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(a) one

(b) two

(c) three

(d) four

21. Which of the following is true, according to the passage?

(a) the visit lasted only five months

(b) the visit coincided with American industrialization

(c) the first part was published in 1835; the second part in 1840

(d) the second part was more optimistic than the first

Questions 22-31

The study of the astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythologies, religions and world-views of all ancient cultures is called archaeoastronomy. It is described, in essence, as the "anthropology of astronomy", to distinguish it from the "history of astronomy". Many of the great monuments and ceremonial constructions of early civilizations were astronomically aligned, and two well-known ancient archaeological sites seem to have had an astronomical purpose. The Orion mystery, as it is dubbed, purports that the geometry and brightness of the stars in the Orion constellation are mirrored in the alignment and size of the great pyramids of Egypt. While this claim remains hypothetical, it is nevertheless clear that ancient Egyptians incorporated astronomy with architecture. In the Temple of Abu Simbel, for example, sunlight penetrates a sacred chamber to illuminate a statue of Ramses on October 18, which ushered in the start of the Egyptian civil year. Astronomy did not exist on its own, however, but as one limb of a larger body whose other limbs included agriculture and the after-life. In this sense, astronomy linked the two themes humans are most obsessed with: life and death.

22. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(a) the definition and some examples of archaeoastronomy

(b) the possible astronomical significance of ancient monuments

(c) the history of astronomy

(d) the oldest known site possibly used for astronomy

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