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G3 Reading FT S2 for home
Reading poem.
Read the poem and answer the questions briefly.
"About the Teeth of Sharks"
by John Ciardi
Cloze passage
The Pueblo People of the American Southwest
around beautiful fought bricks house
storage represented village unusual tribes
More than twenty five different 1) _tribes_ of Native Americans lived in the southwestern
area of the United States. Many of these tribes lived in 2)__villages__ called pueblos and
became known as the Pueblo people.
The Pueblo people lived in 3) _unusual_ houses made of adobe brick. Adobe is a type of
mud which the people shaped into 4) _bricks__ and then let dry. Many adobe homes exist
today in the Southwest.
Long ago, the adobe 5) _house_ had no doors. The people entered through a type of trap
door at the top. The homes were usually three or four stories high. The ground floor had no
windows and was used for 6) __storage_. Usually several adobe homes were centered 7)
__around_ a plaza. The Pueblo people were peaceful and seldom 8) __fought__ in wars.
They were talented at crafts and the men of some of the tribes made 9) _beautiful__ jewelry.
The women were very good at pottery and painting. Pueblo people were also known for
wearing special masks when they danced. These masks, called kachinas, 10)
represented__ the faces of dead ancestors.
a. hilarious
b. harmful
c. intenstine
d. shatter
e. maggot
f. quarantine
g. descend