Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=>ANSWER: B
1. Received insufficient funding 
Keywords: insufficient, funding 
In paragraphs 4 and 5, the writer says that “Headstart” received substantial funding: 
“A lot of money was poured into it”. “Missouri” also gained a lot of funding, as
described in paragraph 6, Section D: “As a result of the growing research
evidence of the importance of the first three years of a child’s life and the 
disappointing results from that “Headstart” a pilot programme was launched in

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Missouri in the US that focused on parents as the child’s first teachers”.
“Missouri” provided a lot of guidance and support to parents and the children, so it 
could not have received insufficient funding. 
=>ANSWER: D
1. Was designed to improve pre-schooler’s educational development 
Keywords: improve, pre-schooler’s education development 
Paragraph 6, Section D says that “Missouri” “included 380 families who were
about to have their first child” and this programme lasted in 4 years. During
these 4 years, the programme offered training and support to the parents
and medical check-ups for the children. So this programme was designed to 
improve the pre-schooler’s educational development. Pre-school education : 
children’s education before 3 – the age of going to school. In paragraph 4,
Section C, the writer states that “Headstart” “took children into pre-school 
institutions at the age of three and was supposed to help the children of poorer 
families succeed in school.” 
=>ANSWER: C
Questions 11-13: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN 
1. Most “Missouri” programme three-year-olds scored highly in areas such
as listening, speaking, reasoning and interacting with others. 
Keywords: Missouri, scored highly, listening, speaking, reasoning, interacting 
Paragraph 9, Section E reports on the results of the “Missouri” programme. It states 
that: “By the age of three, the children in the programme were
significantly more advanced in language development than their peers, had

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made greater strides in problem solving and other intellectual skills, and were 
further along in social development.” 
+ scored highly = advanced