INTERPRETAÇÃO DE TEXTO - INGLÊS

 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; Unit 8; Pg 102/3).
Vocabulary
mid — middle scholar — expert, erudite

as — when to dig— to excavate

to gather — to collect just — exactly

Check Your Reading1. 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.
e) had a fascination for wars and Troy.

2. The Iliad is the name of a:
a) poet.

b) Greek.

c) war.

d) book

e) place

3. Read the statements below:

I. Troy was considered fiction until 1873.
II. Schliemann discovered the site of Troy reading the Iliad.
III. The nine cities discovered were side by side.

Now circle the correct alternative.
a) all statements are correct

b) no statement is correct

c) only statement I is correct
d) only statement III is correct

e) only statement I and II are correct

4. In the clause “As he was studying the text”, an approximate meaning for as is:
a) then.

b) how.

c) when.

d) them.

e) where.

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
e) archeologist — a person that studies the history and culture of ancient societies

THE  ACE = O GABARITO: 1 = b); 2 = d); 3 = e); 4 = c); e 5 = c).