Life/ Levels 1–2
Reading comprehension
Read the article (The Easter Island
statues) and choose the correct option.
1 The Easter Island statutes…
a are modern.
b are moving.
c are very old.
2 People don’t really understand…
a what the statues are made of.
b where the statues came from.
c how people on the island moved
the statues.
3 In general, scientists and
historians…
a have the same ideas about the
history of the statues.
b do not agree about the history of
the statues.
c have no idea about the history of
the statues.
Read the article again and choose the
correct option.
4 José Tuki…
a lives on a beach.
b is an artist.
c makes statues.
Life Levels 1–2
5 The moai…
a are statues of animals.
b are made of wood.
c are very big and heavy.
6 Easter Island…
a is very near South America.
b is in the South Pacific Ocean.
c is a large island.
7 Tourists travel to Easter Island…
a by boat.
b by canoe.
c by plane.
8 Some historians think…
a people moved the statues with
ropes and wood.
b animals pulled the statues along
the ground.
c people didn’t move the statues.
9 Jared Diamond thinks that…
a there were trees on the island in
the past.
b people built the statues after a
disaster.
c people grew a lot of trees on the
island.
10 José Tuki…
a knows the truth about the statues.
b doesn’t know the truth about the
statues.
c doesn’t think the moai are
important.
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