An Ancient Cave Interests Scientists - Test 4

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English First 3, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

occupied

stayed

settled

remained

built

found

used

made

heavy

fixed

solid

dense

conclude

detect

notice

determine

came

looked

went

fell

out

in

off

back

last

previously

once

formerly

enquiring

looking

seeking

chasing

At the base of a hill in South Africa, a cluster of huge stones (0) ___ the entrance to one of humanity's oldest known dwelling places. In fact, humans have (1) ___ Wonderwerk Cave for 2 million years – most recently in the early 1900s, when a farming family (2) ___ it their home. Wonderwerk holds another distinction as well: the cave contains the earliest (3) ___ evidence that our ancient ancestors were using fire for cooking. Like many archaeological finds, this one was accidental. Researchers were trying to (4) ___ the age of primitive stone tools that had been unearthed in the cave. In the process, they (5) ___ across the ashes of a campfire containing what turned (6) ___ to be remains of food a million years ago. That was 200,000 years older than any (7) ___ discovered remnants of human-controlled fire. At Wonderwerk, the researchers are digging ever deeper, analysing soil up to 1.8 million years old, (8) ___ evidence of even older fires.

An ancient cave interests scientists

points

marks

shows

finds

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