Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=>ANSWER: G
QUESTIONS 32-40: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN 

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32.FOR THE EARLIEST TRIBES, THE CONCEPT OF SUFFICIENCY WAS 
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CONCEPT OF QUANTITY. 
Keywords: earliest tribes, sufficiency, quantity 
The period of time “earliest tribes” is mentioned in the second paragraph: “Even the earliest of 
tribes…..their considerations would have been more of the kind Is this enough?rather than How 
many?…….” “Is this enough?” refers to the concept of sufficiency, while “How many?” refers to the 
concept of quantity. So, the statement is true. 
=>ANSWER: TRUE
33.INDIGENOUS TASMANIANS USED ONLY FOUR TERMS TO 
INDICATE NUMBERS OF OBJECTS. 
Keywords: Indigenous Tasmanians 
It is stated in the third paragraph that: “The indigenous peoples of Tasmania were only able to count 
one, two, many….” So there are only three terms: one, two and many. 
=>ANSWER: FALSE
+ The statement is false. 
+ Tasmanians = peoples of Tasmania 
34.SOME PEOPLED WITH SIMPLE NUMBER SYSTEMS USE BODY L
ANGUAGE TO PREVENT MISUNDERSTANDING OF EXPRESSIONS OF 
NUMBERS. 
Keywords: body language, misunderstanding 
It is stated in the third paragraph that: “But in real situations the number and words are often 
accompanied by gestures to help resolve any confusion.” The writer then describes a specific example 
of a situation using body language to express number. 
+ body language ~ gestures 
+ prevent misunderstanding ~ resolve any confusion 
So the statement is true. 
=>ANSWER: TRUE
35.ALL CULTURES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS LARGE NUMBERS 
CLEARLY. 
Keywords: cultures, large numbers 
In paragraph 4, the writer points out that: “The lack of ability of some cultures to deal with large 
numbers is not really surprising.” 
Therefore, some cultures have not been able to express large numbers clearly. 

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+ express large numbers = deal with large numbers 
=>ANSWER: FALSE
36.THE WORD “THOUSAND” HAS ANGLO-SAXON ORIGINS. 
Keywords: thousand, Anglo-Saxon 
The writer refers to the Anglo-Saxon language in paragraph 4.He makes a list of words and their 
origins. Only the numbers 10 and 100 are mentioned, but “thousand” is not referred to.