Variant – 1 Choose the best answer

26. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

A) Scientific assumptions say that the Babylonian people

started to measure time 5,000 years ago.

B) Calendars were used to control the process of agriculture.

C) Until the artificial light was discovered, the influence of

the moon was considerable.

D) The solar day, the lunar month and the solar year were

the basement of calendars.

27. With what subject is the second part of the text

mainly concerned?

A) the development of calendars

B) non-natural specificity of the moon

C) social significance of the moon

D) the unimportance of the solar year
28. What is the main idea of the text ?

A) The measure of time was distinct in the past.

B) The solar year was the main factor of timekeeping.

C) Calendars considerably evolved by means of natural

cycles.

D) Calendars were made of the natural changes.