When Your Carpet Calls Your Doctor IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

“When Your Carpet Calls Your Doctor” is Part 3 of IELTS Reading Test 16. This page gives the answers for Questions 29-40, with a short explanation wherever the reasoning is clear, so you can check your work and learn from every mistake.

Quick answers: Questions 29-40

Question	Answer
29	DN
30	P
31	DJ
32	J
33	M
34	TRUE
35	FALSE
36	NOT GIVEN
37	FALSE
38	NOT GIVEN
39	Doctors
40	supportive friends

Questions 29–40

Q	Statement	Answer	Explanation
29	Wireless devices can improve health care	DN	Nathanson's enthusiasm points to wireless tools' potential.
30	Foretold customized therapies	P	Pundits predicted individually tailored treatments.
31	Wireless health saves doctors' time	DJ	Don Jones says the technology saves clinicians time.
32	Provided smartphones for the elderly	J	Jitterbug sells simple phones aimed at older people.
33	Wirelessly tracks children's blood sugar	M	Medtronic is developing a bedside monitor for this purpose.
34	US wireless health market exceeds $9bn by 2012	TRUE	The forecast of $9.6bn for 2012 exceeds $9bn.
35	Over half of US doctors use Epocrates	FALSE	—
36	Poor and rich countries equally served by mHealth	NOT GIVEN	—
37	Wireless services can't give accurate diagnoses	FALSE	The passage says the opposite: these tools improve diagnosis and prescribing.
38	Young people don't care about individual treatment	NOT GIVEN	The survey covers what young people prefer, not whether they care about individual treatment.
39	First customer group for wireless medical devices	Doctors	The passage names doctors as the obvious early target.
40	Patients trust most ___ and family for behaviour change	supportive friends	Patients are more willing to listen to supportive friends and family than to doctors.

Tips for these question types

• Read the question first. Underline keywords, then scan the passage for the same idea in different words.
• Check the instructions. Note the word limit and whether letters or words are needed before you write.
• Review every mistake. Find the sentence that proves the answer so you can spot the same trap next time.

FAQ

How many questions does Part 3 have? Part 3 of this test covers Questions 29-40, which is 12 questions.

Why do some answers have no explanation? We add an explanation only where the reasoning is clear. Always confirm doubtful answers against the passage.

IELTS Reading Test 16: all passages
Part 1: Easy Come, Easy Go: The Dinosaurs Went Out with a Bang, but They Arrived After Chaos  |  Part 2: It's Not Easy Seeming Green: A Backlash to New Zealand's Vow of Purity  |  Part 3: When Your Carpet Calls Your Doctor (you are here)

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