Генрих Шлиман

Read the text and decide which answer (A-D) fits best each gap.

Heinrich Schliemann

Schliemann is a figure that has long divided opinion among historians and archaeologists. Was he a hero, as often portrayed, or an unscrupulous conman? Perhaps the truth about this complex man (1)_______somewhere the two. On the one hand, he had a well-documented tendency to lie, which goes back to his youth and which is also apparent in the false (2)______made in excavation records. Also, on several occasions he tried to cheat the Greek and Turkish authorities. He was also an appalling self-publicist who continually (3)_____his own mythology and which shamefully lead him to deny credit to Frank Calvert, the archeologist who found the real site of Troy. The most damning charge, though, is that in his attempt to find the real Troy he destroyed many layers of (4)__________valuable archaeological evidence. Nonetheless, he was a pioneer in the use of photography to record remains on sites. Furthermore, as an archaeologist, he did make important discoveries, including the Grave Circle A in Mycenae and he did much to promote the (5)_________archaeology and make it popular field of study without which we would have lost countless numbers of ancient treasures.

In (6)___, despite some rather shocking failings, archaeology has much to be grateful for in (7)_______of his zeal for what was then a field in its (8)______. He deserves acknowledgement.

1. A. stretches 2. A. testimonies 3. A. devoured 4. A. countlessly

B. sprawls B. statements B. fed B. infiniteely

C. reclines C. declarations C. catered C. limitlessly

D. lies D. announcements D. ate D. incalculably

5. A. source 6. A. abrupt 7. A. terms 8. A. childhood

B. cause B. terse B. conditions B. origins

C. ideal C. short C. case C. dawn

D. principle D. depth D. relations D. infancy

Answers: 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. С 7. A 8. D

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