IELTS Listening Test

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Céide Fields

- An important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland

Discovery

- In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 31. .

- His 32. became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site:

  • a traditional method used by local people to dig for 33. was used to identify where stones were located
  • carbon dating later proved the site was Neolithic.

    • - Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of 34. .

    Neolithic farmers

    - Houses were 35. in shape and had a hole in the roof.

    - Neolithic innovations include:

    • cooking indoors
    • pots used for storage and to make 36. .

    - Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 37. .

    - The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals – no evidence of structures to house them during 38. .

    Reasons for the decline in farming

    - a decline in 39. quality

    - an increase in 40. .