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    The mystery of the Sphinx

    One of the world’s most studied monuments is the


    Sphinx, which is 1)……. close to the Great Pyramid,
    sixteen kilometers from Cairo in Egypt. Carved in
    ancient times out of a 2) ……. piece of limestone
    over sixty metres long and twenty metres high, it
    weighs hundreds of tons. This extraordinary
    monument consists 3) ……. of the head of a man
    and the body of a crouching lion, a combination which suggests strength and wisdom. Over
    the years, some of its facial 4) ……. have sustained damage.

    The smile, which some people describe mysterious, is in


    fact the result of erosion rather than design, and the nose,
    which has 5) ……. since been broken away, was probably
    the unfortunate victim of invading soldiers’ target practice.
    At one time there was a serpent on its forehead and a
    royal beard, a fragment of which exists in a museum.

    But who built this monument which, unlike most of the


    others guarding 6) ……. places, is not part of a pair but 7)
    ……. alone? Most Egyptologists agree that it was built by
    Pharaoh Khafre 5,000 years ago. However, some recent
    commentators have 8) ……. that it belonged to a much older civilization, which disappeared
    in a legendary flood that is 9) ……. to have destroyed everything in the world over 7,000
    years ago. They have tried to 10) ……. that the weathering of the Sphinx was 11) ……. by
    water rather than wind and sand, and one has even suggested that it might have been
    built on a much older site about 12,500 years ago. Whatever its 12) …….., there is no
    doubt that to the Egyptians, the Sphinx represents the very 13) ……. of their country’s
    magnificent culture.

    1. A)put C)characters 8. A)uttered C)brought about


    B)settled D) points B)speculated D) brought along
    C)located 5. A)late C)voiced 12. A)births
    D)set B)still D)thought up B)origins
    2. A)single C)once 9. A)caused C)openings
    B)alone D)long B)estimated D)introductions
    C)solo 6. A)considerable C)proved 13.A)product
    D)lone B)weighty D)supposed B)creation
    3. A)barely C)significant 10.A)demonstrate C)extract
    B)solely D)dear B)express D)essence
    C)singly 7. A)stands C)exhibit
    D)individually B)lasts D)submit
    4. A)features C)grows 11.A)brought down
    B)aspects D) continues B)brought up

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    KEY

    1. C
    2. A
    3. B
    4. A
    5. D
    6. C
    7. A
    8. B
    9. D
    10. A
    11. C
    12. B
    13. D

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