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In
prehistoric times, huge herds of horses (live) _______ lived ______
(1) throughout the Americas. But then, for some unknown reason, they (disappear) _____________ (2) completely
from North and South America. Even though the early horses (die) _____________ (3) out in the
Americas, they (survive) _____________
(4) in Asia.
Long
ago, horses (domesticate)* _____________
(5) by central Asian nomads. At first, horses (use) _____________ (6) in war and in hunting, and oxen (use) _____________ (7) for farming.
Later, horses also (become) _____________
(8) farm animals.
Horses
(reintroduce) _____________ (9) into
the Americas by Spaniards early in the fifteenth century. Spanish explorers
(come) _____________ (10) in ships
to the New World with their horses on board. When the explorers (return) _____________ (11) to Spain,
they (leave) _____________ (12) some
of their horses behind. These (develop)
_____________ (13) into wild herds. Native American tribes in the western
plains (begin) _____________ (14)
to use horses around 1600. Wild horses (capture)
_____________ (15) and (tame) _____________
(16) for use in war and in hunting.
In
the 1800s, there were several million wild horses in North America. By the
1970s, that number had become less than 20,000. The wild horses (hunt) _____________ (17) and (kill) _____________ (18) principally
for use as pet food. Today in the United States, wild horses (protect) _____________ (19) by law.
They (can, kill, not) _____________ (20) for sport or profit.
What is your opinion? (wild horses, should protect) _____________
(21) by law?
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