Test Yourself. Иванова Ю.В - 23 стр.

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and lived in harmony with nature. Some people (such as the American
Indians) did indeed respect and protect their environment. But there are
many examples of ancient peoples who destroyed the land they inhabited. In
doing this, some of them destroyed their own livelihood.
The great city of Ur was destroyed by floods after its people had cut
down the trees on the banks of the river Euphrates to use as fuel for their
fires. Although the Bible says that the cause of floods was anger of God, the
real cause of the flood was probably environmental damage caused by man.
The dodo was a large bird, rather like a turkey, that lived on the island of
Mauririus in the Indian Ocean. When the first man arrived in Mauritius in
the early 16
th
century, they found that the dodos were very tame. The
settlers killed the dodos partly for food and partly for sport. By 1680, less
than 200 years after the first man settled on Mauritius, the last dodo was
dead. Only the expression ‘as dead as a dodo’ lives on in the English
language.
I. Найдите слова из первой колонки в тексте и соотнесите с их
значением во второй колонке.
1. tend
2. ancient
3. protect
4. inhabited
5. tame
a. lived in
b. not afraid of people
c. have an inclination, tendency
d. defend
e. very old
II. Дополните предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста и
подчеркните правильный вариант ответа.
1.
According to the passage, our ancestors a) respected and protected
their environment b) were probably as selfish as modern people c) lived
in harmony with nature.
2. The passage states that the great city of Ur was probably destroyed by
a) fires b) the anger of God c) floods after cutting down trees.
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