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READING COMPREHENSION THEME 4
38. - 40. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız.
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient structures that were 39. According to the passage, one of the theories
built in Egypt thousands of years ago. They are famous suggests that ----.
for their great size and shape, as well as the mystery
of their construction. Historians and archaeologists have A) Egyptians used methods of engineering
studied these pyramids for a long time and have come beyond our current understanding
up with different theories on their building process. The B) the pyramids were built with the help of
techniques that were used to move and place the stones complex tools like a wooden ramp
have been the main points of disagreement. According to C) putting the heavy rocks on top was the most
one theory, the pyramids were constructed by thousands difficult part of the construction
of workers who used simple tools like ropes and wooden
ramps to move huge stones. Another theory, on the D) the workers did not have to put in much
other hand, claims that the Egyptians applied developed physical effort during the building period
engineering techniques that we still cannot fully E) thousands of different mechanisms were used
understand today. Despite these hypotheses, the exact to move the stone blocks
methods that were used to build the pyramids remain a
topic of discussion.
38. It is stated in the passage that the construction 40. One can understand from the passage that the
of the Egyptian pyramids ----. pyramids’ size ----.
A) is no longer a secret, thanks to the enormous A) is much greater than most people think
efforts of archaeologists B) was decided by the skilled workers of ancient
B) has been a subject of argument among Egypt
scholars from different areas C) is less recognised than their building process
C) required a detailed knowledge of mathematics D) is not the only thing that is known by many
and geometry people
D) involved only the physical capabilities of the E) catches much more attention than their form
early Egyptians
E) could not be finished due to disagreements on
building techniques
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