Week - 9 English 3 - 1st Term Test Revision 2013 page 11

B. What do the following words or phrases taken from the text refer to?

1. “skilled manufacturers” (paragr. 2) _The nazca people._______________________________
2. “in daily use” (paragr. 2) ___Aqueducts, artificial watering system and reservoirs.___________
3. “built in adobe” (paragr. 4)___The citadel of Cahuachi.________________________
4. “unique place in the world” (paragr. 5)__Immense figures and lines of spectacular perfection.___
5. “the Peruvian town” (paragr.8)_____Nazca_______________________________________
6. “some of which” (paragr.10)____The Nazca Lines_________________________________
7. “in all their magnitude” (paragr.12)__Tha Nazca lines._______________________________

C. Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Was the Nazca civilization for some time contemporary with the Roman Empire?

_Yes, It was. The Nazca lines, which were scratched on the surface of the ground between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500.

2. Are these enormous carved lines related to aliens? Why or why not?
_No, They aren't. Some theories only explain its possible construction associated to extraterrestrial beings.
3. Did professors Kossok, Tello, Mejía, Scholten, and Reiche work together? Why or why not?

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EXERCISE 17: Special drill of irregular verbs

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the irregular verb, using past simple or present perfect simple.
1. I heard about your accident. I'm very sorry. (HEAR)
2. I tore my pants on a nail yesterday (TEAR)
3. Who held the long jump record before the current champion? (HOLD)
4. My brother hurt his knee playing football last weekend (HURT)
5. I have found a new Italian restaurant with great food and low prices (FIND)
6. I didn't like the movie, but I sat through it anyway (SIT)
7. A car hit that tree on the corner last night (HIT)
8. Most states have adopted "do not call" lists in recent months(ADOPT)
9. The number of jobs held by college-educated workers has risen by 2.2% over the past year(RISE)
10. According to Joe Queenan, young people living in the suburbs today are more like people who grew up in the 1950s(GROW)
11. Mick Jagger has sold more than 40 million albums and singles worldwide, including 16 No. 1 countryhits. (SELL)
12. Jennifer Capriati won the Australian Open in January 2002. (WIN)
13. The birth rate in Ireland has fallen dramatically since 1980(FALL)