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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 19 — Test 1

The pirates of the ancient Mediterranean: Reading answers

Answers to questions 14–26 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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In the first and second millennia BCE, pirates sailed around the Mediterranean, attacking ships and avoiding pursuers A When one mentions pirates, an image springs to most people's minds of a crew of misfits, daredevils and adventurers in command of a tall sailing ship in the Caribbean Sea.Yet from the first to the third millennium BCE, thousands of years before these swashbucklers began spreading fear across the Caribbean, pirates prowled the Mediterranean, raiding merchant ships and threatening vital trade routes.However, despite all efforts and the might of various ancient states, piracy could not be stopped.The situation remained unchanged for thousands of years.Only when the pirates…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    a reference to a denial of involvement in piracy

    D Matching information

  2. 15

    details of how a campaign to eradicate piracy was carried out

    G Matching information

  3. 16

    a mention of the circumstances in which states in the ancient world would make use of pirates

    C Matching information

  4. 17

    a reference to how people today commonly view pirates

    A Matching information

  5. 18

    an explanation of how some people were encouraged not to return to piracy

    G Matching information

  6. 19

    a mention of the need for many sailing vessels to stay relatively close to land

    B Matching information

  7. 20

    B: They managed to escape capture by the authorities because they knew the area so well. Multiple answer

  8. 21

    D: They depended more on the sea for their livelihood than on farming. Multiple answer

  9. 22

    C: Important officials were known to occasionally take part in piracy. Multiple answer

  10. 23

    E: A favourable view of piracy is evident in certain ancient Greek texts. Multiple answer

  11. 24

    grain Note completion

  12. 25

    punishment Note completion

  13. 26

    ransom Note completion

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