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Boş bırakılan yere, parçada anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak 3. Plants and livestock need air, water, and nourishment to
için getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
stay alive. If a plant does not have the kind of soil it needs,
it may die. Similarly, animals also need to have the right
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1. There are more than 600 ethnic or tribal groups in climate and the right food to survive. Farmers try to raise
Africa, and only 53 countries. Many of today’s national the kinds of livestock and plants that will do well in their
boundaries were created in the late 19th century by particular region. _______ For example, many farmers in
colonial rulers. _______ As a result, tribes are often dry areas use irrigation, or artificial watering.
split between different countries. The Ewe people, for A) Farmers raise crops and livestock in every climate and
example, are divided between Ghana and Togo. After in all kinds of different soil.
independence, it has often proved difficult to create unity
among the different peoples in one country. B) Plants and animals also supply such natural materials as
cotton, flax, wool, and hides.
A) Africa is home to about 849 million people – more than C) Agriculture provides the food and many of the raw
one in eight of the world’s population. materials that humans need to survive.
B) Also, groups of nomadic people, who tend to roam D) Some regions receive a lot of sunlight or rainfall while
together across many countries, are found throughout others have colder or drier weather.
western Africa.
E) If they do not have perfect natural conditions, they try to
C) The most heavily urbanized region in Africa is northern
create the best conditions possible.
Africa, and Cairo, in Egypt, is the largest city on the
continent.
D) Borders sometimes follow natural features, such as
rivers, but often they just follow straight lines on a map.
E) The war between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples has forced
thousands of people to leave their homes.

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2. Forests, conserved land, and natural habitats are not 4. Jutimanon, the owner of a riverside café named Chao
important just for the sake of saving trees and animals. Phraya Antique in Thailand, was worried that the flood
Forests and all greenery are important in keeping might be the end of her business, which had already been
the climate in check. Plants take in the carbon in the coping with the pandemic. _______ Instead of closing due
atmosphere and give back oxygen, and older trees hold to flooding, Jutimanon’s restaurant, which is located on
on to that carbon, storing it for the duration of their the banks of the Chao Phraya River, remained open and
lives. By taking in carbon dioxide, they are reducing started a new trend in Thailand. Nowadays, customers
the greenhouse effect. _______ And now, deforestation love not only the atmosphere and the grilled beef but also
is responsible for about a quarter of greenhouse gas the view of the setting sun over the river. What’s more,
emissions. they enjoy the suspense of not knowing if they will be
swept away while eating as a result of the flood.
A) In other words, greenhouse gases trap heat in the
Earth’s atmosphere, which increases global average A) Thai officials permitted in-house meals to resume in
temperature. September as part of a relaxation of restrictions as the
number of new cases dropped to roughly 10,000 per day.
B) Unfortunately, many of the world’s forests have been cut
down to make way for farmland, highways, and cities. B) You have to navigate your way through floodwaters
while holding the customers’ food.
C) Yet, some countries have chosen sustainable
development plans instead of economic plans that would C) Many nations’ health authorities warn individuals not to
produce greenhouse gases. expose themselves to flood water.
D) In fact, it is not only the trees and oceans that store D) But then, she thought the rising waters of the Chao
carbon, soil does, too, and by exposing the carbon to the Phraya River might bring an unexpected opportunity for
oxygen in the air, it helps to produce carbon dioxide. her business.
E) Although the soil on a treeless hillside washes away in a E) The decision may just keep the firm afloat, as videos of
mudslide, a tree-covered hillside’s soil stays put. drenched clients escaping the waves of passing boats
have gone viral on social media.

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