Reading in a Whole New Way Reading Answers

Dec 1, 2022

Reading in a Whole New Way Reading Answers has 14 questions that need to be answered in 20 minutes. Reading in a Whole New Way Reading Answers comprises three types of questions, namely- choose the correct letter, Yes/No/Not Given, and match ending. For Yes/No/Not Given, candidates must read the passage and understand the statement provided in IELTS Reading. They should answer whether the statement is yes, no, or not given. To answer the correct letter and matching ending, candidates must read the IELTS reading passage, identify keywords, and recognize synonyms to answer the question. Candidates can get more such topics from IELTS Reading practice papers.

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Section 1

Read the Passage to Answer the Following Questions

Reading in a Whole New Way Reading Answers

As technology improves, how does the act of reading change?

Reading and writing, like all technologies, are constantly changing. In ancient times, authors often dictated their books. Dictation sounded like an uninterrupted series of words, so scribes wrote these down in one long continuous string, justastheyoccurinspeech. For this reason, text was written without spaces between words until the 11th century.

This continuous script made books hard to read, so only a few people were accomplished at reading them aloud to others. Being able to read silently to yourself was considered an amazing talent; writing was an even rarer skill. In fact, in 15th-century Europe, only one in 20 adult males could write.

After Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in about 1440, mass-produced books changed the way people read and wrote. The technology of printing increased the number of words available, and more types of media, such as newspapers and magazines, broadened what was written about. Authors no longer had to produce scholarly works, as was common until then, but could write, for example, inexpensive, heart-rending love stories or publish autobiographies, even if they were unknown.

In time, the power of the written word gave birth to the idea of authority and expertise. Laws were compiled into official documents, contracts were written down and nothing was valid unless it was in this form. Painting, music, architecture, dance were all important, but the heartbeat of many cultures was the turning pages of a book. By the early 19th century, public libraries had been built in many cities.

Today, words are migrating from paper to computers, phones, laptops and game consoles. Some 4.5 billion digital screens illuminate our lives. Letters are no longer fixed in black ink on paper, but flitter on a glass surface in a rainbow of colors as fast as our eyes can blink. Screens fill our pockets, briefcases, cars, living-room walls and the sides of buildings. They sit in front of us when we work - regardless of what we do. And of course, these newly ubiquitous screens have changed how we read and write.

The first screens that overtook culture, several decades ago - the big, fat, warm tubes of television - reduced the time we spent reading to such an extent that it seemed as if reading and writing were over. Educators and parents worried deeply that the TV generation would be unable to write. But the interconnected, cool, thin displays of computer screens launched an epidemic of writing that continues to swell. As a consequence, the amount of time people spend reading has almost tripled since 1980. By 2008, the World Wide Web contained more than a trillion pages, and that total grows rapidly every day.

But it is not book reading or newspaper reading, it is screen reading. Screens are always on, and, unlike books, we never stop staring at them. This new platform is very visual, and it is gradually merging words with moving images. You might think of this new medium as books we watch, or television we read. We also use screens to present data, and this encourages numeracy: visualising data and reading charts, looking at pictures and symbols are all part of this new literacy.

Screens engage our bodies, too. The most we may do while reading a book is to flip the pages or turn over a corner, but when we use a screen, we interact with what we see. In the futuristic movie Minority Report, the main character stands in front of a screen and hunts through huge amounts of information as if conducting an orchestra. Just as it seemed strange five centuries ago to see someone read silently, in the future it will seem strange to read without moving your body.

In addition, screens encourage more utilitarian (practical) thinking. A new idea or unfamiliar fact will cause a reflex to do something: to research a word, to question your screen ‘friends’ for their opinions or to find alternative views. Book reading strengthened our analytical skills, encouraging us to think carefully about how we feel. Screen reading, on the other hand, encourages quick responses, associating this idea with another, equipping us to deal with the thousands of new thoughts expressed every day. For example, we review a movie for our friends while we watch it; we read the owner’s manual of a device we see in a shop before we purchase it, rather than after we get home and discover that it can’t do what we need it to do.

