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They ______________________________________________________

XI. Read the passage and fill in each blank with one suitable word.

Many tourists who visit Central America find (1) __________ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live there. (2) __________ it is true that their ancient civilization came to an end when their country was (3) __________ over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Maya people carried (4) __________ living in the area. Today there are an estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5) __________ live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America states have large Mayan populations as (6) __________.

Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7) __________ over time, and today, women weave clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8) __________ found in ancient temples.

The different patterns and symbols on these brightly colored (9) __________ not only look attractive, (10) __________ can also communicate important information such as marital (11) __________.

Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they (12) __________ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13) __________ to practice and more modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Mayas' ability to (14) __________ and change, that made it possible for them to survive to the (15) __________ day.
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