Peruvian soldiers, prisoners and school-children now eat
papapan – a bread made from boiled potatoes.
Taken from National Geographic 10/2008
______(R) After this point in space and time, the pig spread across Asia, Europe and Africa.
Taken from: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/
In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills.
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______(Q) Wheat has become short in supply because of
continued bad weather and a greater demand for bread by an ever growing world
population.
______(R) The government is promoting this new type of bread
product in the wake of a severe shortage of wheat.
______(S) This greater demand for wheat has caused prices to
sky-rocket, severely hurting the world’s poor.
______(T) UN economist John Smith believes that all of this
should be a wake-up call: “We need to begin planting much more wheat!”
______(U) In Nigeria, for example, the price of a loaf of
wheat bread has risen from .75 to 1.00.
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Tiger attacks, monkey escapes, animal deaths – news like
this from zoos has led to an outcry from critics.
______(Q) Robert Humbertoe disagrees and counters this
argument by saying, “Enlightened zoos are good places for animals, and they are
getting better.”
______(R) Humbertoe points out that input from scientists
has allowed zoos to create more naturalistic enclosures for the animals where
they can act in healthful and natural ways.
______(S) One result of the new, enlightened and
naturalistic type of zoo is that animals tend to jump farther, climb higher and
run faster because of pure joy.
______(T) “If we can’t phase them out, zoos need higher
standards; and some animals should not be in captivity in the first place.”
______(U) “I think all zoos should be phased out,” says Pete
Bark, an animal rights advocate.
Taken from National Geographic 10/2008
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It is believed that the majority
of the pig breeds we now know are descended from the Eurasian Wild Boar (Sus
scrofa).
______(Q) Pigs have now, in fact,
become vital to the economy in all parts of the world - for example, there
exists a "pig culture" in New Guinea as strong and complex as any
African culture based on cattle.
______(R) After this point in space and time, the pig spread across Asia, Europe and Africa.
______(S) Figurines, as well as
bones, dating to the sixth and seventh millennia BC have been found at sites in
the Middle East.
______(T) Archaeological evidence
from the Middle East indicates domestication of the pig occurred as early as
9,000 years ago, with some evidence for domestication even earlier in China.
______(U) Pigs were also a popular
subject for statuettes in ancient Persia following the sixth and seventh
millennia.
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Dionysus, also commonly known by
his Roman name Bacchus, appears to be a god who has two distinct origins.
______(Q) On the other hand,
Dionysus also represents the outstanding features of mystery religions, such as
those practiced at Eleusis
______(R) Therefore, scholars have
suspected that the god known as Dionysus is in fact a fusion of a local Greek
nature god, and another more potent god imported rather late in Greek
pre-history from Phrygia (the central area of modern day Turkey) or Thrace
______(S) On the one hand,
Dionysus was the god of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature, who is also
the patron god of the Greek stage (theatre).
______(T) A mystery religion is,
basically, one that provided extreme and enriched inner experience or ecstasy:
personal and higher-level delivery from the daily world through physical or
spiritual intoxication.
______(U) Whatever his origin, Dionysus is a god always
looking to improve the human condition by encouraging friendship, compassion, dance,
laughter and joy.
Taken from: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/d/dionysus.html
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The Lusitania made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in
September 1907.
______(Q) The British Admiralty had secretly subsidized her
construction with the understanding that at the outbreak of any war the ship
would be consigned to government service.
______(R) Dubbed the "Greyhound of the Seas" she soon
captured the Blue Ribbon for the fastest Atlantic crossing.
______(S) Her engines produced 68,000-horse power and pushed the
giant through the water at an average speed over 25 knots.
______(T) Construction had begun in 1903 with the goal of building
the fastest passenger liner afloat.
______(U) However, we now know she was built for a dual
purpose.
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In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defiantly left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills.
______(Q) They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting
Bull to fight for their lands.
______(R) Spotting the Sioux village about fifteen miles away
along the Rosebud River on June 25, Custer also found a nearby group of about
forty warriors.
______(S) He did not realize that the number of warriors in the
village numbered three times his strength.
______(T) Ignoring orders to wait, he decided to attack before
they could alert the main party.
______(U) To force the large Indian army back to the
reservations, the Army dispatched three columns to attack in coordinated
fashion, one of which contained Lt. Colonel George Custer and the Seventh
Cavalry.
Taken from: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/custer.htm
The stingray's eyes peer out from its dorsal side.
_____(Q) Its eyes are therefore not thought by scientists to play
a considerable role in hunting.
_____(R) Its mouth, nostrils, and gill slits are situated,
however, on its underbelly.
_____(S) Located around the stingray's mouth, these organs sense
the natural electrical charges of potential prey.
_____(T) The jaw teeth in the mouth enable them to crush mollusks
such as clams, oysters, and mussels.
_____(U) Like its shark relatives, the stingray is outfitted with
electrical sensors called ampullae of Lorenzini.
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Answers:
wheat:
21354
zoos: 34521
pigs:
54213
Dionysus: 24135
Lusitania: 53214
Custer: 13542
stingray: 21453
