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Stonehenge Village

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village near Stonehenge where the builders of the mysterious stone circle are believed to have lived. The village dates back around 4,600 years, the same age as Stonehenge. The village was located less than 2 miles from Stonehenge and was enclosed by a massive circular earthwork. Artifacts found at the site included jewelry, stone tools, and animal bones.

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Stonehenge Village

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a large prehistoric village near Stonehenge where the builders of the mysterious stone circle are believed to have lived. The village dates back around 4,600 years, the same age as Stonehenge. The village was located less than 2 miles from Stonehenge and was enclosed by a massive circular earthwork. Artifacts found at the site included jewelry, stone tools, and animal bones.

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Task 5
Read the text below. For questions (23–32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Stonehenge Village

Archaeologists digging near Stonehenge last year (23) __________ the remains of a large
prehistoric village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live.
The village was shown to be about 4,600 years old, the same (24) __________ as Stonehenge
and as old as the pyramids in Egypt. The village is less than 2 miles from Stonehenge and
(25) __________ inside a massive manmade circular earthwork.
Remains found at the site (26) __________ jewelry, stone arrowheads, tools made of deer
antlers, and huge amounts of animal bones and broken pottery.
An old road which (27) __________ from the village to a river called the Avon was also
unearthed.
The experts believe Stonehenge was like a cemetery where (28) __________ Britons buried
the dead and remembered their ancestors. “The theory is that Stonehenge is a kind of spirit
home to the ancestors,” Parker Pearson says.
Next to the village there was a giant wooden version of the famous stone circle. Archaeologists
(29) __________ this timber circle, which was only temporary because it eventually rotted
away, was a symbol of life. Stonehenge, on the other (30) __________, was a permanent
symbol of the afterlife.
Parker Pearson says the recent discoveries made around the (31) __________ found village
show that Stonehenge didn’t stand alone but was a part of a much bigger religious site. People
still keep worshiping and celebrating at Stonehenge today. They meet there when the sun sets
on the shortest day of winter and when it (32) __________ on the longest day of summer.

23 A discovered B picked C met D watched


24 A condition B age C state D time
25 A spreads B settles C stays D lies
26 A covered B included C involved D engaged
27 A led B followed C moved D directed
28 A last B former C antique D ancient
29 A tell B claim C speak D talk
30 A hand B side C thing D part
31 A frequently B freshly C newly D regularly
32 A stands B grows C rises D climbs

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