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Paragraph F
When alternatives are clearly differentiated, adding more options does not typically cause problems. But when options are similar and require careful comparison on multiple dimensions, the cognitive cost of evaluating them rises steeply.
Choose the best answer.
According to the passage, choice overload is most likely to occur when
How to approach Multiple Choice
Multiple choice in IELTS Academic Reading asks you to pick the best answer, sometimes more than one, from a set of options. The distractors are written to look right by reusing words from the passage in a wrong context. Your job is to find the relevant section, then test each option against what the text actually means.
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Read the question stem first
Understand what is being asked before you read the options, so the options do not bias your search.
2
Locate the relevant section
Scan for the keyword or its synonym. Multiple choice usually follows the passage order.
3
Test every option against the text
Check each option for support in the passage. Reject any that is unsupported, only partly true, or true elsewhere but not here.
4
Beware vocabulary traps
A distractor often repeats a word from the passage while changing the meaning. Match the idea, not the word.
5
For multiple answer questions, read the instruction
When asked to choose two or three, mark exactly that number. Too few or too many loses the mark.
Common mistakes to avoid
✗Choosing the option with the most words from the passage.
✓Shared words are often a trap. Pick the option whose meaning the text supports.
✗Selecting an option that is true in the real world but not stated here.
✓Only the passage counts. The answer must be supported by this text.
✗Picking the first option that looks reasonable.
✓Test all options. The best answer is the one with the strongest support, not the first plausible one.
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