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Reading
Read the text, then answer the questions Complete the sentences with: coast,
1 that follow. 2 stoircase, legend, f reshwater, cross,
monster, dates, impressive.

1 Lake Baikal is the largest Iake

in the wortd.
I

an evil magician
cursed the town.
3 The city is on the northern of
the istand.
4 4... ..... joins the two ftoors
5 He tried to the sea to the
French coast.
The Colosseum is one of the most popular landmarks 6 The Great Sphinx from 3000 BC.
in the world. lt is in the centre of Rome, in ltaly, and it 7 People betieve that a lives in
is one of the largest amphitheatres ever built. the cave.
its construction began between 70 and 72 AD and 8 The Statue of Liberty is one of the most
finished in B0 AD People went there to watch
.. Iandmarks in the wortd.
interestin0 events lrke giadiator games, animal hunts
and plays
loday the Colosseum looks different because of
earthquakes and stone thieves. However, it is a very Grammar
important landmark in modern ltaly and attracts
thousands of tourists every year.
Usethe adjectives in the brackets to
3 complete the sentences.

1 What is the Cotosseum?

2 Where is it?
The Great Watt of China
is 1) structure
3 Why did people go there? in the wortd. (large)
The Pyramids of Egypt, buitt about
5,000 years ago, are 2)
4 What changed the Cotosseum? stone bu'itdings in the world. (old)
The CN Tower in Canada
is 3) . the EiffetTower in
5 List a[[ the adjectives in the text. What does
France. In fact, it's 4)
each adjective describe?
tower in the wortd. (tatt)

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