Easter Island is a small triangle of rock
situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2,000 miles (1)…………. the nearest city. Easter Island is (2)…………. for its statues. Hundreds of these huge stone faces can be
(3)……….. all over the island. Who
made them? How (4)…………. they move
these giant pieces of rock? What happened (5)…………
the people who lived there? Studies show that people (6)………….. arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a
very advanced culture. They made many objects and they had their (7)………… written language. However, the
number of people in the island grew and grew (8)…………. it reached about 10,000 people. Soon there were too many
people and there wasn’t (9)……………
food to eat. A terrible war started and (10)……………
of the statues were broken. When western explorers (11)………….. the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues
were the only (12)…………. that a great
society had once lived there.
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1.
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a)
for
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b)
from
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c)
on
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d)
by
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2.
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a)
important
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b)
interesting
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c)
famous
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d)
fascinating
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3.
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a)
looked
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b)
located
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c)
found
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d)
situated
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4.
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a)
have
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b)
were
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c)
had
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d)
did
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5.
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a)
to
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b)
with
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c)
about
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d)
for
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6.
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a)
once
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b)
first
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c)
just
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d)
already
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7.
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a)
only
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b)
own
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c)
clever
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d)
self
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8.
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a)
so
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b)
until
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c)
although
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d)
because
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9.
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a)
many
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b)
some
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c)
too
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d)
enough
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10.
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a)
many
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b)
few
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c)
lot
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d)
enough
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11.
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a)
invented
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b)
discovered
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c)
sailed
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d)
came
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12.
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a)
symbol
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b)
signal
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c)
sign
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d)
mark
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