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CAE Test 6 >> PAPER 3 Use of English >» Part 3 135PAPER 2 Writing
PAPER 3 Use of English
PAPER & Ustering
PAPER'S Speaking
Seeking El Dorado
in the Mountains
of Peru
nw ust a spare on the horizon, where he sun hit whet
npeared tobe a fa plain onan otherwise steop mountain
in tha Parwien Andes. But Peter Frost 9 British-born
‘explorer and mountain guide, surmised thet the perch
‘would have mage 2 perfect ceremonial platiorm for Inca
fulors. So Fost and the adventure hikers he was leading
logged through heavy jungle growth end uncovered
ramnants of the Ines eivstion that flourshed here. They
{oun looted tombs, crcl building foundation and the
stonework of an aqueduct
a
Fecentearban dating at Cara, north of Lime, has shown
that an advanced civlisation existed hore neary 5,000
‘ears ago. Th Lord of Sipian tomb, considered ane of the
Fichest pre-Columbian sites aver found, was dscoverad in
498% fring the ambitions of those hoping to mako similar
spectacur finds
a
Ie ie tha mountains of the Wieabamba range that perhaps
hola the most tantalising, speetacuar ruins. ieabamba
‘wos the centre of a great empire that 500 ysars ago
“iretehed from modern-day Colombia to Chile. The
Sponiads wiped ut the last nea holdout in 1572.nd then
promptly abandoned much of te rion. That let it to men
lita Nir Bingham, wo in one tomarkable year discovered
Machu Pica and savers! ther important sotlements
a
58 CAE Tests >> PAPER Reasing ¥» Pat 2
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Tielni ta ipliom wwe we woaee ove |
‘ory ile about their civilisation. ‘Aout ninety percent has — |
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“To many, the Frost and Reichard, the powerful hold of
discovering runs swallowed by jungle Is as song today
ft wae early act conury ts the Inaiana Jones fantasy
aid Scot Goreush, whose sharp eye led tothe discovery
of Goriwayrachina with Frost. ite really aot more
Complicated than that the search for El Dorado, tis wea
that there are lost ios out there weiting tobe found’
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Frost le not an archseoiogs, but though his work
‘our guide, photographer and author ofthe popula ave
book Exploring Cusco, he has dedicated much ofthe Last
‘thity years to learning everthing he can about the ancient
highlondets. ‘Some people ike the thrill of finding
Something and moving on to something est he sid. But
‘you want a do something wef with
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Frost is now tying Wo alee money for future expoditions to
Coriwayrachine, but hei aleady dreaming of other Finds.
“Tow of to sites that ore sor of undiscovered, that fa
like 10 discover! ho seid, explaining with 8 wry smile ti
the cannot reveal thar locations "i not 9 big thing, but |
fool its wige notte broadcat[A But he did not find them al, leaving much of
Vieobumbe open to modern-day explore. "Ivo run
seroee foundations of buldinge, foundations of roeds,
In two lengthy expeditions to Qociwayrachia in 2001
tnd 2002, 2 team led by Frost found a sort of blue
Collet sotlement spread across more than sixigen
tnd storehouses, an intricately engineered aqueduct,
Colourful pottery and tombs. The peoole wire once
lived there tolled in mines oF eulvated divoreeerope
at various altiudes, The explorers balove thet
Coriayrachina may have been used to supply 2 mare
Important Inca centre, Choquequiray, but much
femains unknown.
© But exploring is not all about adventure Setious
explores earafuly reas the old Spanish chroncls,
ora over topographical maps ‘and. charts ond
Interview local resident, who often lead them tes
“Tne work aleo require raising money t0 finance
‘expeditions. Anyone ean blunder around in 3 jungle
Wwetes Hugh Thompson in his recent book about
‘xploring for Inca ring, The White Rock Ana indooe
the annals of Pervian exploration sre litared with
failures,
Essential tips
umton Te in saenscl We prvi porn
Ironton “sacar tat awh gapped pareoph
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‘ueston 9 Look a te proousparatah and urorine
teppe ararnp The la sean lobe the
‘Sacovedes of ghar, Vic gapped! pregraph te
pronouns that eoutd lr to ham
‘Peru nae ane af the oldest continuous civilisations in
the history of she planet! Frost explained. "That
fmeunts 10 an av lot of cultura buried under the
‘round or under vegetation’
E Johan Reinhard, who holds the title of explorer in
residanca at National Goographic, is @ proponent of
‘vigorous exploration combined with serious scientfc
reseorah He says iis important to find end catalogue
sites in Peru bolore they are looted or destroyed. Il
‘you don't do tnow, some ofthese things vl be Gone,
ns thy'l be ganeforaver’ ne ai
F The provi year, 869, saw # number of expeitions
to the ragion in sare of the mythical ost ety, but the
end resat was smarty disappointing. Undetarred, the
sourageous explorer refuses to abandon his atampts
to aise money fo: one last ty
{6 The diacoveryin 1989 of Gorivayrechina was instantly
hailed ae mor find. K evoked the romantic image of
the swashbuckling explorer unearthing a Lost ity, en
image embodied by Hiram Bingham, the American
‘who in 3811 mace the greatest Inca discovery of thom
ail Machu Pech. nthe bwantyirsteantury R would
fsetm that the remote, rugged mountains around
{Cuzco would have given up all cf their secrets. But this
rogion of southern Pru I sl ul of une.
sroniioed: the wser wil aon give some bale
Iieaton soot tat parson So a name = meron a
‘he anton mthou any sac iermation, loa re
‘he ofthe gapped paagtphe
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