20 The correct answer is vi, ‘A pyramid design that others copied’: The text says that the
Step Pyramid ‘became the archetype which all the other great pyramid builders of Egypt would
follow’. This means that all the other great pyramid builders copied the design of the Step
Pyramid.
21 The correct answer is ‘city’: In Paragraph D, the text refers to the Step Pyramid and then
says, ‘The complex in which it was built was the size of a city in ancient Egypt’.
22 The correct answer is ‘priests’: In Paragraph D, the text says that the complex ‘included a
temple, courtyards, shrines and living quarters for the priests’. The phrase ‘living quarters’ has
the same meaning as accommodation.
23 The correct answer is ‘trench’: In Paragraph D, the text says, ‘the entire wall was then
ringed by a trench 750 meters long and 40 meters wide’. If something rings another thing, it
means that it goes all around it or encircles it.
24 The correct answer is ‘location’: In Paragraph D, the text refers to the false doors and then
says, ‘If someone wished to enter, he or she would have needed to know in advance how to find
the location of the true opening in the wall.’ This means that if visitors did not know the location
of the real door, they would not have been able to enter.
25 and 26 The correct answers are B and D (in either order): B is correct because in
Paragraph B, the text says, ‘Djoser is thought to have reigned for 19 years, but some historians
and scholars attribute a much longer time for his rule, owing to the number and size of the
monuments he built.’ This means that not everyone agrees about how long Djoser’s reign was:
some people think it was 20 years, while others think that it was much longer.
D is correct because in Paragraph F, the text says, ‘Djoser’s grave goods, and even his body, were stolen
at some point in the past and all archaeologists found were a small number of his valuables
overlooked by the thieves.’ If the archaeologists found ‘a small number of his valuables’, this
means that they found a few of his possessions in his tomb.
