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Answer Table

1.FALSE
2.TRUE
3.FALSE
4.FALSE
5.TRUE
6.J|L
7.J|L
8.H|C
9.H|C
10.I|F
11.I|F
12.D|M
13.D|M
14.TRUE
15.FALSE
16.FALSE
17.NOT GIVEN
18.FALSE
19.NOT GIVEN
20.TRUE
21.IV
22.II
23.VI
24.VIII
25.XI
26.X
27.1973
28.1983
29.1985
30.1998
31.1999
32.TRUE
33.TRUE
34.TRUE
35.NOT GIVEN
36.TRUE
37.NEMEA
38.HIPPODROME
39.RESERVOIR
40.APODYTERION

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Section 1 - Questions 1-13

Questions 1-5: Write TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN.

Questions 6-13: Match the statements with endings A-M. Each pair of questions requires TWO correct endings, accepted in any order.

Interlibrary Loan Service

The Interlibrary Loan Service allows you to find books and journals that the library may not have, at present but other libraries do have. The library can borrow books or journals from other libraries on your behalf. We strive to make your requests successful, so to help us to do so please pay attention to the following directions.

Please make sure the following procedures are followed.

  • Clearly write the name of the book or journal, date and/or volume, and author on the pink sheet of paper titled Interlibrary Request Form.
  • Do not use any quotes or abbreviations for repeated information.
  • Please write each request on a separate pink sheet.
  • Make sure you include your full name, student number, and telephone number on each of the slips.

Allow for at least 10 working days for the material to come. The library will hold located resources for up to one week. There are no repeat requests if you happen to arrive at the library later than one week for your requests. It is your responsibility to check whether the materials have come in.

While many items may be listed that go back many years, the library can only track items that are no more than 10 years old. Also, please remember that fines for overdue requested material are the same as for any material borrowed from the library.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask Ms Friedman or Betty Shipley at the information desk.


Patient Information about Migranal

What does Migranal nasal spray do?

Migranal is used to treat an active migraine headache. It is used by patients who do not get headache relief from other pain relievers. It is not intended to prevent a headache before it occurs. Do not use it to treat common tension headaches.

What should my health care professional know before I use Migranal?

The health care professional needs to know if you have any of these conditions: chest pain or difficulty in breathing, heart or blood vessel disease, high blood pressure, risk factors for heart disease such as smoking and high cholesterol, pregnancy or attempted to get pregnancy, breast-feeding.

How should I use this medicine?

People need specific instructions on the nasal spray's use. You must prepare your nasal sprayer only when you are ready to use it (at the first sign of a migraine headache). It cannot be prepared ahead of time because it becomes unstable in 8 hours and must be discarded. The dose is one spray in each nostril, with the dose repeated in 15 minutes if needed. Each ampule contains one complete dose (4 sprays). Do not use more than 4 total sprays to treat a migraine headache, and use it only when you need it. Do not use extra doses.

What other medicines can interact with dihydroergotamine?

Migranal can interact with any other drug that also causes drowsiness and several other drugs related to treating other diseases. Tell your prescriber about all other medicines you are taking and if you are a frequent user of drinks with caffeine or alcohol, if you smoke, or if you use illegal drugs. These may affect the way your medicine works.

What side effects may I notice from receiving Migranal?

Side effects that you should report to your prescriber as soon as possible are blisters on the hands or feet, muscle pain or cramps, pain, tightness or discomfort in the chest, palpitations or changes in heart rate, swelling or itching, weakness in the legs. Check with your prescriber if you get more frequent or severe headaches after you start using Migranal. Do not use more than prescribed. Side effects that usually do not require medical attention are cold hands or feet, mild dizziness or drowsiness, or nasal congestion.

What do I need to watch for while I receive Migranal?

Migranal works best when you take it at the first sign of a headache. Lie down in a quiet, dark room after a dose until you feel better. Alcohol can make headaches worse or bring on a new headache. Smoking can increase the side-effects of Migranal.

