Would you believe it?

Would you believe it? This story combines all the great mysteries and exciting discoveries of the sea, conjuringup visions of ancient sailors and sailing ships laden with riches. A Korean fisherman, on asmall fishing boat, caught an octopus which had ancient pottery attached to its tentacles. Thischance discovery is being hailed as one of the great undersea treasure finds of modern times.Experts say the valuable pottery dates back to the 12th century.The extraordinary discovery took place on what was for 58-year-old Mr Kim Yong-Chul ‘anotherday at the office’. It began when he took his boat out, desperately hoping for a good catch ofwebfoot octopus, which is a delicacy in the Republic of Korea. On this particular day, after daysof fishing with no luck, he decided to try somewhere new, a few kilometres south of his regularfishing spot. Casting out a long line, he felt a familiar tug and hauled up his first octopus of theday. He was puzzled by several blue objects attached to its tentacles, and thought at first theywere shells. A closer look revealed that they were pieces of pottery.Oblivious to the fact that he had made an incredible discovery, he cast out his line again andagain, bringing in more octopus with fragments of pottery attached to them. Finally, he broughtone up with a whole plate caught up in its tentacles. By now, Mr Kim realised that there had tobe something important deep below. He had heard that divers had found several shipwrecksfilled with ancient treasure, including pottery, along the coast. On his return to shore, he got intouch with a museum, which sent officials to examine the pieces.‘You can imagine just how excited we were when we studied the remnants as well as thevirtually perfect plate,’ said one of the museum officials. ‘We arranged for an urgent explorationof the seabed, and although we did not find a ship down there, we were able to find thirty12th-century bowls.’His colleague added, ‘It seems that a ship carrying pottery was wrecked. The ship must havebeen transporting the pieces when it went down. Although other ships have been found andpottery recovered, this is the first time a family of octopuses has located a wreck for us!’Mr Kim is to be rewarded by the museum for his discovery, but just what he will receive isbeing kept a secret for the time being. 1) Why was the pottery so important?Give two reasons. 2) Give one word from the first paragraph which tells you that Mr Kim found the pottery by accident. 3) Look at the phrase ‘another day at the office’ (lines 6–7).(a) What does this phrase suggest about Mr Kim? Mr Kim expected to have a normal working day. Mr Kim used his fishing boat as his office. Mr Kim was not satisfied with his job. Mr Kim wished he worked in an office. (b) Why has the writer put this phrase in inverted commas? ‘another day at the office’ 4) What does the phrase ‘hauled up’ suggest about Mr Kim’s catch (line 10)? 5) What is the main purpose of Text A? to describe the hard life of a poor fisherman to explain how pottery was used in the past to inform you about an unusual discovery to teach you that honesty brings rewards 6) Explain in your own words the meaning of each of the following, as it is used in the text.(a) ‘Oblivious’ (line 13)(b) ‘examine’ (line 18) 7) Identify two features of a newspaper article,