Questions 14–26 14 The correct answer is D: The text says, ‘Hunters would have easily misplaced arrows and
they often discarded broken bows rather than take them all the way home.’ This sentence
gives two reasons why hunters left weapons in the mountains: it explains about arrows that
were ‘misplaced’ – in other words, lost – and bows that hunters threw away because they were
broken.
A is incorrect: Section A refers to ancient arrows being found on mountains, but it does
not explain why they were left there.
15 The correct answer is C: The text quotes Barrett saying, ‘Fieldwork is hard work – hiking
with all our equipment, often camping on permafrost’. The term ‘fieldwork’ refers to the work
of archaeologists when they go to excavate ancient sites looking for evidence.
F is incorrect: Section F mentions the difficulty of travelling in the mountains, but this refers to travel in the
ancient past: it does not refer to present-day archaeological expeditions.
16 The correct answer is F: The text quotes Barrett referring to ‘failing agricultural harvests in
time of low temperatures’ and then says, ‘A colder turn in the Scandinavian climate would likely
have meant widespread crop failures’. These are both explanations about the climate becoming
too cold to grow food successfully.
17 The correct answer is H: The text says that ‘archaeologists could be extracting some of
those artefacts from retreating ice in years to come’. The phrase ‘in years to come’ means
in the future.
18 The correct answer is G: The text refers to ‘a booming demand for hides to fight off
the cold, as well as antlers to make useful things like combs.’ Hides (animal skins) and antlers
are examples of two animal products which people needed and which hunters would
have traded.
