首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What did Adrian and his wife do in their Easter holidays?
What did Adrian and his wife do in their Easter holidays?
admin
2016-12-08
67
问题
What did Adrian and his wife do in their Easter holidays?
M: Felicity. Hi.
W: Oh, hello there, Adrian.
M: How’s Nigel, and the kids, Margie and Fergal?
W: Splendid. Just great. And, er, Olivia and, the kids?
M: Very well thanks.
W: Splendid. That’s just splendid. You know, I really must...
M: So, how were the Easter holidays?
W: Oh, right, yes, an absolute nightmare. Nigel’s parents came to stay and were so boring. Thank goodness for the golf club. And you?
M: Great actually. We went away.
W: Really? You know, I really must go...
M: We had thought about going to the Caribbean, but Olivia said that she’d been there before. Then, we booked a trip to the Greek Islands, but Olivia had forgotten about some important meeting she had, so we had to cancel that. Eventually, we left the kids at home and Olivia and I went to Easter Island.
W: Easter Island? For Easter, how amusing. Oh, right, it’s, erm, a real place, is it?
M: Yes, it’s an island in the South Pacific.
W: Jolly good. Erm, difficult to get to, I imagine?
M: Five and a half hours from Santiago.
W: Santiago?
M: The capital of Chile.
W: Really? I never knew. Sounds fascinating.
M: We went for the heads of course. Or should I say the ""moai".
W: Yes, yes. I suppose you did...heads? What heads?
M: The moai. They’re large heads.
W: Moai? Heads?
M: Haven’t you ever seen the Easter Island statues?
W: Well, yes, of course, although I haven’t quite got round to visiting them myself. They sound terribly interesting.
M: For many years the heads were a mystery.
W: Oh yes? So, what was the food like? Lots of fish, I suppose, it being an island.
M: There are moai all over the island. The statues had been there for centuries before the Europeans arrived. No one really knows why they were built, although the most popular theory is that the statues were religious. The big mystery is how they managed to move the heavy stones around the island. Just before we went, a group of archaeologists had attempted to move some rocks of similar weight as part of an experiment, but they found it extremely difficult...
W: Fascinating. So, did you play any golf?
M: There are 887 statues in total. In fact, the statues are not just heads-they’re whole figures, although only one has legs. They were carved from volcanic rock between 1100 and 1680 AD. The majority are still in the crater of the volcano. Three hundred and ninety four of them, to be precise.
W: Well, well. Good swimming, I suppose. Did you do any scuba diving? Nigel and I had ago last time we were in Sardinia. Great fun.
M: The biggest moai is called Paro and is nearly 10 metres tall and weighs over 70 tonnes.
W: Splendid. Splendid. So, anyway, I really must go because I’ve got the kids at home and I have to get the dinner ready, and then I’ve got to pick up Nigel from the gym, and then, I’m...
选项
A、For religious reasons.
B、For archaeological experiments.
C、In memory of the Europeans’arrival.
D、To protect the culture.
答案
A
解析
Adrian说没有人知道巨型石像是为什么建的,但有一种普遍的说法是因为宗教。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RKAK777K
本试题收录于:
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
B类竞赛(英语专业本科专科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
CarnegieHall,thefamousconcerthallinNewYorkcity,hasagainundergonearestoration.Whilethisisnotthefirst,【72】.As
Currencieshaveamarket,theforeignexchangemarket.Here,poundssterling,U.S.dollars,SwissFrancs,ItalianLife,etc.are
被多家公司雇用的这位顾问是财务方面的资深人士。(定语从句,knowledgeableabout)
YELLOWStillchildrenatheartthesearepeoplewhoarealwaysplanningtotaketheirvehiclesomewherereallyexciting,and
TheUnitedKingdomBritain(orGreatBritain)isanislandthatliesoffthenorth-westcoastofEurope.Thenearestcountr
Aresearchersaysleadintheenvironmentcouldbeamajorcauseofviolencebyyoungpeople.DoctorHerbertNeedlemanisa【21】_
Scientistsknowthattherearetwobasicapproachestoprolongingforlife.Oneapproachisthe【79】ofthediseasethatgenerally
YoushouldproofreadthepassageontheAnswerSheetandcorrectitinthefollowingway:Therearegreatmanyreasonsforstudy
Thespokesmanadmittedthatthegovernment’sthoughtlesspolicyhadcausedacrisisthat
WhenEnglishasaforeignlanguageistaughttochildrenattheprimaryandearlysecondarylevelsofeducation,itisgenerally
随机试题
简述大学生应当如何加强网络文明自律。
甲工程咨询单位受乙企业委托,为某核准类工程项目开展前期咨询服务。进行风险分析时发现该项目主要风险发生的概率和影响为:(1)房屋征收风险发生的概率较高,发生后会严重影响项目按计划实施。(2)恶劣天气风险发生的可能性中等,发生后会导致较高的索赔。(3)承
根据下面材料回答问题。下图是有关网民性别结构的数据资料。农村男性网民占农村网民的比例比城镇男性网民占城镇网民的比例高()。
甲自称得道高僧,路遇一村民,告其家中必有灾难,让其拿5000元消灾,这位村民一向迷信,就听信了甲。甲的行为构成()。
法国总统戴高乐有一个座右铭:“保持必定的距离!”这也深入地影响了他和智囊、参谋们的关联。在他十多年的总统岁月里,他的秘书处、办公厅和私家参谋部等顾问和军师机构,没有什么人的工作年限能超过两年以上。这表明戴高乐是个主要靠自己的思维和决断而生存的首领,他不允许
In1985whenaJapanAirLines(JAL)jetcrashed,itspresident,YasumotoTakagi,calledeachvictim’sfamilytoapologize,and
证明:当0<x<1时,
FTP协议的说法,正确的是(30)。
以下所列的各函数首部中,正确的是______。
A、Love.B、Conflict.C、Violence.D、Mystery.B短文说,不同的电影都有一个共同点——矛盾冲突。所以B正确。选项是名词,一般问细节或主旨。听到conflict时记录common。mysteries和love是并列出现的
最新回复
(
0
)