world wonders tests pdf

World Wonders Barnaby Newbolt

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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a ___ The Treasury in Petra is made of pink stone.

b ___ Angkor Wat was destroyed by the forest.

c ___ The Iguazú river is between Brazil and Colombia.

d ___ The Maya people of Mexico were very interested in astronomy.

e ___ There is a road at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

f ___ Alhambra means ‘yellow fort’.g ___ For a long time, Kyoto was the capital

city of Japan.h ___ The Great Barrier Reef is growing all

the time.i ___ Corals are small plants that live in the

sea.j ___ Ying Zheng became king when he was

thirteen years old.

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2 Match a word from A with a definition from B.

A

1 ___ dam2 ___ column3 ___ temple4 ___ electricity5 ___ statue

B

a a model of a person, made from stone or metal

b a tall piece of stone or wood that is part of a building

c this makes machines work, and can make heat and light

d a wall that is built across a river to hold the water back

e a building where people worship a god or gods

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3 Fill in the gaps using these words: ball, sacrificed, Court, stone, win, football, hole, losing.

The Maya people played a game like …………… in the Great Ball …………… at Chichén Itzá. At the top of each wall is a …………… ring. We think that the players had to hit the …………… through the …………… . It was important to …………… . The winners …………… one of the …………… players.

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4 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.

A

1 ___ Wildebeest must cross rivers quickly, because they …

2 ___ The light of the aurora …3 ___ The most famous garden in old

Kyoto …4 ___ Angkor Wat was not destroyed by the

forest, because there …

B

a … are in danger from crocodiles.b … is made of stones.c … were canals around it.d … does not come every night.

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5 Fill in the gaps with these places: China, the Channel tunnel, alaska, the alhambra, the great Barrier Reef.a …………… was built by the last Muslim

kings of Spain.b …………… is a good place to see the

aurora borealis.c Workers in …………… found terracotta

soldiers when they were looking for water.d …………… is a very large living thing.e …………… goes under the sea between

England and France.

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PlacesChoose the best answer.

1 The Treasury in Petra is made of _____ stone. a ■ white b ■ yellow c ■ pink d ■ black2 Angkor Wat is a beautiful building in _____. a ■ Cambodia b ■ Egypt c ■ Japan

d ■ China3 The Iguazú Falls are in Brazil and _____. a ■ Mexico b ■ America c ■ Argentina

d ■ Peru4 Chichén Itzá is a building in _____. a ■ Cambodia b ■ Mexico c ■ Italy

d ■ Australia5 There is a _____ at the bottom of the Grand

Canyon. a ■ forest b ■ river c ■ city d ■ road6 The Alhambra is a building in the south of

_____. a ■ France b ■ Egypt c ■ China

d ■ Spain7 In the _____, the cherry trees in Kyoto come

into flower. a ■ spring b ■ summer c ■ autumn

d ■ winter8 The garden of Ryoan-ji is made of _____. a ■ wood b ■ stones c ■ water d ■ glass9 Coral reefs are home to _____ per cent of all

things that live in the sea. a ■ 5 b ■ 10 c ■ 25 d ■ 50 10 The Millau Bridge is in the south of _____. a ■ China b ■ Italy c ■ England

d ■ France

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PeopleChoose the best answer.

11 Herodotus wrote about some _____ of the Old World.

a ■ wonders b ■ people c ■ animals d ■ plants

12 People usually come to Petra _____. a ■ by car b ■ by plane c ■ on foot

d ■ by boat 13 People built Angkor Wat to look like a _____. a ■ tree b ■ lion c ■ person

d ■ mountain 14 Chichén Itzá was built by the _____ people. a ■ American b ■ Maya c ■ Irish

d ■ Khmer 15 The Alhambra was built by _____ kings of

Spain. a ■ Buddhist b ■ Christian c ■ Hindu

d ■ Muslim 16 A lot of people visit Kyoto to see the _____. a ■ gardens b ■ waterfalls c ■ mountains

d ■ elephants 17 People call the Great Barrier Reef ‘the largest

_____ thing in the world’. a ■ stone b ■ old c ■ living d ■ white 18 Workers in China discovered terracotta

soldiers when they were looking for _____. a ■ money b ■ water c ■ their friends

d ■ food 19 Ying Zheng became king when he was _____. a ■ 30 b ■ 23 c ■ 13 d ■ 33 20 After 25 years as king, Ying Zheng became

emperor of _____. a ■ China b ■ Japan c ■ India

d ■ Cambodia

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FactsChoose the best answer.

