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DSE 2013 Paper 1A - Para. 4-7

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    Terra-cotta warriors
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  • Find a word in paragraph 4 that means 'not colorful'.
    monochrome
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  • What does 'Qin Shi Huang Di packed a lot into his earthly reign' (lines 38-39) tell us about the first emperor?
    he achieved a lot during his reign
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  • According to paragraph 5, why did the colors of the warriors not survive?
    warriors colors disintegrated into the air// the colors were exposed to air
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  • In line 61, the writer mentions boiling an egg to show...
    how quickly the paint begins to disintegrate
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  • In lines 71-72, "...a layer of mud created by flooding acted as a sort of 2,000-year-long spa treatment." What can be inferred about the function of the mud at the bottom of Pit 1?
    It protected the features of the specimens found there.
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  • Who developed PEG (line 76)?
    Conservation Office in Germany and Chinese researchers
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  • What is the purpose of wrapping the artifact in plastic?
    to keep it moist
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