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Stonehenge: Druid Theory vs. Science

The document summarizes a student's third composition comparing information between a reading and listening passage about Stonehenge. The reading passage states that Stonehenge was constructed by Druids, but the listening passage contradicts this using radiocarbon dating showing the stones were already there before the Druids. The listening passage gives facts about Stonehenge being built in three phases over different time periods, contradicting the reading's claims about the Druids building it.

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Stonehenge: Druid Theory vs. Science

The document summarizes a student's third composition comparing information between a reading and listening passage about Stonehenge. The reading passage states that Stonehenge was constructed by Druids, but the listening passage contradicts this using radiocarbon dating showing the stones were already there before the Druids. The listening passage gives facts about Stonehenge being built in three phases over different time periods, contradicting the reading's claims about the Druids building it.

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Student: Carlos Frederico Meschini Almeida

Level: TOEFL Preparatory

3rd Composition: An Essay


In this set of materials, the reading passage states that Stonehenge was
constructed by the Druids. However, the listening passage contradicts this
piece of information, stating that radium carbon tests proved that the
rocks which compose Stonehenge had already been in that place before the
Druids occupied that region.
Firstly, in the reading passage some general information about Stonehenge
is exposed, as the size and the weight of the rocks, and how they are
displaced. Moreover, it is described two historical facts related with it.
Each one of these two historical facts refers to a person who has studied
the origin of Stonehenge, and both of them concluded that it was probably
constructed by the Druids, who should use it as a place to conduct religious
ceremonies.
On the other hand, the listening passage completely contradicts the
hypothesis stated in the reading passage. The listening passage describes
that radium carbon tests were conduct with the rocks that make part of
the Stonehenge, and they stated that Stonehenge dates from a period that
the Druids have not reached those regions yet. The tests also gave some
details about the construction of Stonehenge, as that it were probably
built in three different phases, in different periods of time.
To sum up, as the listening gives us facts that are supported with some
scientific information, which is much more reliable, the information in the
reading passage is completely contradicted, losing all its belief.

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