初一英语任务型阅读TherearemanywondersintheworldandtheMoai(摩艾)isoneofthem.Theyareworksofart.Theyaretreasuresleftbytheancientpeople.TheMoailiesonEasterIsland,theyareabout887hugerobot-likestonestatues(

　　初一英语任务型阅读

　　TherearemanywondersintheworldandtheMoai(摩艾)isoneofthem.Theyareworksofart.Theyaretreasuresleftbytheancientpeople.

　　TheMoailiesonEasterIsland,theyareabout887hugerobot-likestonestatues(雕塑),butonly288wereraisedsuccessfully.Ittookscientistsabout15yearstomeasure（度量）them.（1）ThelargestMoaiis21.60meters________and______over160tons(吨).Nooneknowshowtobuildthestatueswithoutmodernmachines.whomadethemandwhatpeoplemadethemfor.AnothermysteryontheEasterIslandisthatmanyrockcarvingsexistthere,writteninakindoflanguagewhichappearedbeforewrittenChinesetookshape.Itisthoughtatonetime,thelargepopulationontheislanddestroyedtheecosystem（生态系统）.Soonfightingandillnessesmademanyislandersdie.（2）NowthegovernmentofChile（智利）istryingtoprotecttheMoaifrombeingdestroyed.

　　1．在（1）句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整,上下文通顺：（每空一词）.

　　2．WheredoesMoailie?

　　3．将(2)句译成中文.

　　4．在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子,并写出该句.

　　Scientistsspentfifteenyearsmeasuringthem.

　　5．在文中写出最能表达该短文主题的句子.