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Part 5: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
An American professor who studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of their empire. (0) ___ to Professor Richard Hansen, an archaeologist at the University of California, the (1)___ of the Mayan civilization in Central America was (2)___ about by the Mayas themselves.
Their object was to display their wealth and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful as possible. This (3)___ using large quantities of lime, which they put on the walls to make them smooth. Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they therefore (4)___ to cut down huge numbers of trees. This affected the quality of the soil, and it became almost impossible to farm.
Professor Hansen, who has (5)___ returned from an excavation in the El Mirador region of northern Guatemala, told a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia that the Mayas, having (6)___ this mistake in the 3rd century, repeated it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal. Increasing food (7)___ among the Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which ravaged ancient Greece. However, (8)___ the Greek civil war, which only (9)___ for 27 years, the Mayas wars went on for many centuries and left many of their great cities and temples in (10)___.
(0).A. Referring B. Relating C. According D. Respecting
(1).A. collapse B. drop C. crash D. stop
(2).A. made B. came C. turned D. brought
(3).A. depended B. needed C. involved D. requested
(4).A. obliged B. forced C. must D. had
(5).A. still B. just C. already D. yet
(6).A. done B. had C. taken D. made
(7).A. lack B. shortages C. droughts D.failures
(8).A. unlike B. apart C. without D. unless
(9).A. stayed B. spent C. lasted D. longed
(10).A. injuries B. damages C. spoils D. ruins
An American professor who studied the Mayas has come up with a new theory about the sudden end of their empire. (0) ___ to Professor Richard Hansen, an archaeologist at the University of California, the (1)___ of the Mayan civilization in Central America was (2)___ about by the Mayas themselves.
Their object was to display their wealth and power by making their buildings and decoration as beautiful as possible. This (3)___ using large quantities of lime, which they put on the walls to make them smooth. Unfortunately, the creation of lime is a process which requires intense heat, and they therefore (4)___ to cut down huge numbers of trees. This affected the quality of the soil, and it became almost impossible to farm.
Professor Hansen, who has (5)___ returned from an excavation in the El Mirador region of northern Guatemala, told a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia that the Mayas, having (6)___ this mistake in the 3rd century, repeated it 600 years later, at which time it proved fatal. Increasing food (7)___ among the Mayas created a Central American equivalent of the Peloponnesian War which ravaged ancient Greece. However, (8)___ the Greek civil war, which only (9)___ for 27 years, the Mayas wars went on for many centuries and left many of their great cities and temples in (10)___.
(0).A. Referring B. Relating C. According D. Respecting
(1).A. collapse B. drop C. crash D. stop
(2).A. made B. came C. turned D. brought
(3).A. depended B. needed C. involved D. requested
(4).A. obliged B. forced C. must D. had
(5).A. still B. just C. already D. yet
(6).A. done B. had C. taken D. made
(7).A. lack B. shortages C. droughts D.failures
(8).A. unlike B. apart C. without D. unless
(9).A. stayed B. spent C. lasted D. longed
(10).A. injuries B. damages C. spoils D. ruins