Screens provoke action instead of persuasion. Propaganda is less effective, and false information is hard to deliver in a world of screens because while misinformation travels fast, corrections do, too. On a screen, it is often easier to correct a falsehood than to tell one in the first place. Wikipedia works so well because it removes an error in a single click. In books, we find a revealed truth; on the screen, we assemble our own truth from pieces. What is more, a screen can reveal the inner nature of things. Waving the camera eye of a smartphone over the bar code of a manufactured product reveals its price, origins and even relevant comments by other owners. It is as if the screen displays the object’s intangible essence. A popular children’s toy (Webkinz) instills stuffed animals with a virtual character that is ‘hidden’ inside; a screen enables children to play with this inner character online in a virtual world.

In the near future, screens will be the first place we’ll look for answers, for friends, for news, for meaning, for our sense of who we are and who we can be.

Section 2

Solutions with Explanations
Questions 1-5:
The reading passage has several paragraphs.
Choose the correct answer for objective questions ranging from question number 1 to question number 5, these questions from the passage is given below.
Mark your answers from the objectives given from question 1-5 on the answer sheet.

(Guide: In these kinds of questions, the aspirants are expected to follow the passage thoroughly and answer the questions numbered from 1 - 5. Each question’s answer is directed to choose the most appropriate options from the given objectives.)

Question- choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Question 1: What does the writer say about dictation?

It helped people learn to read.
It affected the way people wrote.
It was not used until the 11th century.
It was used mainly for correspondence.

Answer: B-It affected the way people wrote.
Supporting sentence: For this reason, text was written without spaces between words until the 11th century
Keyword: written, without, words
Keyword Location: Paragraph 1, last sentence
Explanation: The author pens the context of the evolution of writing, from the ancient time when people used to dictate and scribers write the uttered word. The author further mentions scribers used to leave no space in between words, this continued till the 11th century. Hence, it affected the way how people wrote.

Question 2: According to the writer, what changed after the invention of the printing press?

Romance became more popular than serious fiction.
Newspapers became more popular than books.
Readers asked for more autobiographies.
Authors had a wider choice of topics.

Answer: D-Authors had a wider choice of topics
Supporting sentence: Authors no longer had to produce scholarly works, as was common until then, but could write, for example, inexpensive, heart-rending love stories or publish autobiographies, even if they were unknown.
Keyword: Author, printing press, wider
Keyword Location: paragraph 3, last line
Explanation: The writer mentions that after the invention of the printing press the ideas of the topics got widened because now newspapers, magazines etc. These are being printed widening the words which are written. They also got exposed to a wider section of groups and topics.

Question 3: In the third paragraph, the writer focuses on the

Legal concerns of authors.
Rapid changes in public libraries.
Growing status of the written word.
Recognition of the book as an art form.

Answer: C-Growing status of the written word
Supporting sentence: The technology of printing increased the number of words available, and more types of media, such as newspapers and magazines, broadened what was written about.
Keyword: technology, word
Keyword location: paragraph 3, 2^nd sentence
Explanation: As per the author, after the invention of the printing press, the way people read and write changed due to mass production. The technology of printing increased the number of words, media and magazines. hence, the growing status of written words increased. .

Question 4: What does the writer say about screens in the fourth paragraph?

They are hard to read.
They are bad for our health.
They can improve our work.
They can be found everywhere.

Answer: D-They can be found everywhere
Supporting sentence: Screens fill our pockets, briefcases, cars, living-room walls and the sides of buildings.

Keyword: screens, anywhere
Keyword Location: paragraph 4, 2^nd sentence
Explanation: In the passage, the author talks about screens which are everywhere. The writer in continuance of the evolution of writing mentions the modern form of writing which involves the invention of screens. He says screens are everywhere; we are surrounded by screens even though we may not use them. They can be found in pockets, briefcases etc.

Question 5: According to the writer, computers differ from television because they

encourage more reading.
attract more criticism.
take up more of our leisure time.
include more educational content.

