1. ESCOLA ESTADUAL “DR. JOAQUIM VILELA”
Avaliação de Língua Inglesa - English Test -
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THE RUINS OF TROY
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), a German merchant w had become a millionaire by
the age of 36, discovered the ruins Troy in 1873. Since his childhood the story of the
City and its war had fascinated him, as told by the Greek poet, Homer, in the Iliad
(‘Ilium’ was another name for Troy) In the mid 1800s many scholars thought the Iliad
was fiction, but Schliemann believed exactly the contrary. As he was studying the text,
he came to the conclusion that the site was in northwestern Turkey, in Hissarlik. After
he had dug there for months he found the ruins not of one City, but of nine, each built
on the ruins of the previous one, forming nine layers. When excavations had finished,
he could gather treasures of gold, silver and jewelry Schliemann had imagined that
Homer’s Troy was layer IX (2200 BC), but archeologists discovered later that it was
layer VII, a smal1 fortified city, destroyed by fire and violence in 1200 BC, just as the
Iliad recounts.
Adapted from The Giant Book of Facts, Octopus Books Ltd 1989, p. 291. in: Compact English Books Edit FTD. 1998; 8; Pg 102/3).
Vocabulary
mid — middle scholar — expert, erudite estudioso do meio - especialista, erudito
as — when to dig— to excavate como - quando a cavar para desenterrar
to gather — to collect just — exactly para reunir - para coletar apenas - exatamente
Check Your Reading
1. According to the text, Heinrich Schliemann:
a) firstly discovered the ruins and then became rich.
b) first became rich and then discovered the ruins.
c) became rich after he had discovered the ruins.
d) became a millionaire in 1873.
2. The Iliad is the name of a:
a) poet.
b) Greek.
c) war.
d) book
3. Read the statements below:
I. Troy was considered fiction until 1873. a) all statements are correct
II. Schliemann discovered the site of Troy reading b) no statement is correct
the Iliad. c) only statement I is correct
III. The nine cities discovered were side by side. d) only statement I and II are correct
Now circle the correct alternative.
4. In the clause “As he was studying the text”, an approximate meaning for as is:
a) then.
b) how.
c) when.
d) them.
5. Circle the alternative that has a wrong definition for the words given.
a) merchant — a person who buys and sells things
b) childhood — the time of life before adolescence
c) scholar — a school student
d) layer — stratum; a quantity of some material spread on a surface
