Welcome to Mr Aslanov’s CEFR lessons – LEVEL B2 Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses with us!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 LEXICAL & GRAMMAR COMPETENCE – TEST 13 The Phoenix Legend This magical, mythical bird has long been a part of legends, dating Q1______ to ancient
civilizations. In today’s culture, the phoenix’s legend is still going Q2______, with a major city in
the United States named after the resurrecting beast and popular books and movies, including the
phenomenally successful ‘Harry Potter’ series encompassing the bird into characters and plots.
Since the story has come Q3______ to us through the oral tradition, there is no single version of it.
It varies from teller to teller — each adding something of their own and changing tiny aspects of it.
Q4______ , the main facts of the legend of the Phoenix remain intact, even though the myth has
been adulterated. According to the legend, the Phoenix is a supernatural creature that has an
incredibly long Q5______, stretching to at least a thousand years. It cannot fall sick or get injured
at any point in its lifetime. However, some believe that it does get affected by disease or drought,
which leads it to prematurely enter the next phase of its life. Once that time is over, the bird builds
its own funeral pyre. The traditional story goes that the phoenix ignites himself, burns to ash, and
then rises again from the ashes to live another thousand years. This triumph over adversity has
caused the bird to become the Q6______ or symbol of many groups and organizations. Once the
bird is born from ashes, the cycle begins anew. Another version of the story is that before the fire
consumes the bird, it lays an egg, which hatches a new phoenix. This phoenix will live to be a
thousand years old before having an Q7______ in the same method. There is no way of
ascertaining which version of the story is true, but all of them express the same theme: the triumph
over adversity.