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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. What do recent discoveries of Stonehenge show?
a. It was built during Neolithic and Bronze Age.
b. It was part of a religious complex dedicated to the dead.

c. It is a circular structure.
d. It is originally from Ireland.

2. Which of these happened around 4,500 years ago?

a. People came up with various theories of its origin.
b. Scientists from the University of Sheffield did studies on Stonehenge .
c. People moved the giant stone across southern England to a site on the

Salisbury Plain, and built a large circular structure.
d. Merlin moved it from Mount Kilaraus in Ireland.

3. Why did Stonehenge become one of the famous prehistoric sites in the
world?

a. It has become famous because it is in England.
b. It has become famous because of its size.
c. It has become famous because it was built long time ago.
d. It has become famous because no one knows how and why it was built.

4. How are some of the theories of its origin of Stonehenge different from
archaeological studies?
a. They are explanations from mythology and the paranormal.

b. They are written records from Bronze Age.
c. They are stories from descendants of the witnesses who knew how it was
built.

d. They are stories from residents who used to live in the area.

5. Which of these theories is predicted to be most scientific?
a. It was built by devils.

b. Giant birds transported the giant stone to the site.
c. People from Neolithic and Bronze Age invented equipment to move the
giant stones.
d. It was built by dead people so their family members can remember them.

6. In the passage, the word undertook means
a. promised to do something b. passed something
c. made d. broke

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