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IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 18 — Test 2

Stonehenge: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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For centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the many mysteries of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument that took an estimated 1,500 years to erect.Located on Salisbury Plain in southern England, it is comprised of roughly 100 massive upright stones placed in a circular layout. Archaeologists believe England's most iconic prehistoric ruin was built in several stages, with the earliest constructed 5,000 or more years ago.First, Neolithic* Britons used primitive tools, which may have been fashioned out of deer antlers, to dig a massive circular ditch and bank, or henge.Deep pits dating back to that era and located within the circle may have once held a ring of timber posts,…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    antlers / deer antlers Note completion

  2. 2

    posts / timber posts Note completion

  3. 3

    tree trunks Note completion

  4. 4

    oxen Note completion

  5. 5

    glaciers Note completion

  6. 6

    druids Note completion

  7. 7

    burial / burial ground Note completion

  8. 8

    calendar Note completion

  9. 9

    During the third phase of construction, sandstone slabs were placed in both the outer areas and the middle of the Stonehenge site.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  10. 10

    There is scientific proof that the bluestones stood in the same spot until approximately 1600 BCE.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  11. 11

    John Aubrey's claim about Stonehenge was supported by 20th-century findings.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  12. 12

    Objects discovered at Stonehenge seem to indicate that it was constructed by a number of different groups of people.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  13. 13

    Criticism of Gerald Hawkins' theory about Stonehenge has come mainly from other astronomers.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

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