1. Read the text. Choose the correct words.

The story is about some young Italian/ French people. They found a small/ large number of interesting things in a cave/ buiding near their home.

A tunnel into the past

A. In September 1940, eighteen-year-old Marcel Ravidat was in the woods near his home in Montignac, France, when he found a hole in the ground. In the village of Montignac, there were stories about an old tunnel with treasure in it.

Was this the famous tunnel?

B. Four days later, Marcel came back to the woods with a big light and three younger friends - the youngest was fourteen. The boys took some plants away from over the hole and they saw a long tunnel down into the ground.

C. One by one, the boys went down the dark tunnel. After fifteen metres, they came toa cave and explored it. With their light, they looked up at the walls and the roof of the cave. Suddenly, they saw a lot of pictures - there were hundreds of amazing animals in red, brown and black!

D. At first the cave was a secret. But after three days they told their friends and families, and their teacher, Mr Laval. Mr Laval went down the tunnel and he understood at once - the paintings weren't hundreds of years old, they were very old and very important.

E. Soon a famous historian, Henri Breuil, came to explore the cave. There were around 1,500 pictures in it! He talked to Marcel and the others. These amazing pictures were over 17,000 years old and the boys were the first modern people to see them!