1. Прочитайте информацию из путеводителя о знаменитых достопримечательностях. Установите соответствие между заголовками A - F и текстами 1- 5. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую букву только один раз.
В задании есть один лишний заголовок.
Match the HEADINGS (A-F)with the TEXTS(1-5).
A A change of directionВ A mysterious structure
СDividing a nation
DProtecting a nation
EAncient amusements
FAn isolated wonder
1. Hadrian's Wall in the UK was built by the Emperor Hadrian in AD 122 and it stretches a distance of 73 miles from the east coast of northern England to the west. When completed, it was 15 feet high and there were castles built at intervals along its length. This was the most heavily defended border in the Roman Empire. Historians believe that the wall separated the warring tribes to the north of the wall from those south of the wall.
2. The Roman Coliseum is the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire. It was built between70-80AD and stands in the centre of Rome. It can seat 50,000 spectators. It was used for gladiatorial games as well as mock sea battles and dramas based on classical mythology. The emperor Domitian had a basement built and it was here that fighters waited their turn in almost total darkness before appearing in the arena to provide entertainment for Rome.
3. Stonehenge is the mostwell-knownstone circle in Britain. It was built between3100-1100ВС but there is no evidence to identify who actually built the monument.
The stones were placed in such a way that they increase in size towards the centre of the circle. Most of the stones weigh 4 tons and were brought to the site from miles away, other stones in the circle weigh between 25 and 40 tons. Nobody knows how these stones were transported to the site.
4. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower in the Italian city of Pisa. It is famous all over the world because the tower is not straight but leans to one side as if it is going to fall over. Work started on the tower in 1173 but the tower started leaning immediately to the southeast because the foundations were badly laid in loose soil below the ground. The tower now leans to the southwest and still attracts a lot of tourists every year.
5. Known to the Chinese as ‘the Long Wall of 10.000 Li’, the Great Wall of China is a series of walls begun in 5th century ВС and these were linked up under Qin Shi Huang in about 220 ВС. The wall has towers at intervals along its length which were used to send signals to warn of any invasion. In the eastern part, the wall was built out of bricks and stones but in the western section, less durable materials such as grass
and soil were used.
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