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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England consisting of a ring of standing stones around 13 feet tall and weighing around 25 tons. Archaeologists believe it was constructed between 3000 BC to 2000 BC. One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is a protected site owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, with surrounding land owned by the National Trust. A natural landform at the site may have inspired its construction aligned with solstice sunrises and sunsets.

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England consisting of a ring of standing stones around 13 feet tall and weighing around 25 tons. Archaeologists believe it was constructed between 3000 BC to 2000 BC. One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is a protected site owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, with surrounding land owned by the National Trust. A natural landform at the site may have inspired its construction aligned with solstice sunrises and sunsets.

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England consisting of a ring of standing stones around 13 feet tall and weighing around 25 tons. Archaeologists believe it was constructed between 3000 BC to 2000 BC. One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is a protected site owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, with surrounding land owned by the National Trust. A natural landform at the site may have inspired its construction aligned with solstice sunrises and sunsets.

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England consisting of a ring of standing stones around 13 feet tall and weighing around 25 tons. Archaeologists believe it was constructed between 3000 BC to 2000 BC. One of the most famous landmarks in the UK, Stonehenge is a protected site owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, with surrounding land owned by the National Trust. A natural landform at the site may have inspired its construction aligned with solstice sunrises and sunsets.

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    Descriptive Text about Stonehenge

    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west


    of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around
    13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones
    are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic
    and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

    Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding


    circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have
    been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were
    raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as
    3000 BC.

    One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as
    a British cultural icon. It has been a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument since
    1882 when legislation to protect historic monuments was first successfully introduced in
    Britain. The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage
    Sites in 1986. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage;
    the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

    Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. Deposits
    containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were
    first dug, and continued for at least another five hundred years.

    Stonehenge was produced by a culture that left no written records. Many aspects of
    Stonehenge, such as how it was built and which purposes it was used for, remain
    subject to debate. A number of myths surround the stones. The site, specifically the
    great trilithon, the encompassing horseshoe arrangement of the five central trilithons,
    the heel stone, and the embanked avenue, are aligned to the sunset of the winter
    solstice and the opposing sunrise of the summer solstice. A natural landform at the
    monument's location followed this line, and may have inspired its construction. The
    excavated remains of culled animal bones suggest that people may have gathered at
    the site for the winter rather than the summer. Further astronomical associations, and
    the precise astronomical significance of the site for its people, are a matter of
    speculation and debate.
    Questions
    1. What is the topic of paragraph 1?
    A. Stonehenge
    B. Famous landmarks
    C. Archeologist
    D. Natural landform
    E. Burial ground
    2. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
    A. Stonehenge was produce by a culture that left no written records
    B. Archeologist believe that Stonehenge was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC
    C. Stonehenge is one of the famous landmark in the United Kingdom and regarded
    as a British cultural icon.
    D. Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings
    E. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km)
    west of Amesbury
    3. What is the antonym of speculation?
    A. Hypothesis
    B. Evidence
    C. Assumption
    D. Suspicion
    E. Philosophy
    4. Which one is true based on the text, Stonehenge is owned by?
    A. The Crown
    B. English Heritage
    C. National Trust
    D. Wiltshire
    E. UNESCO
    5. What may have inspired the construction of Stonehenge?
    A. The excavated remains of culled animal bones
    B. A natural landform at the monument's location
    C. Burial ground from its earliest beginnings
    D. The site and its surrounding
    E. Bronze age in England

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