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END-OF-THEME TEST 3

For the questions 1–10, choose the best word
or expression to fill the space.

1. Ancient Mesopotamia, often referred to as the 6. Though some sites or artefacts are sometimes
cradle of civilisation, witnessed remarkable uncovered accidentally, archaeologists
---- in agriculture and urban development, usually find them by ---- examining aerial
along with the establishment of complex photos and using various types of radar.
political systems. A) delicately B) allegedly
A) architectures B) traditions
C) undoubtedly D) vibrantly
C) breakthroughs D) antiquities
E) diversely
E) mysteries

2. Some nations’ rich cultural ---- has been 7. According to the religion ---- by the Egyptians,
passed down through generations, allowing after death, the pharaohs of Egypt, members
their members to appreciate and embrace of the nobility, and officials were usually
diverse traditions. mummified and buried in elaborate tombs.
A) commerce B) dignity A) maintained B) cultivated
C) heritage D) determination C) astonished D) replicated
E) healing E) adopted

3. Today’s ---- scientists warn that civilisation 8. Evidence ---- that Göbeklitepe is almost
is confronted by critical issues driven by 10,000–11,000 years old, which makes it the
overpopulation, excessive consumption, and world’s oldest temple, whose history dates
environmentally hazardous technologies. back to the Neolithic Period.
A) abundant B) magical A) appreciates B) revolutionises
C) ancestral D) renowned C) uncovers D) incorporates
E) fertile E) constructs

4. During the Palaeolithic Era, the earliest 9. The Sumerians are ---- as the very first
modern European people in the fossil record calendar inventors, who divided a year into
left behind a variety of ---- objects, such as 12 lunar months, each consisting of 29 or 30
tools, gravesites, and works of art. days.
A) equitable B) unprecedented A) based on B) looked upon
C) immortal D) sustainable C) descended from D) passed down
E) prosperous E) engaged in

5. Confucius was a teacher, philosopher, 10. The earliest civilisations developed between
and political theorist whose ideas have ‑‑‑‑ 4000 and 3000 BC, when the rise of agriculture
influenced the civilisations of China and other and trade allowed people to have surplus food
East Asian countries. and economic stability; however, they also ----
A) intricately B) earnestly catastrophic events like wars.
A) stood out B) set up
C) sustainably D) tremendously
C) derived from D) lived through
E) resiliently
E) relied on
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