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Reading passage and questions retrieved from Advanced Level Six-Way Paragraphs in the Content Areas by Walter Pauk. Reading Passage 1: Archaeological Fact or Fiction? The demolition of a downtown Miami, Florida, apartment building in 1998 uncovered an archaeological site. The site contained many artifacts and a unique circle of holes cut into limestone bedrock. The 38-foot circle formed by the holes appeared to have an east-west axis that aligned with the rising and setting of the sun on the equinox. The formation became known as the Miami Circle. Archaeologist Robert Carr speculated that the circle and its holes once supported the wall posts of a structure. Perhaps the structure was a temple or council house constructed between 500 and 700 years ago. Or was it? Thousands of genuine artifacts found at the site helped to support Carr's theory. The artifacts are typical of the Tequesta Indians, who lived in the area before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. There were potsherds, stone axes, and beads. Also found were a five-foot shark and a sea turtle. The shark and sea turtle were buried with their heads to the west and tails to the east. Historical preservationists said the Miami Circle was the only "cut-in-rock prehistoric structural footprint ever found in eastern North America." However, others questioned its authenticity. This was because embedded in the limestone circle was a 1950s septic tank. Jerald T. Milanich, curator in archaeology of the Florida Museum of Natural History, wanted to know if Carr's "pre-Columbian postholes" were actually part of a 1950s septic drain field. Before he would believe that the septic tank and the circle are just a coincidence, as Carr believed, Milanich wanted more evidence. He called for radiocarbon dating, soil samples, and examination of the tool marks on the inside of the holes. Said Milanich, "When faced with coincidences and mysteries, an archaeologist needs to eliminate alternative explanations."

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Reading passage and questions retrieved from Advanced Level Six-Way Paragraphs in the Content Areas by Walter Pauk. Reading Passage 2: The Golden Rectangle One of the most commonly used geometric shapes is the rectangle - a four-sided figure with four right angles. If you start looking for rectangular shapes in the physical world, you'll find them almost everywhere, perhaps because people are attracted to the precision and order conveyed by this shape. One way to classify a rectangle is by the ratio of its length to its width; for example, a square is a rectangle in which the ratio of the length to the width is 1 to 1. A rectangle with the length-width ratio 20 to 1 would be very long and skinny. One with the ratio 1.1 to 1 would be almost square. Are some rectangular shapes more commonly used than others? In mathematics, one particular rectangle has been distinguished by being named "golden". In a golden rectangle, the length (L) and the width (W) must satisfy the proportion W/L = L/(W + L). In other words, the ratio of the width to the length must be the same as the ratio of the length to the width-length sum. If W equals 1, then solving the formula for L results in approximately 1.618. Golden rectangles - rectangles with a length-width ratio of 1.618 to 1 - have been found in art, architecture, and mathematical writings for more than 4,000 years, with one especially notable example being the base of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Do you have golden rectangles in your home or where you work? To find out, simply divide the length of any rectangle by its width; if the quotient equals about 1.6, then you have a golden rectangle. Performing this division on a 5-by-3 index card results in the quotient 1.666 and perfming it on an 8-by-5 card gives the quotient 1.6, so both of these shapes are close to being golden rectangles. With a ruler and a calculator, you can check your computer monitor, TV screen, and other rectangular shapes in your home and probably find quite a few additional examples.

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