Telepathy IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

“Telepathy” is Passage 3 of Cambridge IELTS 8 Academic Reading Test 1. This page gives the answers for Questions 27–40 with a short explanation of why each answer is right, so you can check your work and learn from every mistake. The question types are: Matching Sentence Endings, Table Completion.

Quick answers: Questions 27–40

Question	Answer
27	E
28	B
29	A
30	F
31	sender
32	picture / image
33	receiver
34	sensory leakage
35	outright fraud / fraud
36	computers
37	human involvement
38	meta-analysis
39	lack of consistency
40	big enough / large enough

Questions 27–30: Matching Sentence Endings

Q	Question	Answer	Why
27	Researchers with differing attitudes towards telepathy agree on	E	The passage links this point to: E.
28	Reports of experiences during meditation indicated	B	The passage links this point to: B.
29	Attitudes to parapsychology would alter drastically with	A	The passage links this point to: A.
30	Recent autoganzfeld trials suggest that success rates will improve with	F	The passage links this point to: F.

Questions 31–40: Table Completion

Q	Question	Answer	Why
31	—	sender	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
32	—	picture / image	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
33	—	receiver	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
34	—	sensory leakage	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
35	—	outright fraud / fraud	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
36	—	computers	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
37	—	human involvement	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
38	—	meta-analysis	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
39	—	lack of consistency	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
40	—	big enough / large enough	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.

Tips for these question types

• Matching features: underline the names or terms first, then scan for them in the passage.
• Completion tasks: check the word limit and the grammar of the gap before you write the answer exactly as it appears in the passage.
• Review every mistake. Find the exact sentence in the passage that proves the answer so you can spot the same trap next time.

FAQ

How many questions does this passage have? Telepathy covers Questions 27–40, which is 14 questions.

Where is this passage from? It is Reading Passage 3 in Cambridge IELTS 8, Academic Test 1.

How should I use these answers? Attempt the passage under timed conditions first, then check your answers here and read the reason for every mistake.

Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 1: all passages
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