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True / False / Not Given
1. The library will inform you once the book comes in.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The notice says it is your responsibility to check whether the requested material has arrived; the library does not promise to inform you.
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True / False / Not Given
2. The library will allow more than one request at a time.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The instructions repeatedly refer to requests in the plural and require each request to be written on a separate pink sheet, so multiple requests are allowed.
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True / False / Not Given
3. Books or journals will come in within 10 days.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The notice says to allow at least 10 working days. It does not promise arrival within 10 days.
4
True / False / Not Given
4. You must write all the requests down clearly on a single request form.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Each request must be written on a separate pink Interlibrary Request Form, not all on one sheet.
5
True / False / Not Given
5. The time that it takes does not include holidays.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The waiting time is stated as at least 10 working days, so non-working days such as holidays are not counted.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
6. You must consult a doctor at once if you ... (choose one of the TWO correct endings for Questions 6-7)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: J|L
Explanation: The patient information says itching or swelling should be reported promptly and that worsening or more severe headaches after using Migranal should be checked with the prescriber. Therefore J and L are the required pair, in any order.
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7. You must consult a doctor at once if you ... (choose the other correct ending)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: J|L
Explanation: The two correct endings are J and L in any order: persistent itching/swelling is a reportable side effect, and headaches that worsen after starting Migranal should be checked with the prescriber.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
8. You do not need to receive medical attention if you ... (choose one of the TWO correct endings for Questions 8-9)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: H|C
Explanation: The leaflet says mild dizziness or drowsiness and nasal congestion usually do not require medical attention. These correspond to C and H, in any order.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
9. You do not need to receive medical attention if you ... (choose the other correct ending)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: H|C
Explanation: C and H are the required pair in any order because sleepiness/drowsiness and nasal discomfort/congestion are listed among side effects that usually do not require medical attention.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
10. An incorrect way of using Migranal is to ... (choose one of the TWO correct endings for Questions 10-11)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: I|F
Explanation: Migranal may be repeated once after 15 minutes if needed, but it should not be used every 15 minutes continuously, and extra doses must not be taken. Thus I and F are the incorrect-use pair.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
11. An incorrect way of using Migranal is to ... (choose the other correct ending)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: I|F
Explanation: The directions say not to use extra doses and not to keep repeating the spray every 15 minutes. I and F are therefore the required pair, in any order.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
12. You should tell your doctor before using it if you ... (choose one of the TWO correct endings for Questions 12-13)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: D|M
Explanation: Before using Migranal, the patient should tell the health professional about pregnancy and about all other medicines being taken. D and M are the required pair, in any order.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
13. You should tell your doctor before using it if you ... (choose the other correct ending)
  • A inhale it through the nose
  • B get migraine headaches
  • C are sleepy
  • D are taking other drugs
  • E use it with water
  • F increase the dose if you forget to use it
  • G use twice in an 8 hour period
  • H receive some discomfort in the nose
  • I use it every 15 minutes
  • J feel like scratching yourself constantly
  • K get headaches that normal pills cannot seem to help
  • L get headaches that actually get worse after taking Migranal
  • M are pregnant
Answer: D|M
Explanation: The leaflet specifically asks patients to disclose other medicines and pregnancy/attempted pregnancy before using Migranal, so D and M are both correct.

Section 2 - Questions 14-26

Questions 14-20: Write TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN.

Questions 21-26: Choose the most suitable heading I-XI for Paragraphs B-G.

Introduction to the Grounds of Keele University

Keele University is situated in 600 acres of landscaped grounds to the west of the Potteries conurbation in North Staffordshire. These well-wooded grounds with their lakes, streams and formal flower beds support a wealth of wildlife. The surrounding countryside of the Staffordshire/Shropshire/Cheshire borders is also a rich area for the naturalist and rambler, while the majestic gritstone moorland of North Staffordshire and the limestone dales of Derbyshire and northeast Staffordshire are not far away. Of the 600 acres some 300 are leased out as Home Farm. Of the remainder, about half is woodland while the rest comprises the campus buildings and sports fields. The landscape we see today owes much to the work of Ralph Sneyd (1793 to 1870) who began planting on a grand scale in 1830, after inheriting the estate from his father.

Throughout the period of its construction, the university has been careful to preserve as many mature trees as possible and to restrict the height of buildings to maintain the feeling of living and working in a landscape. The university has a continuity programme of landscaping, and many ornamental trees have been planted. Keele campus is, therefore, one of the most picturesque and tranquil in the country, yet is only a short distance from the Potteries and the M6 motorway.

