Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=>ANSWER: E
Questions 5-10: Write the correct letter A, B, C, or D. 
1. the “Headstart” programme 
2. the “Missouri” programme 
3. both the “Headstart” and the “Missouri” programmes 
4. neither the “Headstart” nor the “Headstart” programme 
1. Was administered to a variety of poor and wealthy families 

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Keywords: administered, variety, poor, wealthy families 
Section D discusses the „Missouri‟ programme. In paragraph 6 in Section
D, the writer says that: “The four-year pilot study included 380 families who
were about to have their first child and who represented a cross-section of 
socio-economic status, age and family configurations.” a variety of poor and wealthy 
families = a cross-section of socio-economic status 
And in paragraph 9 in Section E, the writer states that “At the age of three,
the children who had been involved in the „Missouri‟ programme were
evaluated alongside a cross-section of children selected from the same range of 
socio-economic backgrounds and family situations” 
=>ANSWER: B
1. Continued with follow-up assistance in elementary schools 
Keywords: follow-up assistance, elementary schools. 
Both the “Headstart” and “Missouri” programmes focused on children’s early 
education before the age of three. So neither “Headstart” nor “Missouri” 
continued with further assistance in elementary schools. 
=>ANSWER: D
1. Did not succeed in its aim 
Keywords: not succeed, aim 
Paragraph 5 of Section C reports on the „Headstart‟ programme and its
failure: “Despite substantial funding, results have been disappointing”. 
+ not succeed in its aim = results have been disappointing 

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=>ANSWER: A
1. Dupplied many forms of support and training to parents 
Keywords: support, training, parents 
We can see that “Headstart” did not provide support and training to parents, as 
stated in paragraph 5, Section C that: “Second, the parents were not involved. At the 
end of each day, “Headstart” children returned to the same disadvantaged home 
environment”. 
The parents were not involved: parents were not the subject of the programme. 
„Headstart‟ only took children at the age of three to pre-school institutions and 
taught them in schools. However, the “Missouri” programme offered support and 
training to parents, as indicated in paragraphs 6 and 7, Section D: “a pilot 
programme was launched in Missouri in the US that focused on parents as the
child’s first teachers… The programme involved trained parent-educators
visiting the parent’s home and working with the parent, or parents, and the
child. Information on child development, and guidance on things to look for and
expect as the child grows were provided, plus guidance in fostering the child’s 
intellectual, language, social and motor-skill development.”