Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 7 – TEST 1 – PASSAGE 2
MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT 
EDUCATING PSYCHE 
QUESTIONS 27 -30 CHOOSE THE CORRECT LETTER 
27. THE BOOK EDUCATING PSYCHE IS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH 
Keywords: Educating Psyche, mainly 
In the first paragraph,the writer says: ” Educating Psyche by Bernie Neville is a book which looks at 
radical new approaches to learning, describing the effect of emotion, imagination and the unconscious 
on learning.” So in can be inferred that the main content of the book is about new approaches to 
learning. The possible answers that contain keywords relating to “approaches” is B. A particular 
technique for learning based on emotions and D. Ways of learning which are not traditional. However, 
answer B focuses only one technique – based on emotions – while according to the above text, the 
book deals not only with emotions but also the effect of imagination and the unconscious on learning. 
Therefore the answer is D: ways of learning which are not traditional. 

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+ ways of learning= approaches to learning =techniques for learning 
+ not traditional = new 
=> ANSWER: D 
28. LOZANOV‟S THEORY CLAIMS THAT, WHEN WE TRY TO 
REMEMBER THINGS, 
Keywords: Lozanov”s theory, remember 
In paragraph 2, the writer explains : ” Lozanov‟s instructional technique is based on the evidence that 
the connections made in the brain through unconscious processing are more durable than those made 
through conscious processing”. Then he continues to explain more about the theory ” …we know 
from our experience that we often remember what we have perceived peripherally, long after we have 
forgotten what we set out to learn.” This means that when we try to remember things, our brains find it 
difficult to remember connections between the things which we want to learn, but find it easier to 
recall connections between the unimportant things that we do not try to learn. Therefore the answer is 
A: unimportant details are easiest to recall 
+ unimportant details can be understood as what we have perceived peripherally 
+ unimportant= peripheral 
+ remember = recall 
+ unimportant details stay longer in our memory than important ones, even when we perceive them 
peripherally, so they are easiest to recall. 
=> ANSWER: A 
29. IN THIS PASSAGE, THE AUTHOR USES THE EXAMPLES OF A BOOK 
AND A LECTURE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT 
Keywords: examples, book, lecture 
In paragraph 2 the writer says : ” If we think of a book we studied months or years ago, we find it 
easier to recall peripheral details…than the content on which we were concentrating. If we think of a 
lecture we listened to with great concentration,we will recall the lecturer‟s appearance and 
mannerism…much more easily than the ideas we went to learn.” Both examples indicate that we recall 
unimportant things more easily than we recall things we intend to learn. This supports Lozanov‟s 
theory. Therefore, these examples support the idea that his theory is valid. 
So the answer is B: His theory about methods of learning is valid 
=> ANSWER: B 
30. LOZANOV CLAIMS THAT TEACHERS SHOULD TRAIN STUDENTS 
TO 
Keywords: Lozanov, teacher, train,students 
In paragraph 3, the writer states: “Lozanovtherefore made indirect instruction (suggestion) central to 
his teaching system. In suggestopedia, as he called his method, consciousness is shifted away from 
the curriculum to focus on something peripheral. The curriculum then become peripheral and is dealt 
with by the reserve capacity of the brain.” 
This means that he suggests making the curriculum peripheral by focusing on something else, in order 
to remember the curriculum better. 
Therefore the most suitable answer is C: Think about something other than the curriculum content. 
+ think about=focus on 
=> ANSWER: C 
QUESTIONS 31-36 TRUE/ FALSE / NOT GIVEN 

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31. IN THE EXAMPLES OF SUGGESTOPEDIC TEACHING IN THE 
FOURTH PARAGRAPH, THE ONLY VARIABLE THAT CHANGES IS THE 
MUSIC. 
Keywords: suggestopedic teaching, variable, changes, music 
In the paragraph 4, the writer says: “… In the first part, the music is classical and the teacher reads the 
text slowly and solemnly, with attention to the dynamic of the music”. ” In the second part, they listen 
to baroque music while the teacher reads the text in a normal speaking voice.” In addition, the 
paragraph also tells us that in the first part, students “follow the text in their books..” but in the second