READING COMPREHENSION:
A What do they do? Match names to occupations.
Carl Lipo - tour guide
Ellen Caldwell - archaeologist specialising in Rapa Nui rock art
Patricia Ramirez - art history professor
Jo Anne Van Tilburg - archaeologist specialising in the moai
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B. Match the numbers to what they measure.
88 - the age of the moai in years
887 - the maximum distance moai were carried
900 - the number of incomplete statues near or in the quarry
800 - the maximum weight of the moai in tons
18 - the distance from the quarry to Ahu Tongariki in metres
400 - the number of moai on the island
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C Choose the correct answer:
1 What is the author wondering about?
A How the moai were built.
B When the moai were built.
C How they were carried over such a long distance.
D What their weight was.
2 Which theory has NEVER been proposed regarding the transportation of the moai?
A Extra-terrestrial help.
B Rolling on logs.
C Transporting by boat.
D Walking.
3 We find out that the moai “walked” to their final destination
A from ancient books.
B from carvings on the statues themselves.
C from drag marks on the ground.
D from oral traditions, nursery rhymes and legends.
4 Foreign scholars
A had difficulty accepting that the statues walked.
B were easily convinced by locals about how the moai were moved.
C easily figured out how the moain were carried.
D were based on previous research findings when they came to the island.
5 Most of the statues
A were built near the spot where they were displayed.
B were carried over a distance of 18 kilometres.
C were built in a quarry and then carried.
D were abandoned on the way.
6 Most clues indicate that the way the moai moved resembles
A jumping
B walking
C gliding
D rolling
7 If you visit the quarry, you will find
A incomplete statues.
B tools.
C a temple.
D moai hats called “pukao”.
8 Moai faces are meant to look like
A gods.
B the locals’ ancestors.
C monsters.
D imaginary creatures.
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