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listen [|here] WRITING REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8): Read the passage. Take notes on the main points of the reading passage. Stonehenge is a huge structure located on the Salisbury Plain in the south of England. The main structure of Stonehenge consists of thirty upright stones, weighing twenty-six toris each, arranged in a circle, with thirty additional six-ton stones sitting on top of the upright stones. There is a second circle of stones inside the main circle, arid this inner circle of stones is also composed of upright stones with additional stones atop the upright stones. One of the most commonly held beliefs about the construction of Stonehenge is that Stonehenge was built by the Druids. The Druids wer~ the high priests of the Celtic culture in England, and it has often been stated that the Druids had the structure at Stonehenge constructed in order to hold religious ceremonies there. The idea that Stonehenge had been constructed by the Druids was first proposed by John Aubrey (1626-1697) in the seventeenth century. Aubrey, an antiquarian and scholar, came across the stone structure one day while he was out hunting with some companions. Over time, Aubrey became convinced that the structure had been created by the Druids. He included a chapter in his g;ant work Monumenta Britannica to advocate this idea about the creation of Stonehenge. '- Dr. William Stukeley (1687-1765), an antiquarian and scholar who developed an interest in the Druids a century after Aubrey, was aware of the claims that Aubrey had previously made. Stukeley became deeply involved in the study of a 'possible relationship between Stonehenge and the Druids, and he strongly believed, as Aubrey had, that Stonehenge had been constructed by the Druids for use in religious ceremonies. Stukeley wrote the scholarly work Stonehenge, A Temple Restored to the British .Druids (1740) to publicize his strongly held belief that Stonehenge was the work of the Druids. .

Listen to the passage. On a piece of paper, take notes on the main points of the listening passage. '-


 * Now answer the following question:**
 * How does the information in the listening passage cast doubt on the belief in the reading passage?**

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