Questions 31-36
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Write your answers in boxes 31-36
on your answer sheet.
31. What assumption can the common image of pottery create?
32. When was pottery widely expected to disappear from everyday life?
33. What evidence shows that pottery classes are becoming more popular?
34. Why might making pottery be useful in a large household?
35. What point is made about the first stage of learning pottery?
36. What do early Neolithic finds suggest about the first pots?
(A) is correct. The lecturer says the common image of an older villager shaping bowls can make pottery seem like an activity of the past.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It depends mainly on factory equipment.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It is aimed at urban collectors.
Associated Text:
It's a homely image, but it may make you feel that pottery belongs to the past
(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: during the early Neolithic period.
(B) is correct. Pottery was widely predicted to vanish during the previous century.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: during the last fifty years.
Associated Text:
during the previous century, it was one of the skills that was widely predicted to vanish from everyday life.
(A) is correct. Suppliers report that more raw clay is being shipped to amateurs than at any time in the last fifty years.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: more museums are displaying handmade pots.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: more schools are teaching industrial design.
Associated Text:
pottery suppliers reporting that more clay is being shipped to amateurs than at any time in the last fifty years.
(A) is correct. The lecturer says making mugs or bowls can save money for families with several children.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It can become a reliable income source.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It teaches children formal craft skills.
Associated Text:
pottery can be helpful if you're experiencing financial hardship.
(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It requires specialist training.
(B) is correct. The lecturer says the basic skills are simple and the financial outlay is minimal, so pottery has a low entry barrier.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It involves high material costs.
Associated Text:
the skills you need to get going are really quite simple, and the financial outlay is minimal.
(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They were decorated before firing.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They were usually made on wheels.
(C) is correct. Early pieces suggest most items were coiled from long sausages of clay rather than wheel-thrown.
Associated Text:
the earliest pieces of pottery that have been found suggest that most of the items produced were coiled rather than wheel thrown.
Questions 37-40
Which feature or use is associated with each aspect of early pottery?
- tools made from stone as well as wood
- rough texture caused by added materials
- regional origin shown by surface decoration
- winter storage of grain
- finer walls made by machine production
- use mainly for religious ceremonies
Write the correct letter
A-F next to questions 37-40.
The correct answer is A because the first shaping tools were hand-carved from natural materials such as wood and stone.
Associated Text:
the very first tools people used were hand carved from natural materials, like wood and stone
The correct answer is B because ancient clay was mixed with sand or crushed shell, making early pots feel gritty.
Associated Text:
Ancient people made pots from local clays mixed with sand or crushed shell, and these were often very gritty on the touch.
The correct answer is C because researchers can identify a region by reading the pattern painted on the surface or carved around the rim.
Associated Text:
this visual identity has allowed researchers to match bits of pottery that have been unearthed over time to the region from which the user came, often by reading the pattern painted onto the surface, or carved around the rim.
The correct answer is D because pottery containers were used for everyday tasks including storing grain through winter.
Associated Text:
everyday tasks, like fetching water from the well, cooking the family stew, or storing grain through the winter, all of which were done in or with pottery containers.
