Test 11 passage1 The Rise and Fall of the British Textile Industry

most of these caves
were not painted in one go” That means 
the painting was not finished in a short period of time, not that “
undiscovered
for 
thousands of years.”. So A is wrong
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“We have found that most of these caves were not painted in one go, but the painting 
spanned up to 20,000 years. This goes against what the archaeologists who excavated 
in 
the 
caves 
found”
This means predecessors had to spend a long time to finish the painting, which is 
opposite to the thought of some archaeologists, who did excavated in the past. So 
there’s nothing related to regretful that ‘archaeologists should not have 
excavated
the 
caves at all’. B is wrong
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C and D express two opposite views that means there is a huge likely sign that one of 
these two options is the correct answer. So the main point is: whether the one who 
painted 
the 
cave 
lived 
in 
the 
cave 
or 
not. 
“It seems the caves they lived in were elsewhere and there was something special 
about 
the 
painted 
caves.” 
The caves they lived in were elsewhere = the caves were uninhabited 
C is correct 
The correct answer is C

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7. 
The word ‘uranium’ is located in paragraph 7
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Previously used for other purposes ~ Originially developed to date rock formations. So 
A is correct 
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“Dr Pike and his team were able to date the paintings using a technique known as uranium 
series 
dating, 
which 
was 
originally 
developed 
by 
geologists
” 
invented 
= 
original 
developed 
The method was invented by geologists while Dr Pike is an archaeologist. So B is wrong 
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“Which was originally developed by geologists to date rock formations such as 
stalactites
and 
stalagmites 
in 
caves” 
Some students might scan this word ‘stalactites’ in the paragraph and immediately 
choose C, which is incorrect. Be careful that ‘stalactites’ is just an example for the 
previous use of uranium series dating. 
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Answer D: there is no evidence about this in the paragraph.