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On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, sat on Anakena beach and stared at the enormous human statues there – the moai. The statues are from four feet tall to 33 feet tall. Some weigh more than 80 tons. They were carved a long time ago, with stone tools, and then they were

moved up to 11 miles to the beach. Tuki stares at their faces and he feels a connection. ‘This is something that was produced by my ancestors’, he says. ‘How did they do it?’

The first Polynesians arrived at Rapa Nui (Easter Island), probably by canoe, hundreds of years ago. The island is 2,150 miles west of South America and 1,300 miles east of its nearest inhabited neighbour, Pitcairn. Nowadays 12 flights arrive every week from Chile, Peru and Tahiti. In 2011, 50,000 tourists – ten times the

island’s population – flew to Easter Island. Almost all of the jobs on Easter Island depend on tourism. And the tourists go there for only one thing: the moai. People around the world became curious about the statues after the Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl made Easter Island famous, and there are different theories about how the statues were moved to the beach. Many researchers think the statues were pulled along the ground using ropes and wood. Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond has suggested that many people were needed to build and move the

moai. As a result, the island’s trees were cut down for wood and to create farming land. This open land was

fragile and it was soon eroded by the strong winds, so it was very difficult to grow food. The situation was an early example of an ecological disaster, according to Diamond. On the other hand, archaeologists Terry Hunt of the University of Hawaii and Carl Lipo of California State

University Long Beach have a more positive view of the island’s history. They suggest that the inhabitants actually pioneered a type of sustainable farming – they built thousands of circular stone walls, called manavai, and grew food inside them. And their theory about how the moai were moved is that they were ‘walked’ along using a system of only ropes and a few people.

As José Tuki contemplates these enormous statues, he doesn’t mind that there are no definite answers about the history of his island. ‘I want to know the truth,’ he says, ‘but maybe knowing everything would take its power away’.

The Easter Island statues __________.

A. are new constructions to attract tourists.

B. aren’t completely understood by archaeologists

C. were destroyed by the islanders.

D. were made by José Antonio Tuki.

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Đáp án B

Những bức tượng đảo Easter................

A. là những công trình mới thu hút du khách.

B. không được hiểu hoàn toàn bởi các nhà khảo cổ học.

C. đã bị phá hủy bởi người dân trên đảo

D. được tạo ra bởi Jose Antonio Tuki.

Dẫn chứng: As José Tuki contemplates these enormous statues, he doesn‟t mind that there are no definite answers about the history of his island. ‘I want to know the truth,’ he says, ‘but maybe knowing everything would take its power away’.

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Câu 2:

On Easter Island today, the statues _________.

A. are very important for the island’s economy.

B. have lost their significance.

C. are abandoned.

D. are regarded as a problem.

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Đáp án A

Trên đảo Easter ngày nay, những bức tượng....................

A.rất quan trọng với nền kinh tế đảo

B. đã mất đi tầm quan trọng của nó

C. bị bỏ hoang

D. được quan tâm như một vấn đề

Dẫn chứng: Almost all of the jobs on Easter Island depend on tourism. And the tourists go there for only one thing: the moai.

Câu 3:

The people of Easter Island today _________.

A. are isolated from the modern world.

B. are often unemployed.

C. are very rich.

D. depend on foreign visitors.

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Đáp án D

Người dân trên đảo Easter ngày nay...................

A. bị cô lập với thế giới hiện đại C. rất giàu có

B. thường bị thất nghiệp D. phụ thuộc vào du khách nước ngoà

Câu 4:

Studying the moai __________.

A. can tell us about the people who lived on the island.

B. is important to the farmers on Easter Island.

C. helps us to understand the art of José Tuki.

D. is not important to the people on Easter Island.

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Đáp án A

Việc nghiên cứu những bức tượng mặt người................

A. có thể cho chúng ta biết về những người từng sống trên đảo.

B. quan trọng đối với nông dân trên đảo Easter

C. giúp chúng ta hiểu về nghệ thuật của Jose Tuki

D. không quan trọng đối với người trên đảo Easter.

Dẫn chứng: . ‘This is something that was produced by my ancestors,’ he says. ‘How did they do it?’

Câu 5:

The moai __________.

A. are statues of animals.

B. are all the same size.

C. were made by José Tuki‟s ancestors.

D. are small human statues.

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Đáp án C

Những bức tượng mặt người.......................

A. là tượng của động vật

B. cùng kích thước

C. được tạo bởi tổ tiên của Jose Tuki

D. là những tượng người nhỏ

Dẫn chứng: ‘This is something that was produced by my ancestors,’ he says.

Câu 6:

Jared Diamond thinks that _________.

A. the forest resources on Easter Island were poor.

B. there were never any forests on Easter Island.

C. the people on Easter Island used to be very poor.

D. it became difficult to grow food after the forests were cut down.

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Đáp án D

Jared Diamond nghĩ rằng....................

A. nguồn tài nguyên rừng trên đảo Easter thì nghèo nàn.

B. chưa bao giờ có rừng trên đảo Easter.

C. người trên đảo Easter đã từng rất nghèo

D. nó trở nên khó trồng thực phẩm sau khi rừng bị chặt

Dẫn chứng: As a result, the island‟s trees were cut down for wood and to create farming land. This open land was fragile and it was soon eroded by the strong winds, so it was very difficult to grow food.

Câu 7:

Hunt and Lipo‟s theory about the movement of the statues involves using ________.

A. wood and stone.

B. ropes and people.

C. wood and ropes.

D. ropes and stone.

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Đáp án B

Lý thuyết của Hunt và Lipo về việc di chuyển những bức tượng này bao gồm việc sử dụng.............

A. gỗ và đá C. gỗ và dây thừng

B. dây thừng và con người D. dây thừng và đá

Dẫn chứng: And their theory about how the moai were moved is that they were ‘walked’ along using a system of only ropes and a few people.

Câu 8:

The word “fragile” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. easily broken

B. firm

C. hard

D. dry

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Đáp án A

Từ “fragile” ở đoạn 4 gần nghĩa nhất với....................

A. dễ vỡ C. cứng

B. chắc/ chặt D. khô

Dẫn chứng: This open land was fragile and it was soon eroded by the strong winds, so it was very difficult to grow food.

Câu 9:

The story of the moai can teach us lessons about _________.

A. our interaction with the environment.

B. the role of art in society.

C. island communities.

D. ecological disasters

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Đáp án A

Câu chuyện của bức tượng mặt người dạy chúng ta những bài học về.................

A.sự tương tác của chúng ta với môi trường.

B. vai trò của nghệ thuật trong xã hội

C. các cộng đồng dân cư đảo

D. những thảm họa sinh thái học

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On Easter Island today, the statues _________.