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F Geoff Hawtin
Questions 11-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 11-13 on your
answer sheet, write
TRUE
if the statement is true
FALSE
if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN
if the information is not given in the passage
11. Banana is
the oldesrt known fruit
12. Gros Michel is still being used as a commercial product
13. Banana is a main food in some countries
SECTION 2
Computer Provides More Questions
Than Answers
A
The island of Antikythera lies 18 miles north of Crete, where the Aegean Sea meets the
Mediterranean. Currents there can make shipping treacherous and one ship bound for
ancient Rome never made it. The ship that sank there was a giant cargo vessel measuring
nearly 500 feet long. It came to rest about 200 feet below the surface, where it stayed for
more than 2,000 years until divers looking for sponges discovered the wreck a little more
than a century ago.
B
Inside the hull were a number of bronze and marble statues. From the look of things,
the ship seemed to be carrying luxury items, probably made in various Greek islands and
bound for wealthy patrons in the growing Roman Empire. The statues were retrieved,
along with a lot of other unimportant stuff, and stored. Nine months later, an enterprising