types. You will work through a number of IELTS reading practice problems in this section that resemble actual test situations. These questions are designed to help you improve your ability to recognize essential concepts, extract particular facts, and make inferences. Practicing these IELTS reading problems can help you get comfortable with the structure and increase your confidence for the exam, regardless of whether you are studying for the Academic or General Training module.

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Section 1 EMAIL VOICE

A. Do you read while listening to music? Do you like to watch TV while finishing your homework? People who have these kinds of habits are called mufti-taskers. Multitaskers are able to complete two tasks at the same time by dividing their focus. However, Thomas Lehman, a researcher in Psychology, believes people never really do multiple things simultaneously. Maybe a person is reading while listening to music, but in reality, the brain can only focus on one task. Reading the words in a book will cause you to ignore some of the words of the music. When people think they are accomplishing two different tasks efficiently, what they are really

doing is dividing their focus. While listening to music, people become less able to focus on their surroundings. For example, we all have experience of times when we talk with friends and they are not responding properly. Maybe they are listening to someone else talk, or maybe they are reading a text on their smart phone and don't hear what you are saying. Lehman called this phenomenon "email voice"

B. The world has been changed by computers and its spin offs like smart-phones or cellphones. Now that most individuals have a personal device, like a smart-phone or a laptop, they are frequently reading, watching or listening to virtual information. This raises the occurrence of multitasking in our day to day life. Now when you work, you work with your typewriter, your cellphone, and some colleagues who may drop by at any time to speak with you. In professional meetings, when one normally focuses and listens to one another, people are more likely to have a cell phone in their lap, reading or communicating silently with more people than ever, liven inventions such as the cordless phone has increased multitasking. In the old days, a traditional wall phone would ring, and then the housewife would have to stop her activities to answer it. When it rang, the housewife will sit down with her legs up and chat, with no laundry or sweeping or answering the door. In the modern era, our technology is convenient enough to not interrupt our daily tasks.

C. Earl Miller, an expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studied the prefrontal cortex, which controls the brain while a person is multitasking. According to his studies, the size of this cortex varies between species, He found that for humans, the size of this part constitutes one third of the brain, while it is only 4 to 5 percent in dogs, and about 15% in monkeys. Given that this cortex is larger on a human, it allows a human to be more flexible and accurate in his or her multitasking. However, Miller wanted to look further into whether the cortex was truly processing information about two different tasks simultaneously. He designed an experiment

where he presents visual stimulants to his subjects in a wax that mimics multi-tasking. Miller then attached sensors to the patients " heads to pick up the electric patterns of the brain. This sensor would show if " the brain particles, called neurons, were truly processing two different tasks. What he found is that the brain neurons only lit up in singular areas one at a time, and never simultaneously.

D. Davis Meyer, a professor of University of Michigan, studied the young adults in a similar experiment. He instructed them to simultaneously do math problems and classify simple words into different categories. For this experiment. Meyer found that when you think you are doing several jobs at the same time, you are actually switching between jobs. Even though the people tried to do the tasks at the same time, and both tasks were eventually accomplished, overall, the task took more time than if the person focused on a single task one at a time.

E. People sacrifice efficiency when multitasking, Gloria Mark set Office workers as his subjects. He found that they were constantly multitasking. He observed that nearly every 11 minutes people at work were disrupted. He found that doing different jobs at the same time may actually save time. However, despite the fact that they are faster, it does not mean they are more efficient. And we are equally likely to self-interrupt as be interrupted by outside sources. He found that in office nearly every 12 minutes an employee would stop and with no reason at all, check a website on their computer, call someone or write an email. If they concentrated for more than 20 minutes, they would feel distressed. He suggested that the average person may suffer from a short concentration span. This short attention span might be natural, but others suggest that new technology may be the problem. With cellphones and computers at our sides at all times, people will never run out of distractions. The format of media, such as advertisements, music, news articles and TV shows are also shortening, so people are used to paying attention to information for a very short time

F. So even though focusing on one single task is the most efficient way for our brains to work. it is not practical to use this method in real life. According to human nature, people feel more comfortable and efficient in environments with a variety of tasks, Edward Hallowell said that people are losing a lot of efficiency in the workplace due to multitasking, outside distractions and self-distractions. As it matter of fact, the changes made to the workplace do not have to be dramatic. No one is suggesting we ban e-mail or make employees focus on only one task. However, certain common workplace tasks, such as group meetings, would be more efficient if we banned cell-phones, a common distraction. A person can also apply these tips to prevent self-distraction. Instead of arriving to your office and checking all of your emails for new tasks, a common workplace ritual, a person could dedicate an hour to a single task first thing in the morning. Self-timing is a great way to reduce distraction and efficiently finish tasks one by one, instead of slowing ourselves down with multi-tasking.

Questions 14-18

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-F.

14. a reference to a domestic situation that does not require multitasking

Answer: B

Supporting statement: In the old days, a traditional wall phone would ring, and then the housewife would have to stop her activities to answer it.

Keywords: old days, activities

Keyword Location: Para B, Lines 8-9

Explanation: According to the text in the past a woman had to stop doing all the household activities such as laundry or sweeping or answering the door. When the phone rang as it was mounted to the wall they had to sit down on a chair nearby to talk to the person on the other side.

15. a possible explanation of why we always do multitask together

Answer: E

Supporting statement: He found that they were constantly multitasking. He observed that nearly every 11 minutes people at work were disrupted. He found that doing different jobs at the same time may actually save time.

Keywords: multitasking, time

Keyword Location: Para E, Line 2

Explanation: According to the observation made by Gloria Mark in his office by observing his office workers he found out that almost everyone was constantly multitasking and mostly every worker was disturbed by something in the 11-minute time gap by someone or something.

