Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> ANSWER: FALSE
10. JOHNSON HAD BEEN PLANNING TO WRITE A DICTIONARY FOR 
SEVERAL YEARS. 
Keywords: Johnson, planning, a dictionary, several years 
In paragraph 4, we are simply told that: “Johnson decided that he did not need an academy to settle 
arguments about language; he would write a dictionary himself….” There is no mention of how many 
years Johnson had been planning this task. 
=> ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
11. JOHNSON SET UP AN ACADEMY TO HELP WITH THE WRITING OF 
HIS DICTIONARY. 
Keywords: academy, help with the writing,, its completion 
In paragraph 4, the writer states : ” Johnson decided he did not need an academy to settle arguments 
about language: he would write a dictionary himself; and he would do it single-handed.” 
=> ANSWER: FALSE
12. JOHNSON ONLY RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR HIS DICTIONARY ON 
ITS COMPLETION. 
Keywords: payment, completion 
Paragraph 4 continues: ” He was to be paid $1575 in instalments, and from this he took money to rent 
17 Gough Square, in which he set up his dictionary workshop”. So, Johnson received regular 
payments in order for him to continue working on the dictionary. Instalment: a partial portion of 
money to be paid over designated period of time, ex: a month, a year. 
=> ANSWER: FALSE
13. NOT ALL OF THE ASSISTANTS SURVIVED TO SEE THE 
PUBLICATION OF THE DICTIONARY. 
Key words : Not all, assistants, survived, publication 

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In the last sentence of paragraph 5, the writer says: ” He was also helped by six assistants, two of 
whom died whilst the Dictionary was still in preparation”. 
=> ANSWER: TRUE 
 
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 5 – TEST 1 – PASSAGE 1
JOHNSON‟S DICTIONARY 
NATURE OR NURTURE? 
QUESTIONS 14-19: 
Which paragraph contains the following information: 
14. A BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF THE TEACHER-SUBJECTS‟ 
BEHAVIOUR 
Keywords: biological, teacher-subjects 
In paragraph F, the first sentence, the writer states: ” One‟s first inclination might be to argue that 
there must be some sort of built-in animal aggression instinct that was activated by the experiment, and 
that Milgram‟s teacher-subjects were just following a genetic need …..” 
– might be to argue = to explain 
– animal instinct, genetic need = biological factors