Although the landscape is an artificial one, it nonetheless has rich flora and fauna with more than 110 species of birds, 120 species of flowering plants, more than 60 species of trees, 24 species of butterflies, 380 species of moths, 100 species of beetles and 100 species of flies having been recorded so far. Although there is little of great rarity here, a wide variety of common species and a good network of paths from which to see them make Keele an ideal place to visit for the casual observer, as well as for both the novice and the more experienced naturalist.


Keele University Services For Students

A. This service provides English-language tuition and support for international students at Keele University. It is a small unit, which provides a supportive and friendly study environment. With its own well-equipped space in the university, many overseas students make the ELU their base for studying and making friends.

B. This person is available to provide students with information, advice and assistance on a wide variety of residential problems, security concerns and welfare issues for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

C. These members of staff provide information on, and help with applications for, money advice; student loans; access funds; hardship funds. Information and advice relating to student finance is also offered by the Independent Advice Unit in the Students' Union.

D. This professional yet friendly service offers help to all categories of students and staff with a very wide range of personal, emotional and academic issues. Counselling is on a "one-to-one" basis with just the person seeking help and the counsellor present. You can talk to either a female or a male counsellor. Everything said in the sessions is confidential, and information is only passed on if you want it to be.

E. This office is responsible for the administration and financial management of all exchange and visiting student programmes in the university. It is the first place of contact for students from partner universities, and it acts as a reference and coordinating centre for Keele students wishing to spend a period abroad as part of their degree. It is also responsible for all students wishing to study at Keele University on the Study Abroad Scheme from non-partner universities.

F. This service offers free, confidential and impartial advice to all students and staff at the university. It is part of the Students' Union and is funded by Students' Union resources. The centre has comprehensive information, including electronic information systems. There are many leaflets published by the centre as well as an extensive stock of externally produced leaflets and publications.

G. Our information room stocks a wide range of information covering occupations, postgraduate study, funding, employment in the UK, employment overseas and career planning. Our Information Officer will be happy to help you find the information you need. Our "Occupations" files contain information about hundreds of different occupations with information from professional bodies, training details, etc. We have various handouts on a range of issues such as CV writing and vacation work. All the handouts are available, on request, in alternative formats, including large print, Braille and disk. We also have reports of careers staff visits to various employers.

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True / False / Not Given
14. The originator of the property took over the property from his father after he died.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The grounds description says Ralph Sneyd began large-scale planting after inheriting the estate from his father, supporting the statement.
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True / False / Not Given
15. There are many plants and wildlife species not found anywhere else.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The passage says there is little of great rarity and emphasizes a wide variety of common species, so the species are not described as unique to Keele.
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True / False / Not Given
16. One of the nice things about the grounds of Keele is the naturalness of the landscape and its wealth of rare wildlife.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: The landscape is explicitly described as artificial, and the passage says there is little of great rarity.
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True / False / Not Given
17. The grounds had barely any trees when Sneyd took them over.
Answer: NOT GIVEN
Explanation: The passage says Sneyd began planting on a grand scale, but it does not state how many trees were already present when he inherited the estate.
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True / False / Not Given
18. It is so peaceful and quiet in the grounds because they are located far from the disturbances of human activity.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Although the campus is tranquil, the passage says it is only a short distance from the Potteries and the M6 motorway.
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True / False / Not Given
19. The grounds are maintained by students of the university.
Answer: NOT GIVEN
Explanation: The passage describes the University's landscaping programme but does not say that students maintain the grounds.
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True / False / Not Given
20. If you want to see the plant life and insects it is not difficult to move around the grounds.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The passage highlights a good network of paths from which visitors can observe the common plant and animal species.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
21. Paragraph B
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: IV
Explanation: Paragraph B provides help with residential problems, security concerns and welfare issues, so it matches a place/person to consult about dormitory problems.
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IELTS Box Matching A-H
22. Paragraph C
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: II
Explanation: Paragraph C provides money advice and help concerning student loans, access funds and hardship funds, matching financial suggestions and services.
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23. Paragraph D
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: VI
Explanation: Paragraph D describes confidential one-to-one counselling with a professional counsellor, matching a non-student person with whom you can discuss problems.
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24. Paragraph E
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: VIII
Explanation: Paragraph E manages exchange and visiting-student programmes and helps Keele students who want to spend a period studying abroad.
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25. Paragraph F
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: XI
Explanation: Paragraph F is a free, confidential and impartial Students' Union advice service, separate from academic faculties, matching heading XI.
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26. Paragraph G
  • I The administration and financial management centre of the University.
  • II A place where people can receive financial suggestions and services.
  • III A place where one can receive student loans, access funds and hardship funds.
  • IV A place where you can go if having problems in your dormitory.
  • V The place you go that will help you find a place to live.
  • VI If you need non-student to discuss your problems with.
  • VII A place where you can get help with your English.
  • VIII The place you would visit if you are interested in a study-overseas plan.
  • IX A place that will find you a job.
  • X A place that offers a variety of sources to help you plan your job search.
  • XI A place where you can get counselling that is not affiliated with the faculty.
Answer: X
Explanation: Paragraph G offers extensive career information, occupation files, CV guidance and employment resources to help students plan a job search.

