Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=> ANSWER: FALSE
1. It took into account subtleties of meaning 
In paragraph 6, the writer says: ” Johnson treated English very practically, as a living 
language, with many different shades of meaning.” So it can be inferred that 
Johnson must have taken into account subtleties of meaning in order to deal with 
many different shades, or small differences, of meaning. Subtlety (subtleties) : a fine 
distinction or the ability to make such a distinction 
=> ANSWER: TRUE
1. Its definitions were famous for their originality 
In paragraph 6, the writer states: “He did not expect to achieve complete originality” 
=> ANSWER: FALSE
1. Having rented the garret, he took on a number of …, who stood at a long 
central desk. 

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Keywords: garret, a number of, stood, long central desk 
In paragraph 5, the first sentence, the writer says: “James Boswell, his biographer, 
describes the garret where Johnson worked as fitted up like a counting house” with 
a long desk running down the middle at which the copy clerks would work standing 
up.” 
– central=running down the middle 
– stood=standing up 
=> ANSWER: clerks/copy clerks
1. Johnson did not have a … available to him, but eventually produced 
definitions of in excess of 40,000 words…. 
Keywords: definitions, 40,000 words 
In paragraph 6, the writer states that: (….and without a library to hand), Johnson 
wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words…. 
– in excess of=over 
=> ANSWER: library
1. Acording to his biographer, James Boswell, Johnson‟s principal achievement 
was to bring… to the English language. 
Keywords: James Boswell, principal achievement, English language 
In paragraph 8, the writer says: ” It is the cornerstone of Standard English, an 
achievement which, in James Boswell‟s words, “conferred stability on the language 
of his country” 

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