1. Read the text. Choose the correct words.

(Đọc đoạn văn. Chọn đáp án đúng)

The story is about some young (1) Italian/French people. They found a (2) small/large number of interesting things in a (3) cave/building near their home.

A tunnel into the past

A

In September 1940, eighteen-year-old Marcel Ravidat was in the woods near his home in Montignac, France, when he found a hole in the ground. In the village of Montignac, there were stories about an old tunnel with treasure ïn it. Was this the famous tunnel?

B

Four days later, Marcel came back to the woods with a big light and three younger friends – the youngest was fourteen. The boys took some plants away from over the hole and they saw a long tunnel đown into the ground.

C

One by one, the boys went down the dark tunnel. After fifteen metres, they came to a cave and explored it. With their light, they looked up at the walls and the roof of the cave. Suddenly, they saw a lot of pictures — there were hundreds of amazing animals in red, brown and black!

D

At first the cave was a secret. But after three days they told their friends and families, and their teacher, Mr Laval. Mr Laval went down the tunnel and he understood at once – the paintings weren’t hundreds of year old, they were very old and very important. 

E

Soon a famous historian, Henri Breuil, came to explore the cave. There were a round 1500 pictures in it! He talked to Marcel and the others. These amazing pictures were over 17000 years old and the boys were the first modern people to see them!

2. Read the text again. Match paragraphs A-E with headings 1-4.

(Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Khớp các đoạn văn A-E với các tiêu đề 1-4.)

A young man finds something strange  A

(Một thanh niên phát hiện ra vật lạ)

1. A big surprise in the cave

(Một bất ngờ lớn trong hang động)

2. An important person comes to Montignac

(Một người quan trọng đến Montignac)

3. Marcel returns with some others

(Marcel trở lại với một số người khác)

4. The boys tell their story

(Các chàng trai kể câu chuyện của họ)

3. Read the text again. Put the story in the correct order. Number the sentences 1-8.

(Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Đặt câu chuyện theo đúng thứ tự. Đánh số các câu từ 1-8.)

a. The boys went down the tunnel into a cave.

b. Marcel Ravidat was in the woods one day.

c. There were plants over the hole. The boys took them away.

d. The boys talked to their teacher.

e. Marcel saw a hole in the ground in the woods.

f. The boys found a lot of pictures.

g. A famous person talked to the boys about the pictures.

h. Marcel went back to the hole with friends.

4. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.

(Trả lời các câu hỏi. Viết thành các câu hoàn chỉnh.) 

Where is Montignac? It’s in France. 

(Montignac ở đâu? Nó ở Pháp.)

1. What stories were there in Montignac? 

(Có những câu chuyện gì ở Montignac?)

2. What colours were the pictures? 

(Những hình ảnh có màu gì?)

3. How many pictures were there? How old were they?

(Có bao nhiêu hình ảnh? Chúng bao nhiêu tuổi?)

4. Why were the pictures very important?

(Tại sao những bức tranh rất quan trọng?)

5. How đo you think the boys felt after they spoke to the historian?

(Bạn nghĩ các cậu bé cảm thấy thế nào sau khi nói chuyện với nhà sử học?)

5. VOCABULARY PLUS

Complete the words in the text.

(Hoàn thiện các từ trong đoạn văn.)

Last week I visited London with my family. My favorite place was the Natural History (1) M               - it has got a (2) c               of dinosaurs! My favourite (3) e                    was the enormous dinosaur called 'Dippy” We also went to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's in a beautiful, old (4) b               but my sister wanted to see the (5) e                      of shoes. It was so boring!