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The Great Discovery

In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people 1 in numbers, they had to wander and search for wild fruits and seeds of wild plants or hunt for small animals.
Then one of these early people 2 a great discovery. A great genius discovered the meaning of seeds. He may have noticed that where some seeds had fallen on the ground, new plants grew. Perhaps he was 3 enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen. No one knows how it happened, but man 4 that if he put a seed into the soil it could grow into a plant which might yield hundreds or even thousands of seeds!
He was free of the need to be in a constant 5 of his food!
Early man could now 6 seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow.
In the fall he could gather a harvest of seeds. There would be enough to
7 himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting when spring came.
This discovery was the beginning of 8 and the most important change that ever happened to people on earth.
1. А) decreased; Б) increased; В) developed; Г) improved
2. А) fulfilled; Б) did; В) made; Г) conducted
3. А) curious; Б) questioning; В) surprised; Г) puzzled
4. А) disclosed; Б) opened; В) discovered; Г) exposed
5. А) investigation; Б) exploration; В) look; Г) search
6. А) put; Б) plant; В) deliver; Г) lay
7. А) feed; Б) food; В) provide; Г) nourish
8. А) gardening; Б) cropping; В) cultivation; Г) farming