Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was (1)discovered, it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues eageron it. People are (2) to know who lived there before its discovery, diedhow they lived, and why they (3) out. Different theories give convincingdifferent explanations, but none is completely (4). The Easter Islanders had their own system of (5)Indianswriting, different from taughtany other in the world. No other Pacific Islanders knew how to write. The American (6) did not know how to write either. Who (7) the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC. (8)
The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Ame. How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. (9)
Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the cl, which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The
Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (10)
a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the see. Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
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Correct answer discovered eager died convincing (5) (6) (7) writing Indians taught writing Indians taught (8) The Easter Islanders lived on The Easter Islanders lived on sweet sweet potatoes they farmed. These potatoes they farmed. These sweet sweet potatoes came from the potatoes came from the Americas Americas (9) Remember that the distances Remember that the distances involved involved were great, further than were great, further than the distance the distance from Europe to the from Europe to the closest place in the closest place in the Americas Americas a few American Indians could have a few American Indians could have (10) reached Easter Island, because of reached Easter Island, because of a a storm, and brought the seeds of storm, and brought the seeds of sweet sweet potatoes with them potatoes with them
Part III Script
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1
When did people begin to record animals falling from skies? .
2
What did Dr. Smith notice? .
A. An alligator climbing ashore.
A. Hundreds of years ago. B. Thousands of years ago. C. In 1877. D. In 1957.
B. An alligator falling to the ground, seriously wounded. C. An alligator falling to the ground dead.
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D. An alligator falling to the ground and crawling towards the
tent.
3
How many alligators did Dr. Smith find within 200 yards? .
4How did Mr. and Mrs. Tucker conclude that the alligator dropped
. from sky?
5How did the airship officer know that the alligator had fallen from
. the sky?
Part IV
A. Eight.
B. Seven. C. Six. D. Two.
A. They heard the soft sound of a falling object.
B. They heard a groan.
C. They heard both a thump and a groan.
D. They saw a dark object dropping to the ground.
A. He saw it falling with his own eyes.
B. One of his crew members saw it falling.
C. The crew of another airship saw it falling.
D. The officer did not take an alligator aboard.
Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1. My Uncle gave me this lucky mascot when I was five, and it's been
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with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my exams. I can't __________ part with it.
2. Congratulations for getting the interview! I've ______________ for
you.
3. David Copperfield is the world's greatest magician. He's certainly
____________.
4. A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible
and no one has any idea ______ he does it.
A. which B. where
A. bring myself to B. get myself C. take myself to D. help myself
A. crossed my legs for you B. crossed my arms for you C. got your fingers crossed D. got my fingers crossed
A. worth seen B. worth looked C. worth looking D. worth a look
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C. what D. how
5. If you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming you
to an early death, and not giving you entry to ________.
6. It has even been suggested that space aliens may have played a role
________ these giant statues.
7. ____ its peak, the population of Easter Island is believed to have
reached 11,000.
8. There has been a significant increase in superstition over the last
month, _______ as a result of current economic and political
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A. sky B. the sky C. heaven D. the heaven
A. regarding
B. regarded
C. with regard in
D. in regard with
A. In B. At C. On D. For
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