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STONEHENGE

Stonehenge has been shrouded in mystery for more than 4,500 years. Now a British archaeologist
may have found out some of its secrets.
There are some things that people call “mysteries” that are not really all that
mysterious. Stonehenge, however, certainly deserves that description. Rumors of 1)____magicians, strange
druids, and the sun god Apollo surround it.
2)_____ in the English countryside, Stonehenge is one of the oldest monuments in the world. It is
instantly recognizable. It 3)______ a group of gigantic stones that stand upright on the ground in a circle. In
some cases, pairs of the stones have another stone 4)____across them like a tabletop. At the sight of these
strange stones, most people think two things first. One, how did people in prehistoric times manage to
5)_____ these enormous stones? And two, what was 6)___of this strange structure?
No one really knows. But Stonehenge Decoded, a new program on National Geographic Channel,
takes a look at a groundbreaking theory on the origins of Stonehenge. British archaeologist Mike Parker
Pearson leads a 7)____ that investigates Stonehenge, and comes up with some surprises.
Pearson and his people find evidence of a 8)______ settlement a few kilometers from Stonehenge. At
the center of this settlement lie the remains of a second circle!
9)______, it is found that the second circle was a near replica of the Stonehenge monument, but
made of wood. Both circles stood at the same time.
So how were these circles connected? What was the meaning of having one in stone and one in
wood? Pearson believes that Stonehenge 10)_____ for the ancestors of the people that created it. It may, he
claims, have been a monument to house the spirits of the dead. The wooden monument may have 11)_____
the living, while the stone monument represented the dead. Another amazing discovery is that on 12)______
and shortest days of the year, the two monuments line up with the setting and rising sun.
The effect is very dramatic.

a b c d
1 ancient old contemporary up-to-date
2 Appeared Located Closed Occupied
3 complains of combine with consists of consist of
4 lay standing laid lying
5 lie up set up get up make up
6 the purpose aims the cause an ambition
7 crew team staff groups
8 4.500-years-old 4,500-year-olds 4,500-year-old 4,500-year-olded
9 After repairing Before making Without studying After testing
10 was built will have built were being built were built
11 shown represented included representing
12 longer much long long the longest