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36. According to the passage, statues ----.
35. - 37. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
A) may have been put up for religious purposes
Imagine staring into Rano Raraku, a long-abandoned B) mark important places or events in the island’s
quarry on Easter Island in the South Pacific. Hundreds history
of huge, eerie statues carved from stone centuries ago
C) were able to be preserved through the use of
are scattered around the grassy slopes of the pit. The
advanced technology
scene is beautiful yet also haunting and disturbing.
D) were taken from one place to another on the
Some statues, known as Moai, stand upright but
island
unfinished, as though the craftsmen dropped their tools
in mid-work. Others are complete but lie fallen at odd E) were left unfinished as the society that created
angles. Who carved these statues? Why were so many them disappeared
left unfinished? What happened to the people who
made them? Easter Island’s location and appearance
increase the enigma. Extremely isolated, the island is
a small, barren grassland, only 166 square kilometres
in area, with little water and little agricultural potential.
How could such a remote and forbidding place support
a civilisation capable of carving, moving, and preserving
these massive stone statues? Easter Island was not
always a barren grassland; trees formerly covered
the majority of the island. Archaeological evidence
indicates that the island was uninhabited until around
AD 400. About 50 Polynesians arrived in large canoes
at that time, bringing crops and animals with them for
subsistence. These people created a well-organised
society capable of sophisticated technological feats,
such as moving 15- to 20-tonne stone statues long
distances without wheels.

35. Which of the following is true about Easter Island? 37. The underlined word ‘enigma’ in the passage is
closest in meaning to ----.
A) It is known for the hundreds of puzzling, towering
statues that dot the landscape. A) assurance
B) Inhabitants eventually destroyed their environment, B) mystery
which was covered by trees.
C) reputation
C) It was home to an indigenous population and
D) curiosity
developed a diverse agricultural system.
E) efficiency
D) It was easy to spot due to its location, so the
Polynesians quickly established settlements
there.
E) The Polynesians settled the island so as to raise
animals before about 400 AD.

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