Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
13.IT IS LEGITIMATE FOR DRUG COMPANIES TO MAKE MONEY 
Keywords: legitimate, drug companies, make money 
In the last paragraph, it is written that “In the end the fact remains that pharmaceutical companies have 
every right to make a profit”. 
+ drug companies = pharmaceutical companies 
+ make money = make a profit 
=> ANSWER: YES 
 
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 6 – TEST 4 – PASSAGE 1
DOCTORING SALES 
DO LITERATE WOMEN MAKE BETTER MOTHERS? 
QUESTIONS 14-18: COMPLETE THE SUMMARY USING THE LIST 
OF WORDS 
14.THE NICARAGUAN NATIONAL LITERACY CRUSADE AIMED TO
TEACH LARGE NUMBERS OF ILLITERATE… TO READ AND WRITE. 
Keywords: Nicaraguan National Literacy Crusade, large numbers, illiterate 

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Paragraph 3 refers to a National Literacy Crusade (which can be referred to as the Nicaraguan National 
Literacy Crusade) and “about 300,000 illiterate adults… had learnt how to read, write and use 
numbers.” The word “adults” here means both “men and women”. 
+ illiterate = not able to read or write 
=> ANSWER: B
15.PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS T
HAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CHILD HEALTH AND… 
Keywords: Public health experts, many years, connection, child health 
In the first paragraph, it is written that “Children in developing countries are healthier and more likely 
to survive past the age of 5 when their mothers can read and write. Experts in public health accepted 
this idea decades ago…”. “Mothers can read and write” can be referred to as “literate mothers” => 
generally speaking, “maternal literacy”. 
=> ANSWER: F
16.HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN KNOWN WHETHER 
THESE TWO FACTORS WERE DIRECTLY LINKED OR NOT. THIS 
QUESTION HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY… IN NICARAGUA. 
Keywords: investigate, in Nicaragua 
In paragraph 4, the writer mentions that “researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 
the Central American Institute of Health in Nicaragua, the National Autonomous University of 
Nicaragua and the Costa Rican Institute of Health interviewed…”. Therefore, the research was 
conducted by “an international research team”.