Reading Practice Test # 2.17 passage 1 Leave a Comment / By Ali / November 19, 2025 Questions 1–5 Complete the notes below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 1–5. The Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Qumran, 1946/7 • three Bedouin shepherds in their teens were near an opening on side of cliff • heard a noise of breaking when one teenager threw a 1 teenagers went into the 2 and found a number of containers made of 3 The scrolls• date from between 150 BCE and 70 CE• thought to have been written by group of people known as the 4 written mainly in the 5 language• most are on religious topics, written using ink on parchment or papyrus Questions 6–13 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?TRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this6 The Bedouin teenagers who found the scrolls were disappointed by how little money they received for them. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 7 There is agreement among academics about the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 8 Most of the books of the Bible written on the scrolls are incomplete. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 9 The information on the Copper Scroll is written in an unusual way. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 10 Mar Samuel was given some of the scrolls as a gift. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 11 In the early 1950s, a number of educational establishments in the US were keen to buy scrolls from Mar Samuel. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 12 The scroll that was pieced together in 2017 contains information about annual occasions in the Qumran area 2,000 years ago. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN 13 Academics at the University of Haifa are currently researching how to decipher the final scroll. Please select your answer TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Time's up
