Question

Read the following passage and complete the activities:

B1. Complete the given sentences by choosing the correct option:  (2)

(i) The ______ on monuments and sites initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.

1. International Peace Committee
2. International Council
3. International Health Committee
4. World Heritage List

(ii) The famous dam situated in Egypt on River Nile is ______.

1. Buzwaa High Dam
2. Rizwa High Dam
3. Aswan High Dam
4. Kalwa High Dam

(iii) The idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early ______ century.

1. twentieth
2. nineteenth
3. eighteenth
4. fifteenth

(iv) The project cost an estimated US $ 80 million, $ 40 million which came from ______ different countries.

1. 35
2. 55
3. 25
4. 50

Although the idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early twentieth century, momentum for its actual creation was not until the 1950s. In 1954, Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River. The initial plan for the dam's construction would have flooded the valley containing the Abu Simbel Temples and scores of ancient Egyptian artefacts. To protect the temples and artefacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959 that called for the dismantling and movement of the temples to higher ground. The project cost an estimated US $ 80 million, $ 40 million of which came from 50 different countries. Because of the project's success, UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage. Shortly thereafter in 1965, a White House Conference in the United States called for a "World Heritage Trust" to protect historic and cultural sites but to also protect the world's significant natural and scenic sites. Finally, in 1968, the International Union for Conservation of Nature developed similar goals and presented them at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972. Following the presentation of these goals, the Convention concerning the Protecting of World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by UNESCO's, General Conference on November 16, 1972.

B2. Complete the following information from the passage: (2)

Tasks	Reasons
(i) UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959.
(ii) A White House Conference in the United States called for a 'World Heritage Trust'.

B3. Pick out and write any four adjectives from the passage:  (2)

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______

B4. Do as directed:  (2)

(i) UNESCO and International Council on Monuments initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.

(Use 'not only ______ but also' in the above sentence.) 

(ii) In 1968, the International Union for conservation of nature developed similar goals and presented them at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment is Stockholm, Sweden in 1972.
(Identify whether the above sentence is simple, compound or complex.)

B5. What measures will you adopt for prevention of any historical site?  (2)

Answer 1

B1. 

(i) The International Council on monuments and sites initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.

(ii) The famous dam situated in Egypt on River Nile is Aswan High Dam.

(iii) The idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early twentieth century.

(iv) The project cost an estimated US $ 80 million, $ 40 million which came from 50 different countries.

B2. 

Tasks	Reasons
(i) UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959.	for the dismantling and movement of the temples to higher ground.
(ii) A White House Conference in the United States called for a 'World Heritage Trust'.	to protect historic, cultural sites but also to protect the world's significant natural and scenic sites.

B3. Adjectives -

1. cultural
2. historic
3. natural
4. scenic

B4. (i) Not only, UNESCO but also International Council on monuments initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.

(ii) Compound sentence.

B5. Preserving historic structures and avoiding building collapse actually means preserving our culture and identity. We'll employ technology to illuminate them with a modern lighting system, add cameras to increase public awareness, and label them in tourist brochures as sites to visit.