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Reading about the Sphinx

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1.

3 The mystery of the Sphinx


Read the text and then choose from the list A-J the best phrase to fill each gap 1-8.
Two of the suggested answers do not fit at all.

One of the world’s most studied monuments is the Sphinx,


1) _____________________________ the Great Pyramid, sixteen
kilometers from Cairo in Egypt. Carved in ancient times out of a single
piece of limestone over sixty meters long and twenty meters high, it
weighs hundreds of tons. This extraordinary monument consists solely
of the head of a man and the body of a crouching lion, a combination
2) ________________________________ strength and wisdom.
Over the years, some of its facial features have sustained damage.

The smile, 3) _________________________________ mysterious, is in


fact the result of erosion rather than design, and the nose, which has long
since been broken away, was probably the unfortunate victim of invading
soldiers’ target practice. At one time there was a serpent on its forehead
and a royal beard, a fragment 4) _______________________________ in
a museum.

But who built this monument 5) _____________________________


guarding significant places, is not part of a pair but stands alone?
Most Egyptologists agree that it was built by Pharaoh Khafre 5,000 years ago.
However, some recent commentators have speculated that it belonged to a much older civilization,
6) _________________________ a legendary flood 7) ______________________ everything in
the world over 7,000 years ago.

They have tried to demonstrate that the weathering of the Sphinx was caused by water rather than
wind and sand, and one has even suggested 8) __________________________ on a much older
site about 12,500 years ago. Whatever its origins there is no doubt that to the Egyptians, the
Sphinx represents the very essence of their country’s magnificent culture.

A. which suggests IN PAIRS, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING


B. of which exists QUESTIONS.
1) Where is the Sphinx located?
C. which disappeared in
2) When was the Great Pyramid built?
D. that it might have been
3) What features does the Sphinx
built represent/involve?
E. which is located close to 4) What happened to its nose?
F. that is supposed to have 5) Who built the Great Sphinx?
destroyed 6) What is the main reason that the
G. which some people Sphinx was damaged?
describe 7) Which civilization built this
magnificent monument?
H. which, unlike most of the
8) What does the Sphinx represent?
others
I. that it fits in
J. that was clearly known

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