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Stonehenge is one of England’s most important monuments. Its stones are visible from a long
distance away. Do you know that about 100 years ago it was up for sale? It was once bought by
a lawyer whose name was Cecil Chubb. The man hadn’t planned to buy the monument. It just
happened when he was in Salisbury. Cecil’s wife, Mary, had told him she wanted some curtains,
so he went to town to buy them. However, he returned from Salisbury with something different
for her. When he was there, he went to an auction and became the owner of Stonehenge. Mary
was probably surprised at the present which cost as much as £680,000 in today’s money.
Why did he do it? It is not clear. There is a theory that a wealthy American was going to buy
Stonehenge, take it to pieces and send it abroad, and Chubb wanted to stop him and save
the monument. Whatever his motivation, we know that Chubb paid £6,600 for Stonehenge at
an auction in Salisbury in 1915. Three years later, he donated it to the British government.
Cecil Chubb had grown up in an average family. His father wasn’t a wealthy man. He made
horse saddles in the village of Shrewton, a few miles west of Stonehenge. Cecil attended a local
school, and then continued his education in Salisbury, where from the age of 14 he worked for
a time as a teacher’s assistant. He then attended Christ’s College in Cambridge, leaving with
Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees. Later in life Chubb made a great fortune, but he
didn’t forget what it was like to be poor. When he made his donation, he demanded that
the public shouldn’t pay more than a shilling to visit Stonehenge. A separate agreement said
that local people should get in free of charge.
Now Stonehenge is run by an organisation called English Heritage, and about 30,000 people
living nearby still get free entry. For other visitors an adult ticket costs £14.50, which is less in
today’s money than it cost in Chubb’s times.
Currently, the area around Stonehenge is undergoing an expensive transformation. The main
road nearby has been closed and the location of the visitor centre and car park has been changed.
They are now further away from the stones than before. The fence around the ruins has also
been pulled down. Chubb wanted the place to remain as open as possible, and this is happening.
Today very few people have heard of Cecil Chubb, but he is still remembered in Shrewton,
the village where he was born.
adapted from www.bbc.com
STONEHENGE
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6.1. Cecil Chubb went to Salisbury because he wanted to
A. meet a lawyer at an auction.
B. get something his wife needed.
C. buy an expensive monument.
D. sell something to a wealthy American.
6.2. Which is TRUE about Cecil Chubb?
A. He went to Cambridge to become a teacher.
B. He was rich before going to university.
C. His father worked at Stonehenge.
D. He studied law at Cambridge.
6.3. What do we learn about visiting Stonehenge?
A. All visitors can see the place for free.
B. People who work for English Heritage pay less for tickets.
C. People who live near Stonehenge don’t have to pay for entering.
D. In Chubb’s times entering the place was less expensive than it is today.
6.4. In the last paragraph, we learn that nowadays at Stonehenge
A. there is no fence between the monument and the nearby area.
B. a car park has been moved closer to the monument.
C. a huge visitor centre is being built.
D. a new road is going to be built around the monument.
6.5. The text tells the story of a man who
A. organised auctions at Stonehenge.
B. solved the mystery of Stonehenge.
C. showed visitors around Stonehenge.
D. bought Stonehenge and gave it away.
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