Test Three, страница 7 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс контрольные задания Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit one. Il. Reading Tests - страница 7.

Условие.

NEF Test Three. Read the text and complete the statements after it.

Paintings in the Cave

In the late 1800s there lived a Spanish nobleman called Don Marcelino de Sautuola. His hobby was searching for information about the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago. Don Marcelino knew that prehistoric homes had been found in caves. He also knew of a cave called Altamira close to his farm. He wondered whether prehistoric people might have once lived in this cave. To find out he began to visit the cave and dig through the deep soil on the cave floor. As he dug, Don Marcelino carefully examined each shovelful of dirt. Finally he succeeded in finding some ancient spearheads. He excitedly brought them home to show his family and friends. That was when his young daughter Maria asked him to take her with him the next time he visited the cave. Don Marcelino agreed to take her into the cave if she promised not to disturb him at his work.

In the cave Maria soon got bored as she couldn’t find anything that was fun to do. After some time, with a candle in her hand, she crept into the low passage. Soon the little corridor grew wider. Suddenly, looking at the ceiling, Maria stopped still. All around her, in the flickering yellow light, there seemed to be animals. Maria called her father and showed him the pictures. At first Don Marcelino could see only some black lines and some splodges of red and yellow. Then slowly, one after the other, the splodges and lines took on the shapes of animals. The more he looked, the more real the animals seemed. Don Marcelino realized that he was looking at paintings so skillfully done that the red, black and yellow creatures seemed to be alive.

As he studied the animals more carefully, he began to see that they were actually the pictures of bisons, horned and humped creatures that had disappeared from Europe thousands of years before. The other figures on the ceiling were prehistoric animals too. There were wild horses, long-antlered reindeer and wild boars of a kind no living person had ever seen. Don Marcelino then understood the importance of little Maria’s discovery. That very evening he wrote a long letter about the cave paintings to scientists in Madrid.

Today the Altamira cave is one of the most famous places in the world. People go there to study and admire the pictures little Maria first saw by the light of her candle.

1. Don Marcelino began his excavation because _____ .

a) Altamira was close to his farm

b) he was interested in the past

c) his daughter had asked him to do it

d) he had little information about the lives of prehistoric people

2. Don Marcelino _____ on the cave’s floor.

a) didn’t manage to find anything

b) found some old pictures

c) couldn’t find anything important because there was too much dirt

d) found some old artefacts/objects

3. In the cave Maria _____ .

a) knew what she was looking for

b) looked for something to play with

c) was just roaming aimlessly

d) helped her father with his excavations

4. The images on the cave’s ceiling _____ .

a) were pictures of several animal species

b) were multicoloured pictures of bisons and horses

c) could be recognized at first sight

d) looked like animals commonly known nowadays

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Решение.

Решение 2.

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Ответ:

1. b) he was interested in the past (он интересовался прошлым)

2. d) found some old artefacts/objects (нашел несколько древних артефактов/предметов)

3. c) was just roaming aimlessly (просто бесцельно бродила)

4. a) were pictures of several animal species (были изображениями нескольких видов животных)

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