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Roman settlements [= he had investigated Roman coming out of the furnace was not trapped and
settlements in other locations]’. We are then told restricted. Instead its [= the hot air’s] distribution
that ‘He was keen to start excavations at Hensham’ around the pilae and under the floor was free
but there is not enough information to tell us about flowing.’
Durrand’s expectations of what they might dig up 10 concrete: ‘Floor tiles were not placed directly onto
there. the pilae but separated by a layer of concrete, or at
4 FALSE: The writer tells us that the team ‘looked least a primitive version of it.’
for evidence that might indicate whether the villa 11 hollow bricks: ‘The walls of the rooms above the
had been attacked and purposely demolished [= heating system were made of bricks, but the key
deliberately destroyed], or fallen into a such a poor point here is that they were hollow, in order to
state that it eventually collapsed [= fallen down allow heat to rise around the rooms and provide
because it was in bad condition]’. The writer then insulation.’ (Both words are needed here as it is the
explains that the team ‘decided on the latter hollow aspect of the bricks which made the walls
[= concluded it was the second option]’. well insulated.)
5 nOT giVEn: Although the writer mentions that 12 gas: ‘The principal reason for including the pipes
a ‘noble Roman family’ would once have lived at was to let out [= allow to escape] air through a vent
the villa, he does not provide any information or in the roof once it had cooled down [= become cold
speculate about the likely owner of the beads. The air]. What the Romans may not have realised . . . was
only comment from Durrand is that they are a find that gas . . . was expelled [= allowed to escape] in
which ‘contributes to the story’ – meaning that they this way too. In high doses, it [= the gas] could have
might eventually help archaeologists understand been lethal [= dangerous enough to cause death] if
more about the villa and its residents. it had leaked into the upper levels.’
6 FALSE: The writer explains that ‘On one [= a 13 indoor climate: ‘They [= the tiles] would certainly
foundation stone] is carved what the archaeologists have felt warm underfoot and helped generate
have made out to be [= see with difficulty] a Latin an indoor climate that the family could relax in
inscription. But as the stone itself has endured [= would find comfortable].’ (Both words are
centuries of erosion, the team has yet to work out necessary here as ‘climate’ by itself usually refers to
[= have not yet understood] what it says.’ the general weather conditions of a country.)
7 TRUE: We are told that ‘Although incomplete,
enough pieces [= of the mosaic] remain to show READing PASSAgE 2
a geometrical pattern and stylised fish. From this Questions 14–26
Durrand assumes [= believes] that a bath house 14 C: ‘it appears that adults typically [= the average
would have been a feature of the villa. While person] tell two major lies per day [= frequency
his team have so far not found any hard proof of lies], and that one third [= frequency] of adult
[= evidence] of this, Durrand is confident it [= his conversations contain an element of dishonesty.
belief that the villa contained a bath house] will turn Other research indicates that spouses lie in one
out to be the case [= be proved correct].’ out of every 10 [= a further detail about frequency]
8 twigs: ‘it is more likely that twigs would have been interactions.’
gathered from surrounding woodland instead.’ The 15 E: ‘Paul Ekman . . . has invited a range of experts
text also says, ‘Another fuel source used in some [= various professional groups] to view videos of
Roman hypocausts was charcoal, but evidence for people telling lies and of others telling the truth.
this at Hensham has not presented itself.’ Among the experts have been judges, psychiatrists
Distraction ‘branches’ is wrong because ‘these and people who operate polygraph machines for
would have taken too long to produce the police investigations.’
heat required’. ‘charcoal’ is wrong because 16 F: ‘when people write fake reviews of, say, a hotel
archaeologists say this wasn’t used at Hensham. or restaurant . . . ‘I’ [= the writers are referring to
Note that the space also requires a plural form themselves] features again and again [= happens
(because it is followed by ‘were’) – so ‘charcoal’ frequently] as they attempt to convince us that
would not fit here. their experience was real [= an explanation for this
9 distribution: ‘Known as pilae, these stones stood behaviour].’
approximately two feet high. The gap this created 17 D: ‘our motives for lying [= reasons why we choose
[= the height of the pilae] meant that the hot air to lie]. By far the most common is our desire to