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1. Horses and donkeys were domesticated around 4000 BC in Western Asia after humans had become nomadic herders and farmers rather than solely hunters and gatherers. 2. They still hunted wild game but now with the assistance of domesticated dogs, who also helped protect and control livestock herds. 3. Their needs for food and materials were being met, but the horse's potential use was not immediately obvious beyond occasional thrills from hunting, until it was realized that the horse could bring about nothing less than a revolution in power and transport.

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CAE Multiple Choice Cloze

1. Horses and donkeys were domesticated around 4000 BC in Western Asia after humans had become nomadic herders and farmers rather than solely hunters and gatherers. 2. They still hunted wild game but now with the assistance of domesticated dogs, who also helped protect and control livestock herds. 3. Their needs for food and materials were being met, but the horse's potential use was not immediately obvious beyond occasional thrills from hunting, until it was realized that the horse could bring about nothing less than a revolution in power and transport.

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CAE Multiple Choice Cloze

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For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Horses
Horses and donkeys were (1) ... ? comparatively late compared with other animals, probably around 4000 BC in
Western Asia. By that time, people in many parts of the world were no longer (2) ... ? on hunting and gathering their
food, but had become nomadic stockbreeders or settled farmers, raising livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats and, in
the static communities, growing and harvesting food plants.

They still hunted wild (3) ... ? , but could now do so with the (4) ... ? of domestic dogs, the close animal companions
who also helped them to protect and control their flocks and herds. Their needs for meat, milk, skins and wool were being
(5) ... ? , and it may not have been immediately obvious to them that the horse had anything more to offer than the
occasional (6) ... ? of the chase and a different type of meat. The horse did have something more to offer. It had the
potential to (7) ... ? nothing less than a revolution (8) ... ? power and transport, a dramatic development that
transformed the ability of humans to wage war.

  1. A) tamed B) accustomed C) trained D) domesticated

  2. A) sustained B) reliant C) liable D) subject

  3. A) game B) play C) sport D) contest

  4. A) aim B) compliments C) assistance D) intention

  5. A) met B) come C) undergone D) faced

  6. A) kick B) thrill C) emotion D) inspiration

  7. A) bring off B) bring in C) bring out D) bring about

  8. A) on B) at C) in D) for

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DOMESTICATED

ADJECTIVE DOMESTICATED

To make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans:


The first animal to be domesticated appears to have been the dog.
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RELIANT

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION RELIANT ON

Dependent on someone or something:


The baby is totally reliant on its parents for food, warmth and love.

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GAME

NOUN GAME

Wild animals, birds, and fish that are hunted for food, especially as a sport:
There are over 18 types of game birds to hunt in North America.

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ASISTANCE

IDIOM WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

Help or support:
He can walk only with the assistance of crutches.

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MET

PHRASE MEET THE NEEDS

To do or satisfy what is needed or what somebody asks for:


How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?

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THRILL

PREPOSITION THE THRILL OF

A feeling of extreme excitement, usually caused by something pleasant:


The thrill of travelling at high speeds

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BRING ABOUT

PHRASAL VERB BRING ABOUT

To make something happen:


His carelessness brought about his failure in the exam.

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IN

NOUN + PREPOSITION REVOLUTION IN

A complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc:


Computers have caused a revolution in the way many people work.

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