Tham khảo tài liệu 'focus on advanced english part 29', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 11 LAST CHANCE TO SEE . English in Use 2 Discourse Cloze Paper 3 Part 6 Illlll For questions 1-6 read through the following text and then choose from the list A-J the best phrase given below it to fit each of the spaces. Write one letter A-J in the spaces. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all. The exercise begins with an example 0 . Looking After our Heritage Would you care if the Parthenon in Athens vanished forever Or if someone decided to tear down Rome s Colosseum The questions seem too absurd 0 .J. . Of course you d care. Most people have no wish to see the remains of past civilisations destroyed or mutilated. Yet this is precisely what has already happened to numerous ancient buildings all over the world. The future of many more is 1 . uncertain. The threat comes from many quarters - rain and floods frosts and stone diseases earthquakes war and thoughtless destruction by bulldozers and other instruments of what we like to call progress. It s easy 2 . who so often regarded classical sites as convenient piles of ready-made building blocks. But we have contributed our share. The Parthenon for example has suffered from aerial assault of rock-eating fumes emitted by chimneys and cars. Sadly some governments seem 3 .Tourists have insisted on carving the dates of their visits on statues and columns and have broken off bits of old stone 4 . Happily there are some splendid examples of conservation. A large and dedicated army of archeologists and other enthusiasts is actively engaged in the task of protecting and restoring the masterpieces of earlier civilisations. More much more needs to be done. Tourism now one of the largest industries in the world plays an important role in this. It is fashionable these days 5 . and of course some of the criticism is justified. But there is another side of the story. Our interest in antiquities has helped 6 .It has made politicians and local inhabitants aware that their ruins have economic value. The entrance money paid
