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Silakan mengerjakan reading exercise descriptive text berikut:
Stonehenge
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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.
Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. Radiocarbon dating in 2008 suggested that the first stones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, whilst another theory suggests that bluestones may have been raised at the site as early as 3000 BC.
The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury Henge. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.
Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge could have been a tomb from its earliest beginnings.The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that deposits contain human bone from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug. Such deposits continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.
(Modified from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge)
Exercise 1
Answer the following questions correctly based on the text!
1. What does Stonehenge look like?
2. What other buildings are located near Stonehenge?
3. According to one theory, when were the first stones of Stonehenge probably erected?
4. What is the authority of English Heritage over Stonehenge ?
5. What was probably the main reason Stonehenge was built according to the last paragraph?
Exercise 2
Match these topics with their corresponding paragraphs!
6. The time when Stonehenge was probably built. Paragraph ...
7. The purpose of building Stonehenge. Paragraph ...
8. Stonehenge's location. Paragraph ...
9. The status and ownership of Stonehenge. Paragraph ...
Exercise 3
Find words or phrases in the text which has the following definitions!
10. A building or place that is important because of when it was built or because of something in history that happened before.
Clue: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t
11. A scientist that deals with past human life and activities by studying the bones, tools, etc., of ancient people.
Clue: _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s _
12. A place for burying something or someone.
Clue: _ _ m _
13. A property that is descended from a predecessor.
Clue: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e
14. Well-known; popular.
Clue: _ _ _ o _ _
15. A fact presented to support an assertion.
Clue: _ _ i _ _ _ _ e