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Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (10 points).
THE OLDEST BUILDING
On a hillside at Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Japanese archeologists have uncovered the remains of what is believed to be the world’s oldest (1)_____ structure. The structure was discovered during the construction of a park. The site has been dated to half a million years ago, ( 2)_____ to a report in a scientific magazine. The structure consists of w hat appear to be 10 post holes, which form two (3)_____ pentagons. These could be the remains of two huts. A (4)_____ of stone tools were also found (5)_____ around the site. It is believed that the shelter was built by an (6)_____ ancestor of humans, Homo erectus, who is known to have used stone tools. The remains of these huts could help to (7)_____ how Homo erectus lived and hunted. What is not known is whether these structures were temporary or more permanent shelters. But they do (8)_____ us that hominids could (9)_____ of using technology to organize things. They had the idea of actually making a structure -a place where they could sleep. It (10)_____ the mental capacity to distinguish between inside and outside. Before this new discovery the oldest remains of a structure were those at Terra Amata in France, from around 200,000 to 400.000 years ago.
1: A. unnatural B. fake C. synthetic D. artificial
2: A. saying B. mentioning C. following D. according
3: A. shapeless B. uneven C. irregular D. odd
4: A. sum B. figure C. few D. number
5: A. splashed B. extended C. scattered D. thrown
6: A. ancient B. old C. elderly D. antique
7: A. explain B. argue C. inform D. answer
8: A. show B. illustrate C. display D. demonstrate
9: A. imagine B. conceive C. think D. plan
10: A. means B. symbolizes C. stands for D. represents
THE OLDEST BUILDING
On a hillside at Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Japanese archeologists have uncovered the remains of what is believed to be the world’s oldest (1)_____ structure. The structure was discovered during the construction of a park. The site has been dated to half a million years ago, ( 2)_____ to a report in a scientific magazine. The structure consists of w hat appear to be 10 post holes, which form two (3)_____ pentagons. These could be the remains of two huts. A (4)_____ of stone tools were also found (5)_____ around the site. It is believed that the shelter was built by an (6)_____ ancestor of humans, Homo erectus, who is known to have used stone tools. The remains of these huts could help to (7)_____ how Homo erectus lived and hunted. What is not known is whether these structures were temporary or more permanent shelters. But they do (8)_____ us that hominids could (9)_____ of using technology to organize things. They had the idea of actually making a structure -a place where they could sleep. It (10)_____ the mental capacity to distinguish between inside and outside. Before this new discovery the oldest remains of a structure were those at Terra Amata in France, from around 200,000 to 400.000 years ago.
1: A. unnatural B. fake C. synthetic D. artificial
2: A. saying B. mentioning C. following D. according
3: A. shapeless B. uneven C. irregular D. odd
4: A. sum B. figure C. few D. number
5: A. splashed B. extended C. scattered D. thrown
6: A. ancient B. old C. elderly D. antique
7: A. explain B. argue C. inform D. answer
8: A. show B. illustrate C. display D. demonstrate
9: A. imagine B. conceive C. think D. plan
10: A. means B. symbolizes C. stands for D. represents