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07.03.2021 10:44 •  Английский язык

Present / past. read the text. fill in the blanks in the questions below. people used to get water mostly from streams, lakes and rivers. then cities started growing. this brought many people to one place. they needed more water for their homes and factories. sometimes it didn’t rain for a long time. then the rivers had very little water left. people learned to save water for these dry times. they built places in which to store water. they called these places reservoirs. reservoirs hold water until people in cities need it. large pipes carry water from reservoirs to the city. people also get water from wells. years ago, people lifted water out of wells in buckets. this was hard work and took a long time. now they pump the water up. the pump makes it easier for people to get water where they want it. a) do b) does c) did d) is e) are f) was g) 1. where _ people use to get water from? 2. what _ started growing? 3. why _ the rivers have very little water left? 4. what _ people learn to do for the dry times? 5. what _ people build to store water? 6. how long _ reservoirs hold water? 7. what places _ people call reservoirs? 8. what _ reservoirs for? 9. how _ people lift water out of wells years ago? 10. _ you think, it _ hard work? 11. how long _ it take them to lift water out of wells years ago? 12. what _ the way to get water now? 13. what _ they do to lift water out of wells now? 14. _ the pump make it easier to get water where they want?