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Level: Intermediate
exercise 1
DISCOVER STONEHENGE
1. Stonehenge is
a. a square of giant stones
b. a circle of giant stones
2. It is situated in
a. Northern England
b. Southern England
3. It’s the most_____ monument on Earth.
a. enigmatic
b. gigantic
c. prehistoric
4. It was created as
a. a shrine to dead ancestors
b. an astronomical calendar
c. a temple to the son of the moon
d. it is still not known
5. It was built at the same time as the
a. Acropolis in Athens
b. Pyramids of Giza
6. It was built in___ phases.
a. 4
b. 14
c. 40
7. Well over___ stones were used to erect the structure.
a. 10
b. 100
c. 1000
8. Some stones could weight over
a. 40 kilos
b. 400 kilos
c. 40 tones
d. 400 tones
9. The small “blue stones” were found miles away in
a. South England
b. South Scotland
c. South Wales
10. Most archeologists believe that the stones were
a. dragged along on sledges
b. floated around the Welsh coast
c. dragged by a glacier
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exercise 2
exercise 3