Listening Quiz

This passage is mainly about

• The visitors to the Mount Rushmore monument

• The sculptor of the Mount Rushmore monument

• The creation of the Mount Rushmore monument

According to the passage, Borglum's son

• is dead

• was a president

• spent a million dollars

The word "these" in line 4 refers to

• face

• dollars

• times

The men who Borglum hired were

• trained scupltors

• Black Hills volunteers

• unemployed miners

The word "devised" in line 7 is closest meaning to

• designed

• described

• elevated

It can be inferred from the passage that

• the heads are not originally as planned

• the workers made mistakes when blasting

• the cracks caused serious injuries

In line 11, the word "fissures" refers to

• designs

• cracks

• heads

The word "avoided" in line 11 is closest in meaning to

• circumvented

• prevented

• improvised

Borglum's mixture for filling cracks was

• very expensive

• bought at the Black Hills miners

• invented by the sculptor himself.

Today, Mount Rushmore needs to be

• polished for tourists

• restored during the winter

• repaired periodically