Questions –13 The correct answer is false

40 The correct answer is ‘sheep’: 
The lecturer gives ‘watching over sheep’ as an example of 
the activities people used to do while knitting. 
‘Children’ and ‘boats’ are incorrect
as although 
they are mentioned, nothing is said about knitters looking after them.
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Test 4 answer key with extra explanations
Reading
Reading Passage 1
Questions 1–13
1 The correct answer is ‘posts’: 
In the first paragraph, the text describes the ‘
qanat
method’ 
of construction, ‘which consisted of placing posts over a hill in a straight line, to ensure that the 
tunnel kept to its route’. This means that the posts were placed to direct the tunnelling. ‘
Shafts’ 
is incorrect:
The text says that the shafts were dug down into the ground after the posts were 
put in position.
2 The correct answer is ‘canal’: 
In the first paragraph, the text says, ‘Once the tunnel was 
completed, it allowed water to flow from the top of a hillside down towards a canal, which 
supplied water for human use.’ The words ‘flow’ and run have the same meaning in this context, 
and the phrase ‘for human use’ means that the canal supplied water for local people.
3 The correct answer is ‘ventilation’: 
In the first paragraph, the text says, ‘The excavated soil 
was taken up to the surface using the shafts, which also provided ventilation during the work.’ 
This sentence explains two uses of the shafts: for removing earth and also for ventilation. This 
means that workers underground had access to fresh air through the shafts.
4 The correct answer is ‘lid’: 
In the second paragraph, the text describes Roman qanat 
tunnels, saying, ‘The shafts were equipped with handholds and footholds to help those climbing 
in and out of them and were covered with a wooden or stone lid.’