Class: ______________ Mark: ____ / 75

CODE GREEN UNIT 2 TEST

Name: ______________ Date: ______________

Class: ______________ Mark: ____ / 75

Reading

Read the text. Then do Exercise 1.

Not all people live in houses and stay in the same place throughout the year. People who move from one location to another make up what is known as a nomadic culture. Although nomadic cultures are becoming rarer in the modern world, there are still about thirty to forty million people who continue to move and set-up their homes where they next choose to settle.

The Bedouin of the Middle East are traditionally nomadic and many today still continue to live their lives moving from one place to the next. The lands of the Sinai, Arabia and Negev where the Bedouin come from are mostly very dry and consist of deserts. This makes it very difficult for people to remain in the same place and survive; especially in the older days when advances of the modern world did not exist. Many Bedouins have herds of sheep, goats and camels and as such they need to go where the animals can graze and drink water. Once there is no food in one place for the herd, they move to the next.

Because the Bedouin who continue the nomadic culture know how difficult it is to survive in the lands they live in, they share a deep respect for each other. They have a very strong sense of hospitality and are well known for their celebratory reception of guests. The desert is also a very quiet and lonely place. Seeing a new face, especially in the older days, creates a sense of happiness, interest and generosity.

Because Bedouins move from place to place their homes are tents which they set up. They weave the hair from their goats or camels to make the cloth they need for their tents. The Bedouin tents are usually made up of two areas which are divided by a curtain called a ma’nad. One area is used by the men and also to welcome most guests and is called the mag’ad. The other is section is called the maharama and is reserved for the women and to receive female guests.

Guests who are welcomed by the Bedouins enjoy a wonderful experience. This is especially true if you are not familiar with their culture. It is an opportunity to escape the modern world you know. Guests are fed delicious food, listen to music and poetry and sometimes get to watch traditional dances. The instruments the Bedouins mostly use are the shabbaba which is something like a flute and the rababa which is a one string violin. The singing is mostly done by the Bedouin women who sit across from each other and it looks like they are speaking to each other while they sing.

The world is changing and becoming more modern. This has affected most Bedouins and the lands they live on so many no longer live nomadic lives. However, many still continue their traditional ways and there are lots of people who are happy they do and plan trips to visit them.

1 Write true (T) or false (F). [12 points]

1 There are more nomads in the world today than in the past. ____

2 Not all Bedouin today are nomads. ____

3 The Bedouin move around because they need to find water for their farms. ____

4 The Bedouin are very kind to people they invite into their tents. ____

5 Bedouin tents have three areas: one for guests, one for the men and one for the women. ____

6 When guests come the Bedouin women sit across from each other and speak to each other. ____

Поиск по сайту: