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Passage One: From the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Primitive man used rivers as a means of travel. In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires and civilizations. Rome today still stands on both sides of the Tiber. The Menam runs through modern Bangkok, still serving as a great waterway for the transport of goods and people. Water is Nature’s most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations far and wide rivers mean life and wealth. The Irrawaddy, Nile, Ganges and a host of other rivers feed and clothe the nation around them. A shortage of water in heavily populated agricultural areas will cause great hardship and starvation as crops fail. Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across rivers to control the water for irrigation and obtain the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then channeled to homes, cities, factories, television stations and the military. Man uses billions of litres of water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs which in turn obtain their water from the rivers. Rivers have been important to man _______. since Roman times since many years ago since a few hundred years ago for a very long time In ancient times empires and civilizations grew up near ________. A) the Tiber B) the Menam C) rivers D) the Irrawaddy Rivers bring ______. life and wealth the most precious gifts food and clothes crops 4. A heavily populated agricultural area is one where ___________. there is a shortage of water there are huge dams there are hardship and starvation there are too many farmers living close to one another 5.Energy is obtained from rivers by _____________. controlling the water building dams across them building bridges driving generators Passage Two Television, the modern wonder of electronics, brings the world into your own home in sight and sound. And the word