Unit 16 Reading 0988 055 990

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The Great Wall

of China

The Taj Mahal

Halong Bay

Niagara Falls

The Leaning

Tower of Pisa

Ayers Rock in

Australia

Grand Canyon

The Great

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<b>1</b>

<b>2</b>

<b>₃</b>

<b>4</b>

<b>5</b>

<b>6</b>

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<b>1</b>

<b>2</b>

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<b>UNIT 16:</b>

<b>READING</b>

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Burial chamber

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Weight arm

Spiral ramp

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Task 1: Match each of the paragraphs

with ONE suitable main idea given:

A. The physical changes of the Pyramid

B. The theories of building the Pyramid

C. Brief introduction of the Pyramid

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Paragraph 4: D. The location of the

Pyramid

Paragraph 1: C. Brief introduction of the

Pyramid

Paragraph 2: E. The structure of the

Pyramid

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Task 2: Complete the table below with

information from your textbooks:

The Great Pyramid of Giza
1. Who / the builder?

2. How long / the Pyramid
build?

3. How old / the Pyramid?
4. How high / the Pyramid?
5. What material / to build
the Pyramid?

6. What for?

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The Great Pyramid of Giza
1. Who / the builder?

2. How long / the Pyramid
built?

3. How old / the Pyramid?
4. How high / the Pyramid?
5. What material / to build
the Pyramid?

6. What for?

7. Where / the Pyramid?

Pharaoh Khufu

Over a 20-year period

Over 4500 years old

147 metres high

Stone

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Task 3: Fill in the passage with suitable

words / phrases from the text

The largest pyramid, and the (1) ______(and only

surviving) Wonder of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza
was built by pharaoh Khufu. It consists of 2,300,000(2)

__________, each averaging 2.5 tons in weight. Until the
19th century it was the (3) ____________in the

world. People believe that it took over (4) ___________to
build the pyramid and the pyramid was built as a (5)

___________for Pharaoh. There have been varying

theories to the Great Pyramid's construction techniques.
Most accepted construction (6) <b>______________</b> are

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1. the oldest

2. blocks of stone

3. the tallest structure

4. 20 years

5. tomb

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