Summative Assessment for term 2 Grade 9 LREADING. "Strange stones. Giant's Causeway Northern Ireland" The Giant's Causeway is a World Heritage Site on the North Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland It is made up of around 40,000 large stone columns, which lie at the bottom of a cliff and make a path that leads out of sea. Although, according to science, these columns were created by volcanic activity around sixtty million years ago, a legend says that the Causeway is what is left of a path that a giant built to join Ireland and Scotland. In one story, the Irish giant, Fionn mac Cumhaill, built the Causeway to walk over to Scotland and fight the Scottish giant, Benandonner. However, when he went to meet Benandonner and saw that he was twice his size, he changed his mind. He dressed up as a baby and waited. When Benandonner saw him, he run away because he thought that the father of such a large child would be ready enormous. He destroyed the Causeway behind him, leaving only the stones we see today. Today the Causeway is a huge tourist attraction. The area is also a nature reserve, and visitors can see unusual plants and rare birds and animals. Task: Read again and write True or False. 1. Parts of the Giant's Causeway were destroyed by volcanic activity. 2. The stones in the Giant's Causeway were created millions of years ago. 3. Today the Giant's Causeway reaches all the way from Ireland to Scotland. 4. In the Irish legend, Benandonner was a much bigger giant than Fionn. 5. The area of the Giant's Causeway used to be underwater. 6. Stones naturally shaped like balls are extremely rare. 7.The Giant Causeway is a World Heritage. 8.It is made up of around 40,000large stone columns 9.The columns were created by volcanic activities 10. Today the Causeway is a huge tourist attraction 11.The area is a nature reserve 12.The visitors can't see unusual plants and birds 13. The columns were created around seventy million years ago 14.The Causeway join Ireland and Scotland

1. True

2. True

3. False (он ведет только к морю)

4. True

5. True

6. False (камни естественной формы в виде шаров не обязательно редки)

7. True

8. True

9. True

10. True

11. True

12. False (посетители могут увидеть необычные растения и редких птиц и животных)

13. False (это было около шестидесяти миллионов лет назад)

14. False (Согласно легенде, Дорога была построена, чтобы соединить Ирландию и Шотландию, но на самом деле она не доходит до самой Шотландии)