21 Most of the animals in the Serengeti migration are wildebeest and _____.

a ■ lions b ■ zebras c ■ crocodiles d ■ elephants

22 There are _____ all around Angkor Wat. a ■ reefs b ■ roads c ■ houses

d ■ canals 23 The Devil’s Throat is _____. a ■ a waterfall b ■ a mountain

c ■ an island d ■ a temple 24 The Maya people played a game like _____ at

Chichén Itzá. a ■ baseball b ■ football c ■ tennis

d ■ golf 25 There are about _____ different layers of rocks

in the walls of the Grand Canyon. a ■ 400 b ■ 4 c ■ 14 d ■ 40 26 The word Alhambra means ‘_____’. a ■ tall fort b ■ red house

c ■ white mountain d ■ red fort 27 The aurora borealis is also called the _____

Lights. a ■ Northern b ■ Moon c ■ Southern

d ■ Sun 28 Corals are small _____ in the sea. a ■ plants b ■ boats c ■ animals

d ■ stones 29 Turtles can live for _____ years. a ■ 40 b ■ 80 c ■ 60 d ■ 20 30 The Channel tunnel goes under the sea

between _____. a ■ England and Scotland

b ■ France and Italy c ■ England and France d ■ Japan and China

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VocabularyChoose the best answer.

31 a large area of land covered with trees a ■ canal b ■ city c ■ forest d ■ temple 32 an animal with a long thin body and no legs a ■ snake b ■ camel c ■ elephant

d ■ wildebeest 33 something that is worth a lot of money a ■ harbour b ■ shadow c ■ treasure

d ■ moss 34 to get bigger a ■ defend b ■ travel c ■ destroy

d ■ grow 35 a model of a person, made of stone or metal a ■ temple b ■ statue c ■ king d ■ flag 36 a long narrow passage that carries water a ■ canal b ■ column c ■ harbour

d ■ weapon 37 between warm and cold a ■ flat b ■ cool c ■ magnetic d ■ hot 38 the door or opening where you go into a place a ■ column b ■ entrance c ■ flag

d ■ canal 39 a large place with trees and gardens where

people can walk a ■ harbour b ■ capital c ■ shadow

d ■ park 40 a wall across a river that holds the water back a ■ telegraph b ■ column c ■ dam

d ■ weapon

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EventsChoose the best answer.

41 The Great Pyramid in Egypt was built about _____ years ago.

a ■ 1,000 b ■ 2,000 c ■ 3,000 d ■ 4,000 42 People built the Treasury in Petra about _____

years ago. a ■ 200 b ■ 2,000 c ■ 2 d ■ 20 43 Many buildings in Petra were destroyed by

_____. a ■ soldiers b ■ storms c ■ forests

d ■ earthquakes 44 Every year, two million animals move together

across East _____. a ■ Africa b ■ Asia c ■ Australia

d ■ Europe 45 A ‘snake’ climbs down the Pyramid of

Kukulcan _____. a ■ every day b ■ once a month

c ■ twice a year d ■ once a year 46 The Maya people sometimes _____ to please

their gods. a ■ cooked food b ■ killed people

c ■ wrote books d ■ played games 47 The Grand Canyon was made by _____ which

cut into the rock. a ■ the wind b ■ a fire c ■ the rain

d ■ a river 48 In 711, Muslim armies arrived in Spain from

_____. a ■ Asia b ■ North America c ■ Australia

d ■ Africa 49 A lot of people saw the aurora in 1859 because

there was a big storm _____. a ■ in the sun b ■ over North America

c ■ on the moon d ■ over Europe 50 For a long time, Kyoto was the capital city of

_____. a ■ Cambodia b ■ China c ■ Japan

d ■ India

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