Section 3 - Questions 27-40

Questions 27-31: Complete the table with a date.

Questions 32-36: Answer TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN, following the supplied answer key format.

Questions 37-40: Complete each statement with a name from the passage.

Zeus' Temple Holds Secrets of Ancient Game

Athens already is preparing for the summer games of 2004. But today's games offer a far different spectacle from the contests of ancient Greece, where naked young men with oiled bodies raced and wrestled and boxed to honor their gods. Those great Panhellenic events began more than 2,700 years ago, first in Olympia and later at Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea. And at Nemea, where the games began in 573 B.C., a Berkeley archaeologist has been patiently reconstructing a site whose legends helped inspire the modern Olympics.

For Stephen G. Miller, exploring the site at Nemea, 70 miles from Athens, involves more than analyzing artifacts and ruins, dating ancient rock strata or patiently assembling broken pottery shards. It also means reliving the events he's studying. For the last two summers, large crowds have flocked to an ancient Nemean stadium (capacity 40,000) to watch a modern re-enactment of the ancient Nemean games. Seven hundred runners from 45 nations--barefoot and clad in white tunics--raced around the reborn stadium in groups of 12. Winners of the races were crowned--just as they were in antiquity--with wreaths of wild celery. Miller is a professor of classics at the University of California at Berkeley, but he also has been a barefoot runner, a slave carrying water for the athletes and a priest presiding over the re-enacted rituals of the legendary Nemean games.

"Playing those roles gives you a deeper sense of antiquity and a feel for the spirit of the people who lived and worked and played there so long ago," he said recently after returning from this year's field work. Excavating the site every summer since 1973, Miller and his crew have found and re-assembled limestone columns that once stood proudly around the Temple of Zeus. Exactly a decade after they began the excavation and just east of the temple, they found the remains of a great altar to Zeus where athletes and their trainers performed sacrifices and swore oaths just before competing. And from ancient Greek records, two years later, Miller's team also learned that his Nemea site had once seen major horse races in a hippodrome that must have existed next to the great stadium. In an earthen mound his team could trace the patterns of faint wheel marks showing that chariots must have raced there too.

In 1997 Miller and his crew, seeking more evidence of the hippodrome, dug down into a spot where four low rock walls indicate there might be a structure underneath. There they found a wine jug, drinking mugs, coins and a crude little figure of a centaur. The next summer, after digging down 20 feet, they still hadn't reached bottom. Miller wondered what purpose this deep rock-walled pit might have served, and finally concluded it must have been a reservoir holding copious quantities of water from a river near the site that now irrigates vineyards.

"The reservoir is a phenomenal find," Miller said. "We believe it provided water for as many as 150 horses who raced in the hippodrome during the games. But how were the horses fed? And what did they do with that much manure every day? Trying to answer questions like that is one of the joys of the whole project."

Eight months after finding the reservoir Miller and his team uncovered an ancient chamber that served the Nemean athletes as a locker room--the apodyterion--where they anointed themselves with olive oil. They then would have walked 120 feet through a vaulted entrance tunnel--the krypte esodos--whose walls are still marked by graffiti scratched by the athletes on their way into the stadium.

The wine jug and cups unearthed in one layer of the buried reservoir may have been left by victors in one of the ancient Nemean races, but just what kind of wine they drank remains unknown. Today, the local red wine served in Nemean taverns is called the Blood of Hercules, honoring the hero who strangled the ferocious Nemean lion there more than 5,000 years ago. As in so much of archaeology, the discoveries that Miller has made at Nemea all seem to recall ancient legends and link them to reality. The Berkeley team, for example, has unearthed a tiny bronze figurine identified as the image of an infant named Opheltes, whose fate inspired the first of the Nemean games.

