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.
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