Archaeologists 0 [A] that a perfectly preserved 5,500-year-old shoe has been discovered in a cave in Armenia in south-west Asia. It is 1
to be the oldest leather shoe ever found. The shoe was made of a single piece of leather, stitched at the front and back, and was shaped to fit the wearer�s foot. It had been 2
with grasses, either for warmth or to make sure it kept its shape. �The shoe is relatively small but we can�t say for 3
whether it was worn by a man or a woman,� says Dr Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist on the research 4
'We thought at first that it was about 600-700 years old because it was in such good shape.' Shoes of this type from later periods have turned 5
in archaeological excavations in various places in Europe, and shoes of a very similar design were still being used on the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland as 6
as the 1950s. It�s 7
a style which 8
popular for thousands of years.
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1: (A) accepted (B) regarded (C) assessed (D) believed
2: (A) stuffed (B) loaded (C) pushed (D) blocked
3: (A) clear (B) specific (C) true (D) certain
4: (A) class (B) force (C) team (D) compan
5: (A) over (B) into (C) up (D) about
6: (A) recently (B) lately (C) presently (D) immediately
7: (A) correctly (B) exactly (C) precisely (D) obviously
8: (A) held (B) stood (C) remained (D) lasted