Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

halfway along a section 
so that people have to walk all along 
the aisle looking for them. The idea is to 
boost 
‘dwell time’: the length of time people 
spend in a store.
Explanation: 
central areas of aisles = halfway along a section
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Questions 5 – 10 
Q 5. The ‘greeters’ at Walmart increase sales.
Meaning:
 Does sales increase because of the ‘greeters’ Walmart? Can they help to 
increase sales?
Part of the passage:
 
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, famously employs 
‘greeters’ 
at the entrance to its stores. A friendly welcome is said to 
cut shoplifting
. It is harder to 
steal from nice people.
Answer: 
Not Given
Explanation:
The text says it cuts (decreases) shoplifting, but there is 
no enough infor-
mation to conclude that having ‘greeters’ increases sales. Maybe it does, maybe it 
does not. 
We don’t know it for sure.
Q 6. 
People feel better about their shopping if they buy fruit and vegetables be-
fore they buy other food.
Meaning:
Does it feel better to buy fruit and vegetables before buying other food while 
shopping at a supermarket?
Part of the passage:
 
Fruit and vegetables can be easily damaged, so they should be 
bought at the end, not the beginning, of a shopping trip. But psychology is at work here: 
selecting 
these 
items