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READING COMPREHENSION THEME 4

32. - 34. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız.

The Agricultural Revolution began roughly 12,000 years 33. It is implied in the passage that ----.
ago. It was a significant change in human history that
transformed society and lifestyle. Instead of hunting A) there were some problems with food availability
and gathering for food, people started farming as in the Near East due to climate change
settled communities. This change laid the foundation B) hunting and gathering vanished totally with
for the growth of cities and civilisations, as crops and the agricultural revolution
animals could now be farmed to supply the need. As a C) before agricultural practices, people would live
result, the global population increased from around five as settled communities
million people 10,000 years ago to eight billion today.
The reasons for starting farming varied across different D) all the people in the world had the same
regions. In the Near East, for example, climatic changes reason for starting farming
pushed people to find permanent solutions like annual E) agriculture means both growing crops and
plants, while in Asia, increased pressure on natural food raising animals
resources led to a search for homegrown solutions.
Regardless of the reasons behind it, farming planted the
seeds for the Modern Age.

32. According to the passage, agricultural 34. What is the passage mainly about?
practices ----.
A) The main reasons for the Agricultural
A) motivated people to find new solutions to food Revolution
problems B) The relation between the rise of population
B) led to the transformation of society and and agricultural practices
changed lifestyle dramatically
C) The Agricultural Revolution and ancient
C) resulted from increased pressure on natural civilisations
food resources D) Food shortages and transformation to an
D) caused people in the Near East to grow agricultural lifestyle
annual plants E) The Agricultural Revolution and its effects on

E) resulted in the rise of population in society and lifestyle
metropolitan cities

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