As Miller recounts the tale, Opheltes was the son of Lykourgos and Eurydike, who had tried for many years to produce an heir. When the Oracle at Delphi warned them that their child must not touch the ground until he had learned to walk, they ordered a Nemean slave woman to care for the infant day and night. One day, when seven warrior heroes passed through Nemea on their way to march against the citadel of Thebes--they were the legendary "Seven Against Thebes" whose bloody war was immortalized by Aeschylus--the nurse placed the child on a bed of wild celery while she offered drink to the heroes. Instantly, a serpent lurking in the vegetation killed the infant and the warriors re-named the boy Archemoros, the "Beginner-of-Doom," and held the first Nemean games in his honor as a funerary festival. Wreaths of wild celery crowned winners of those games, as they did the modern winners at Nemea last summer.

As with all classical archaeologists, whose excavations shed so much surprising light on antiquity, Miller and his students are now ready to organize and classify their treasured finds from the summer season, and to plan for next season's dig.

"In the earthen mound where we saw the imprints of wheel cuts, we also have a bronze vessel of the kind that was always used for pouring libations," Miller said. "That mound goes back to 600 B.C., so now we wonder what happened there in that complex of religion and athletics even before the Nemean games."

Archaeology doesn't come cheap, and each season at Nemea costs at least $150,000 for the team, the equipment, and the 35 local workers from the nearby town of modern Nemea, whom Miller calls "the core of the project." The money all comes from private sources--and not the least of Miller's jobs is lecturing to the public and combing the territory for contributions.

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Short Answer
27. The beginning date of the Nemea excavation.
Answer: 1973
Explanation: The passage says Miller has excavated the Nemea site every summer since 1973.
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Short Answer
28. The date that Miller found the altar to Zeus.
Answer: 1983
Explanation: The altar was found exactly a decade after excavation began in 1973, so the year was 1983.
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Short Answer
29. When Miller first learned there was a hippodrome at the Temple of Zeus.
Answer: 1985
Explanation: The passage says that two years after the altar discovery, Miller's team learned from ancient records that a hippodrome had existed. Two years after 1983 is 1985.
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Short Answer
30. When Miller finally concluded he had found an old reservoir.
Answer: 1998
Explanation: The crew began digging at the relevant site in 1997, and 'the next summer' Miller concluded that the deep pit was a reservoir, making the year 1998.
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Short Answer
31. When Miller found the ancient locker room.
Answer: 1999
Explanation: The apodyterion was uncovered eight months after the reservoir was found in 1998, placing the discovery in 1999.
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True / False / Not Given
32. The author believes it must be also difficult for Miller to find funds for the excavation.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The article says archaeology is expensive, each season costs at least $150,000, all money comes from private sources, and fundraising is one of Miller's important jobs.
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33. Miller goes far beyond what an archaeologist traditionally normally does.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Besides excavation and analysis, Miller takes part in historical re-enactments and spends time lecturing to the public and seeking financial contributions.
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34. Religion played a key role in the games.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The games honoured gods, involved priests and rituals, sacrifices and oaths at the altar of Zeus, and originated as a funerary festival linked to Opheltes.
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35. The games were far more interesting in the past than now.
Answer: NOT GIVEN
Explanation: The passage contrasts ancient and modern spectacles but never states that the ancient games were more interesting.
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36. The Nemean games influenced the modern Olympic Games.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The article says the Nemea site's legends helped inspire the modern Olympics.
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Short Answer
37. Miller's excavations at ........ led him to look for a
Answer: NEMEA
Explanation: The article describes Miller's long-running excavations at Nemea, where evidence from the site led to further investigation.
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38. ........ where horse races were held.
Answer: HIPPODROME
Explanation: Ancient Greek records showed that horse races were held in a hippodrome next to the stadium.
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39. He found a ........
Answer: RESERVOIR
Explanation: After deep excavation, Miller concluded that the rock-walled pit was a reservoir used to provide water, probably for horses.
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40. and eight months later found an ........ which athletes used as a locker room.
Answer: APODYTERION
Explanation: Eight months after the reservoir discovery, the team uncovered the apodyterion, an ancient chamber used by athletes as a locker room.

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