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Ex. 1. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world (1) ____ exists. This

is hardly (2) ____, as it is probably the most dramatic and indestructible. The

Egyptian Pyramids were (3) ____ between 2550 BC and 2480 BC as royal

burial places. They (4) ____ on the West bank of the Nile. However, the last

century of human civilization has had a terrible (5) ____ on them, as pollution

is decaying the stone. All of the (6) ____ six wonders have been completely

(7) ____ by war or natural disasters. For example, the Colossus of Rhodes

(8) ____ during an earthquake just 200 years after it was put up at the end of

the 4th century. The statue was (9) ____ by scrap metal merchants in 654 AD.

The Mausoleum in Halicarnassus survived (10) ____. It (11) ____ 19 centuries,

but the white marble tomb was broken up and used for building (12) ____ by

the crusaders in 1522. The statue of Zeus at Olympia is now (13) ____, but the

temple in which it was housed still stands. In recent years people have (14) ____

to compile lists containing the seven wonders of the (15) ____ world. However,

nobody seems to (16) ____ to agree on what it should include.

1. A. always

B. still

C. again

D. yet

2. A. amazing

B. shocking

C. interesting

D. surprising

3. A. done

B. put

C. formed

D. built

4. A. stay

B. stand

C. exist

D. situate

5. A. nuisance

B. effect

C. trouble

D. affect

6. A. another

B. left

C. other

D. rest

7. A. broken

B. destroyed

C. wasted

D. damaged

8. A. pulled down

B. fell down

C. put down

D. got down

9. A. removed

B. disposed

C. received

D. transferred

10. A. farther

B. later

C. further

D. longer

11. A. lasted

B. kept

C. held

D. continued

12. A. purpose

B. reason

C. substance

D. material

13. A. missed

B. lost

C. disappeared

D. away

14. A. engaged

B. worked on

C. tried

D. tempted

15. A. fresh

B. latest

C. modern

D. current

16. A. able

B. capable

C. possible

D. probable