All about the USA - Nature - Test 29

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Read the text. Which sentences have the same meaning as the sentences from the reading?

THE JOSHUA TREE

In the 1840s , the Mormons, who are a religious group, traveled west searching for a new home. Many Mormons lived in
the state of Illinois. But they had been badly treated and finally were forced to leave. As the Mormons traveled through
the desert, they became discouraged. Then they saw a strange tree. The tree's branches stretched out like arms. The
Mormons thought the tree looked like Joshua, a hero from the Bible. The Mormons thought the arms of the tree were
telling them to continue on their way, so they did. They found a new home in what is now the state of Utah. In Utah they
saw trees like the one in the desert. They called them "Joshua trees."

The Joshua tree was very useful. The Native Americans of the West used almost all its parts. They ate not only the fruit of
the tree, but also its seeds and white blossoms. They used its leaves for shoes. From its roots they made baskets and got
colors for their clothes.

Settlers in the West used the Joshua tree for firewood and fences. Unfortunately, they often needed to cut down the trees.
Some of the trees were as tall as fifty feet. These trees were 700 or 800 years old. The Joshua tree grows very slowly.
It grows only about one inch a year.

By the beginning of the 1900s , most Joshua trees had been cut down. People were sad that this strange tree had almost
disappeared. In 1936, the Joshua Tree National Monument was established in California. It has many kinds of interesting desert
plants, including, of course, many Joshua trees. None of these Joshua trees are fifty feet. But perhaps someday they will be.


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Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses.

1. The Mormons (become) discouraged.
2. In the 1840s, the Mormons (travel) west.
3. The Mormons (be) a religious group.
4. The Joshua Tree National Monument (have) many kinds of desert plants.
5. The Mormons (think) the tree looked like Joshua.
6. The Mormons (find) a new home in the state of Utah.
7. The Joshua tree (grow) very slowly.
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