Question

I. Read the following passage and put a word in each of the numbered blanks:

   This statue of Jesus, one of the new seven (1)………………….. of the world, stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. (2)………………..by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s (3)………………………. monuments. The statue took five years to (4)…………………. and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. It has become a (5)………………. of the city and of the warmth of the Brazilian people, who receive visitors with open arms.

1____________   2_____________   3___________    4____________    5_____________

Answer 1

I. Read the following passage and put a word in each of the numbered blanks:

   This statue of Jesus, one of the new seven (1)………………….. of the world, stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. (2)………………..by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s (3)………………………. monuments. The statue took five years to (4)…………………. and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. It has become a (5)………………. of the city and of the warmth of the Brazilian people, who receive visitors with open arms.

1_____wonders_______   2_______designed______   3_____best-known______    4______construct______    5________symbol_____

Answer 2

1 wonders

2 designed

3 best-known

4 construct

5 symbol