In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people 1  increased 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  made 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 _curious enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen. No one knows how it happened, but man 4 _discovered 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 _search of his food!

Early man could now 6 _plant 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 _feed himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting when spring came.

This discovery was the beginning of 8 _cultivation 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