Why Companies Should Welcome Disorder IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

“Why Companies Should Welcome Disorder” is Passage 3 of Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Reading Test 2. 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 Headings, Sentence Completion, True / False / Not Given.

Quick answers: Questions 27–40

Question	Answer
27	vi
28	i
29	iii
30	ii
31	ix
32	vii
33	iv
34	viii
35	productive
36	perfectionists
37	dissatisfied
38	TRUE
39	FALSE
40	NOT GIVEN

Questions 27–34: Matching Headings

Q	Question	Answer	Why
27	Section A	vi	Heading vi best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
28	Section B	i	Heading i best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
29	Section C	iii	Heading iii best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
30	Section D	ii	Heading ii best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
31	Section E	ix	Heading ix best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
32	Section F	vii	Heading vii best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
33	Section G	iv	Heading iv best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.
34	Section H	viii	Heading viii best sums up the main idea of this paragraph.

Questions 35–37: Sentence Completion

Q	Question	Answer	Why
35	—	productive	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
36	—	perfectionists	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
37	—	dissatisfied	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.

Questions 38–40: True / False / Not Given

Q	Question	Answer	Why
38	Both businesses and people aim at order without really considering its value.	TRUE	The passage agrees with this statement.
39	Innovation is most successful if the people involved have distinct roles.	FALSE	The passage contradicts this statement.
40	Google was inspired to adopt flexibility by the success of General Electric.	NOT GIVEN	The passage gives no clear information to confirm or reject this statement.

Tips for these question types

• Matching headings: read each paragraph for its main idea, not a single detail, and cross out headings once used.
• Completion tasks: check the word limit and the grammar of the gap before you write the answer exactly as it appears in the passage.
• True / False / Not Given: TRUE means the passage says the same thing, FALSE means it says the opposite, and NOT GIVEN means it does not say. Never use your own knowledge.
• 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? Why Companies Should Welcome Disorder covers Questions 27–40, which is 14 questions.

Where is this passage from? It is Reading Passage 3 in Cambridge IELTS 14, Academic Test 2.

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 14 Reading Test 2: all passages
Part 1: Alexander Henderson (1831-1913)  |  Part 2: Back to the Future of Skyscraper Design  |  Part 3: Why Companies Should Welcome Disorder (you are here)

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