Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

4. Answer: NOT GIVEN
Explain 
· Key words: slow, language, development, children, disappointing, parents 
· The information about parents and their children‟s language development can be found in 
paragraph B. While the author mentions parents making “corrections” to the children‟s speech at 
certain ages, there is nothing said about how parents feel towards slow language development. 
· This statement is therefore 
NOT GIVEN
. 
5. Answer: NO
Explain 
· Key words: expectations, children, gain, education, universal 
· Paragraph E suggests that people‟s “expectations for intellectual performances differ for children 
of different ages” and of different cultures. 
Therefore, these expectations are not universal (universal = common in the world). The statement 
contradicts the author‟s claims, so 
· The answer is 
NO
. 
6. Answer: YES
Explain 
· Key words: scholars, discuss, theories, without, understanding 
· The last sentence of paragraph J states that: “Until scholars are able to discuss their implicit 
theories and thus their assumptions, they are likely to miss the point of what others are saying”. The 
expression “miss the point” here has a similar meaning to “not fully understand”, so this sentence 
means that scholars usually discuss their own theories without fully understanding other scholars. 
· The answer is therefore 
YES.
7. Answer: B
Explain 
· Key words: desirable, same, possibilities, everyone 

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· The first sentence of paragraph H includes the statement: “the Jeffersonian view is that people 
should have equal opportunities.” Later in the paragraph, we find: “In the Jeffersonian view, the goal 
of education is not to favor or foster an elite…” 
· Same = equal 
· Possibilities = opportunities 
· Thus, the idea that „It is desirable for the same possibilities to be open to everyone‟ belongs to 
Jeffersonian view. 
· The answer is