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OPEN CLOZE 11-10-2021
From question 1-10, fill in each gap with a suitable word
The huge stone figures of Easter Island have beguiled explorers, researchers and the wider world (1) ______
for ____ centuries, but now experts say they have cracked one of the biggest
mysteries: why the statues are where they are.
Researchers say they have analysed the locations of the megalithic platforms (2) _____ on ____
which many of the statues known as moai sit, as wel as scrutinising sites of the island’s
resources, and have discovered the structures are typical y found in close (3) _________ proximity_ to
sources of fresh water. This led to the belief that such constructions could be tied to the
abundance and quality of the supplies.
Prof Carl Lipo from Binghamton University in New York commented that (4) ____ what ____ is
important about the findings is that the statue locations seem to carry a symbolic meaning
to them while integrating into the lives of the community, rather than being a weird ritual place.
Easter Island has more than 300 megalithic platforms, (5) ______
each ___ of which might have
been made by a separate community. The first of these are believed to have been
constructed in the 13th century.
It is thought the monuments represent ancestors and were linked to ritual activity, forming a
focal point for communities, (6) ______
but ____ the reason for their locations was (7) __________ previously
unsolved. While studies have suggested the sites might have been chosen because of a link
to key resources, the team says the latest research is the first attempt to scrutinise such claims. The team (8) _________
focused _ on the east of the island, where various resources have been wel
mapped, and looked at the distribution of 93 megalithic platforms constructed (9) _________ beforre
European sailors arrived later in the 18th century.
After finding (10) _____
no _____ link to the proximity of rock used for tools or for the
monuments, they looked at whether the statues were found near other important resources:
gardens spread with stones in which crops like sweet potatoes were grown, fishing sites, and sources of freshwater.