16. a practical solution to multitask in work environment

Answer: F

Supporting statement: Self-timing is a great way to reduce distraction and efficiently finish tasks one by one, instead of slowing ourselves down with multi-tasking.

Keywords: distraction, slowing

Keyword Location: Para F, Lines 11-12

Explanation: According to the passage an efficient solution to the problem of multitasking would be to remove everything that served as a distraction during work. Everyone should start focusing on a single task instead of trying to multitask. This could be achieved by self timing ourselves to see how much time it takes one to complete one task without any hindrance.

17. relating multitasking to the size of prefrontal cortex

Answer: C

Supporting statement: Given that this cortex is larger on a human, it allows a human to be more flexible and accurate in his or her multitasking.

Keywords: cortex, human

Keyword Location: Para C, Line 5

Explanation: According to Earl Miller, a specialist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claims that different animals have different cortex sizes. According to his research, this area makes up one-third of the human brain, compared to only 4–5% in dogs and 15% in monkeys. Since the human cortex is larger, humans are able to multitask more accurately and with greater flexibility.

18. longer time spent doing two tasks at the same time than one at a time

Answer: D

Supporting statement: Overall, the task took more time than if the person focused on a single task one at a time.

Keywords: task, time

Keyword Location: Para D, Line 6

Explanation: According to the passage Davis Meyer, a professor of the University of Michigan conducted an experiment on young students by giving them the task of classifying simple words into different categories and math problems. As a result, he found out that when you think a person is doing several jobs at the same time, they are actually switching between jobs. Even though the children tried to do the tasks at the same time, and both tasks were eventually accomplished, overall, the task took more time than if the person focused on a single task one at a time.

Questions 19-23

Match each statement with the correct scientist, A-E.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

List of Scientists

A. Thomas Lehman

B. Earl Miller

C. David Meyer

D. Gloria Mark

E. Edward Hallowell

19. When faced multiple visual stimulants, one can only concentrate on one of them.

Answer: B

Supporting statement: What he found is that the brain neurons only lit up in singular areas one at a time, and never simultaneously.

Keywords: brain neurons, singular

Keyword Location: Para C, Lines 11-12

Explanation: According to Miller's study of the prefrontal cortex,He discovered that the neurons in his brain only ever lit in certain regions, never all at once.

20.Doing two things together may be faster but not better.

Answer: D

Supporting statement: However, despite the fact that they are faster, it does not mean they are more efficient.

Keywords: faster, more efficient

Keyword Location: Para E, Lines 4-5

Explanation: According to an experiment done by Gloria Mark, he discovered that doing multiple tasks at once could really save time. Still, just because they are quicker does not imply that they are more effective. Moreover, we are just as prone to interrupt ourselves as to be interrupted by others.

21.People never really do two things together even if you think you do.

Answer: A

Supporting statement: However, Thomas Lehman, a researcher in Psychology, believes people never really do multiple things simultaneously.

Keywords: Thomas Lehman, simultaneously

Keyword Location: Para A, Lines 3-4

Explanation: According to psychology researcher Thomas Lehman, people never truly do more than one thing at a time. The brain can only concentrate on one thing at a time, even if someone is reading and listening to music. It is more likely for the brain to completely ignore one of the tasks completely.

22.The causes of multitask lie in the environment

Answer: E

Supporting statement: Edward Hallowell said that people are losing a lot of efficiency in the workplace due to multitasking, outside distractions and self-distractions.

Keywords: efficiency, distractions

Keyword Location: Para F, Line 4

Explanation: According to Edward Hallowell, multitasking, external distractions, and self-distractions make people less productive at work.

23. Even minor changes in the workplace will improve work efficiency.

Answer: E

Supporting statement: However, certain common workplace tasks, such as group meetings, would be more efficient if we banned cell-phones, a common distraction.

Keywords: workplace, efficient

Keyword Location: Para F, Line 7

Explanation: According to Edward Hallowell, changes in the workplace don't have to be extensive. Nobody would advocate for a ban on email or requiring workers to concentrate on a single task. However, prohibiting cell phones, a popular source of distraction, would make some routine business tasks, including group meetings, more efficient.

Questions 24-26

Choose NO MORE THAN two WORDS for each.

24.A term used to refer to a situation when you are reading a text and cannot focus on your surroundings is………………

Answer: EMAIL VOICE

Supporting statement: Maybe they are listening to someone else talk, or maybe they are reading a text on their smart phone and don't hear what you are saying. Lehman called this phenomenon "email voice"

Keywords: listening, reading

Keyword Location: Para A, Lines 10-11

Explanation: According to Lehman the phenomenon called email voice refers to a situation where a person is unable to concentrate on the things the other person is talking about due to the distraction caused by their smartphone or a text from someone.

25. The ……………..part of the brain controls multitasking.

Answer: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Supporting statement:studied the prefrontal cortex, which controls the brain while a person is multitasking.

Keywords: prefrontal cortex, controls

Keyword Location: Para C, Lines 1-2

Explanation: According to the text the part that controls the brain during multitasking is called the prefrontal cortex.

26. The practical solution of multitask in work is not to allow use of cellphone in……………..

Answer: GROUP MEETINGS

Supporting statement: However, certain common workplace tasks, such as group meetings, would be more efficient if we banned cell-phones, a common distraction.

Keywords: group meetings, banned

Keyword Location: Para F, Lines 7-8

Explanation: According to the passage the most practical solution of multitasking in work is to not allow the use of mobile phones during group meetings.

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