Answer: A-encourage more reading.
Supporting sentence: computers differ from the traditional screens because they motivate more reading.
Keyword: screen, computer, television
Keyword location: paragraph 6
Explanation: The passage states that the computer engages the reader for a longer period of time against the screen. The time that they spend is more than that in front of a book or printed texts. This is how computers encourage readers to read more.

Questions 6-10:
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage?

YES	if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO	if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN	if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

Question 6: Screen reading has reduced the number of books and newspapers people read.

Answer: Not Given
Explanation: the passage falls short of mentioning anything regarding the surge or plunge of readers after the invention of screens. Hence, the answer is not given.

Question 7: Screen literacy requires a wider range of visual skills than book-based literacy.

Answer: Yes
Supporting sentence: Screens are always on, and, unlike books, we never stop staring at them.
Keyword: books, literacy
Keyword location: paragraph 7, 2^nd sentence
Explanation: As per the author the traditional way of reading was only indulging in viewing the text and turning the page. But in the screen reading all the mind and body are engaged in the process, from visualizing the text to comprehending the graphs, charts, and alike.

Question 8: Screen reading is more active than book reading.

Answer: YES
Supporting sentence: As mentioned in the paragraph 7 screen literacy involves much more skill than the traditional reading.
Keyword: screen literacy, skill
Keyword Location: paragraph 7
Explanation: In the book reading only our mind is applied but in the screen reading our whole body is involved, the writer mentions. He in the 8th paragraph says in the screen reading we interact with what we see.

Question 9: Screens and books produce similar thought patterns in their readers.

Answer: NO
Supporting sentence: No the writer draws a contradictory view in the paragraph 8 and mentions that in screen reading it feels as in an orchestra is playing.
Keyword: orchestra
Keyword Location: paragraph 8
Explanation: In the passage, it is stated that in the screen reading the reader in indulged in visualizing everything. It is unlike in the book reading, the screen reader’s whole body is involved. hence, No is the correct answer.

Question 10: People are easily persuaded to believe lies on the screen.

Answer: NO
Supporting sentence: The sense of inquiry has embraced after the advent of screen as a medium of reading and ally off propaganda.
Keyword: screen, propaganda
Keyword Location: paragraph 10
Explanation: It is countered by the supporters of traditional reading that, after the advent of screen reading, people are easily influenced by anything they read. As it is easy to spread lies, but they undermine the pace of corrections.

Questions 11-14:
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F, below.

A accuracy of its information. B people’s ability to concentrate. C the global use of the Internet. D how people behave physically when they read screens. E the screen’s ability to make an object seem real. F how rapidly opinions can be communicated.

Question 11: The film Minority Report illustrates

Answer: D- how people behave physically when they read screens.
Supporting sentence: report mentions when the reader is engaged in the screen reading his whole body is involved.
Keyword: whole body
Keyword Location: paragraph 8
Explanation: The report stated that unlike book reading, in screen reading our whole body is engaged.

Question 12: Our behavior when we watch a film shows

Answer: A-accuracy of its information.
Supporting sentence: it shows the accuracy of the show waving of propaganda.
Keyword: propaganda
Keyword Location: paragraph 10
Explanation: In screen literacy, if it is easy to spread false news, then it is easier to embrace and resurface the same news citing credible sources for its authenticity.

Question 13: Wikipedia’s success relies on

Answer: F-how rapidly opinions can be communicated.
Supporting sentence: with ease opinions is transferred.
Keyword: opinions
Keyword Location: paragraph 10
Explanation: The Wikipedia allows the user to edit the page instantly.

Question 14: Webkinz is an example of

Answer: E-the screen’s ability to make an object seem real.
Supporting sentence: A popular children’s toy (Webkinz) instills stuffed animals with a virtual character that is ‘hidden’ inside; a screen enables children to play with this inner character online in a virtual world.
Keyword: Webkinz, toy
Keyword Location: paragraph 10
Explanation: As per the passage, Webkinz is a device that is fitted inside the toy by the manufacturer to make the toy virtually realistic. hence, the ability to make objects seem real is justified answer.

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