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Roman settlements [= he had investigated Roman
settlements in other locations]’. We are then told
that ‘He was keen to start excavations at Hensham’
but there is not enough information to tell us about
Durrand’s expectations of what they might dig up
there.
4 FALSE: The writer tells us that the team ‘looked
for evidence that might indicate whether the villa
had been attacked and purposely demolished [=
deliberately destroyed], or fallen into a such a poor
state that it eventually collapsed [= fallen down
because it was in bad condition]’. The writer then
explains that the team ‘decided on the latter
[= concluded it was the second option]’.
5 NOT giVEN: Although the writer mentions that
a ‘noble Roman family’ would once have lived at
the villa, he does not provide any information or
speculate about the likely owner of the beads. The
only comment from Durrand is that they are a find
which ‘contributes to the story’ – meaning that they
might eventually help archaeologists understand
more about the villa and its residents.
6 FALSE: The writer explains that ‘On one [= a
foundation stone] is carved what the archaeologists
have made out to be [= see with difficulty] a Latin
inscription. But as the stone itself has endured
centuries of erosion, the team has yet to work out
[= have not yet understood] what it says.’
7 TRUE: We are told that ‘Although incomplete,
enough pieces [= of the mosaic] remain to show
a geometrical pattern and stylised fish. From this
Durrand assumes [= believes] that a bath house
would have been a feature of the villa. While
his team have so far not found any hard proof
[= evidence] of this, Durrand is confident it [= his
belief that the villa contained a bath house] will turn
out to be the case [= be proved correct].’
8 twigs: ‘it is more likely that twigs would have been
gathered from surrounding woodland instead.’ The
text also says, ‘Another fuel source used in some
Roman hypocausts was charcoal, but evidence for
this at Hensham has not presented itself.’
Distraction ‘branches’ is wrong because ‘these
would have taken too long to produce the
heat required’. ‘charcoal’ is wrong because
archaeologists say this wasn’t used at Hensham.
Note that the space also requires a plural form
(because it is followed by ‘were’) – so ‘charcoal’
would not fit here.
9 distribution: ‘Known as pilae, these stones stood
approximately two feet high. The gap this created
[= the height of the pilae] meant that the hot air
coming out of the furnace was not trapped and
restricted. Instead its [= the hot air’s] distribution
around the pilae and under the floor was free
flowing.’
10 concrete: ‘Floor tiles were not placed directly onto
the pilae but separated by a layer of concrete, or at
least a primitive version of it.’
11 hollow bricks: ‘The walls of the rooms above the
heating system were made of bricks, but the key
point here is that they were hollow, in order to
allow heat to rise around the rooms and provide
insulation.’ (Both words are needed here as it is the
hollow aspect of the bricks which made the walls
well insulated.)
12 gas: ‘The principal reason for including the pipes
was to let out [= allow to escape] air through a vent
in the roof once it had cooled down [= become cold
air]. What the Romans may not have realised . . . was
that gas . . . was expelled [= allowed to escape] in
this way too. In high doses, it [= the gas] could have
been lethal [= dangerous enough to cause death] if
it had leaked into the upper levels.’
13 indoor climate: ‘They [= the tiles] would certainly
have felt warm underfoot and helped generate
an indoor climate that the family could relax in
[= would find comfortable].’ (Both words are
necessary here as ‘climate’ by itself usually refers to
the general weather conditions of a country.)
READing PASSAge 2
Questions 14–26
14 C: ‘it appears that adults typically [= the average
person] tell two major lies per day [= frequency
of lies], and that one third [= frequency] of adult
conversations contain an element of dishonesty.
Other research indicates that spouses lie in one
out of every 10 [= a further detail about frequency]
interactions.’
15 E: ‘Paul Ekman . . . has invited a range of experts
[= various professional groups] to view videos of
people telling lies and of others telling the truth.
Among the experts have been judges, psychiatrists
and people who operate polygraph machines for
police investigations.’
16 F: ‘when people write fake reviews of, say, a hotel
or restaurant . . . ‘I’ [= the writers are referring to
themselves] features again and again [= happens
frequently] as they attempt to convince us that
their experience was real [= an explanation for this
behaviour].’
17 D: ‘our motives for lying [= reasons why we choose
to lie]. By far the most common is our desire to
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